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Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:00 am
by Scorpio_Snake
I am wanting to give LMDE a try on my new laptop. However the ISO seems to be rather old, from the beginning of the year, which is older than my laptop. It appears that my laptop requires a newer graphics driver than is in the ISO as when I run the live DVD I am getting weird graphics issues making it almost impossible to see what is going on.

Is there any plans to update the ISO any time soon? I believe it was said when the UP5 was released that it would be updated in weeks or months and that amount of time has passed by now.

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:25 am
by Mohr
I would also be interested! :D

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:51 pm
by grraf
As far as i know it may happen after up6 lands (if i memory still serves me , it was posted at one point that an iso update was planed before up6 if it were to come late or after it if it arrives soon enough)

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:59 pm
by zerozero
published by Clem on November 9th, 2012
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2197
  • The following releases are planned for December 2012: Linux Mint 14 Xfce, Linux Mint 14 KDE, LMDE UP6.
  • Improvements in live-installer and a new tool called DDM which simplifies the installation of 3rd party drivers are also planned for LMDE. Depending on how fast they progress, new LMDE ISOs based on UP6 might be released in December or in January.

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:13 pm
by Scorpio_Snake
zerozero wrote:published by Clem on November 9th, 2012
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2197
  • The following releases are planned for December 2012: Linux Mint 14 Xfce, Linux Mint 14 KDE, LMDE UP6.
  • Improvements in live-installer and a new tool called DDM which simplifies the installation of 3rd party drivers are also planned for LMDE. Depending on how fast they progress, new LMDE ISOs based on UP6 might be released in December or in January.
Thanks! ... well ... it is still pretty vague ... but it sounds like we might get updated ISO's soon. lol

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:19 am
by Aalexeey
Waiting for new "iso" too. Tried to install on ASUS Q400A (with BIOS/EFI and Secure Boot "off"), it was freezing in a few minutes after installation started. I have tried three times, with installation frozen in a different moment every time and processor loaded much in a same moments (fan sound). The laptop has a Win8 64bit, but installation of other OS, via Secure Boot - off, is possible.

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:26 am
by iLobster
Hope they fix that epic bug with no English locale on first start... because now LMDE is totally unusable for fresh users, 'cause they just can't log in :D
Facepalm, I must say )

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:37 am
by zerozero
iLobster wrote:Hope they fix that epic bug with no English locale on first start... because now LMDE is totally unusable for fresh users, 'cause they just can't log in :D
Facepalm, I must say )
do you mind elaborate on this a bit more please? because until now it's the first time i see a reference to this "epic bug" (some links would be nice as well :) )

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:51 am
by on4aa
The sequel discussion "The unofficial LMDE XFCE" was moved by moderator xenopeek to "Chat"
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=118890

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:51 pm
by wiugrad2010
will the new ISO based on UP6 be carrying the kernel 3.3?

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:01 pm
by zerozero
certainly this one

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Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:15 am
by Jenia
Any idea when we can expect an ISO?
I'm staring anticipatively at the community section's ISO testing page, waiting for something to pop up.

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:07 pm
by CptMidnight
Jenia wrote:Any idea when we can expect an ISO?
I'm staring anticipatively at the community section's ISO testing page, waiting for something to pop up.
It's mentioned in the blog entry about UP6:
Will LMDE get new ISO images with Update Pack 6?

Yes, we’re planning to release LMDE Update Pack 6 for the following editions in January 2013:
  • Cinnamon
  • MATE
I am also looking forward to it, since it takes a while to build a similar setup from a Debian ISO (and there are still quirks, e.g., I can't get the notification panel applet to show me my wireless network status).

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:34 pm
by laofzu
The sooner the better, downloading and installing 1400+ packages takes a long time for each new install I do.

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:29 pm
by CorkVDH
Any update on when the new ISO's will be released?

EDIT - Sorry, just saw the answer in another post. Looks like they are in QA, and are moving through the process.

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:41 pm
by M_aD
CorkVDH wrote:
EDIT - Sorry, just saw the answer in another post. Looks like they are in QA, and are moving through the process.

If you read it carefully you should have seen that they were rejected, this means we are not testing them any further. We don't know yet when the new iso's will be uploaded for testing. :)

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:23 am
by drcasper
Yes the isos where rejected
http://community.linuxmint.com/iso/view/175

It seems that we will not see a LMDE UP6 respin this month. :(

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:35 am
by casper956
New Iso's lmde UP6 is now been tested. If everything will work ok, it might be available soon.

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:05 pm
by yro
the isos got rejected...

for the mnt team: will the new up6 isos get released? if so, when?

Re: Will LMDE ISO Ever Be Updated?

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:10 pm
by zerozero