Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
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Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
@ kwakito
There will be an upgrade tool from Elyssa to Felicia
I'm not sure about upgrading from RC1 though - it's generally considered better not to upgrade from an "unstable" release
It will depend on how much we find it necessary to change between the releases
There will be an upgrade tool from Elyssa to Felicia
I'm not sure about upgrading from RC1 though - it's generally considered better not to upgrade from an "unstable" release
It will depend on how much we find it necessary to change between the releases
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
when it's readyunreal223 wrote:What is the target date for the final to be released?
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
Hi Husse,
So far, my experience with RC1 is great. Been installing a lot of software using mint install and didn't encounter any problem. My question is if there's an upgrade path for elyssa to felicia, why not with unstable to felicia? Just a newbie question.
Edward
So far, my experience with RC1 is great. Been installing a lot of software using mint install and didn't encounter any problem. My question is if there's an upgrade path for elyssa to felicia, why not with unstable to felicia? Just a newbie question.
Edward
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
I believe the official line is that it's ready when it's ready. Can't be to far away though.unreal223 wrote:Ok, so my new question:
When is it going to be ready?
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
I've been testing this RC1 since the day it was released and the only "bug" I've found...well, I think it's an Ubuntu bug PulseAudio seems to have some problems when working while boinc-client is on the background. It's very annoying while listening to music.
I'm using Amarok but I want to try using another player. This way I'll be sure that it's not an Amarok issue.
Apart from this little thing, everything else works like a charm
I'm using Amarok but I want to try using another player. This way I'll be sure that it's not an Amarok issue.
Apart from this little thing, everything else works like a charm
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
There will be a tool to upgrade from Elyssa to Felicia
However the upgrade path from RC1 to final is different and as it is a "pre-release" our general advice is as always to do a fresh install
But this also depends very much on how much is changed. We will probably publish a method to do that upgrade, but it has to be done manually
However the upgrade path from RC1 to final is different and as it is a "pre-release" our general advice is as always to do a fresh install
But this also depends very much on how much is changed. We will probably publish a method to do that upgrade, but it has to be done manually
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
Well I am back. I went to reinstall Linux Mint 6 RC after having some issues and it will not let me install ATI drivers without a blank screen after reboot. I have went back to Linux Mint 5 due to this issue. Wow I did not think this would be an issue with the version. Well I guess I will have to wait for the Final release and hope for the best.
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Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
Hey Devil Dog -KakarotUSMC wrote:I've been wondering about Mint 6 regarding the performance versus Intrepid. Since Intrepid is compiled for i386, it's not exactly optimized for newer processors and 4GB of RAM. So is Mint 6 going to be i686 optimized or default to the i386 found in Intrepid?
I know you'll eventually release an x64 version of Mint 6, but some of my games run better in Wine on a 32-bit OS.
Thanks!
If you've got 4 Gig of RAM it shouldn't be an issue running 32Bit. The kernel is also compiled for 686's from what I see, but you can always roll your own, it's rather easy once you do it a couple of times.
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Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
Yeah, we're getting old aren't we, but still kicken @$$KakarotUSMC wrote:marcus0263 - Sounds great. Mint usually performs snappier than Ubuntu, or at least it seems that way.
Happy 233rd birthday.
To roll your own it's very easy with any Debian based system, just make sure you install
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apt-get install kernel-package linux-source libncurses5-dev
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ln -s linux-source-<rest of file name> linux
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make-kpkg clean
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cp /boot/config<rest of file name> /usr/src/linux/.config
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make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-<what ever ya want> kernel_image kernel_headers
Edit: Corrected a case a "fat finger", I'm bad at that
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Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
Felicia is an awesome distro...
Earlier I was on Elyssa and was bugged by the network manager so decided to shift to shomething else (I have BCM43xx card).
I tried Opensuse 11.1 (Both KDE4 and GNOME) and Fedora 10(RC) and Intrepid.
But the best distro is LinuxMint Felicia..
It is so cool that I wonder if we should call it RC1...
Thanks a lot!!
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Earlier I was on Elyssa and was bugged by the network manager so decided to shift to shomething else (I have BCM43xx card).
I tried Opensuse 11.1 (Both KDE4 and GNOME) and Fedora 10(RC) and Intrepid.
But the best distro is LinuxMint Felicia..
It is so cool that I wonder if we should call it RC1...
Thanks a lot!!
--
Sam Khawse
Dell XPS M1330, NVdia GeForce 8400 GS, 2 GB RAM, 160GB HDD, BCM43xx nw card
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
@sam.khawse
in the most of the time the RC-Versions from Mint goes Gold without a lot of changes.
The last RC was Elyssa64, an there we had only 2changes in the Gold version (but so little that for the most of the persons it was more simple to keep the RC.)
in the most of the time the RC-Versions from Mint goes Gold without a lot of changes.
The last RC was Elyssa64, an there we had only 2changes in the Gold version (but so little that for the most of the persons it was more simple to keep the RC.)
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
This was the only linux that was able to see my wireless on a Toshiba A300 Satellite Pro PSAK1E laptop. Well done.
Not got encryption working yet, looking at how-tos now. I came to linux because the wireless still won't work in *BSD, and I'm sick of the vista that came with it.
This laptop is an amd64 turon. Are there amd64 sources available? It has 3GB RAM, should be awesome performance-wise in 64 bit.
Not got encryption working yet, looking at how-tos now. I came to linux because the wireless still won't work in *BSD, and I'm sick of the vista that came with it.
This laptop is an amd64 turon. Are there amd64 sources available? It has 3GB RAM, should be awesome performance-wise in 64 bit.
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
I've found a workaround for my Amarok issue: setting the engine to "alsa" instead of "pulseaudio" or "autodetect". Also, as you stated, yesterday I noticed that system sounds stop working after login in.Wenches_Master wrote:As I said it is an Ubuntu Intrepid bug as a whole I believe.wuying_ren wrote:I've been testing this RC1 since the day it was released and the only "bug" I've found...well, I think it's an Ubuntu bug PulseAudio seems to have some problems when working while boinc-client is on the background. It's very annoying while listening to music.
I'm using Amarok but I want to try using another player. This way I'll be sure that it's not an Amarok issue.
Apart from this little thing, everything else works like a charm
Mint 5 Worked Flawless, except setting up my wirelss, But I expected that.
No prob though a little tweaking got that fixed pretty quickly.
I dwnld Mint 6rc1 as soon as it boots, the system sounds works during bootup then they shut down, Sound is Ok on Media Players and the like.
So out of a hunch I dwnld Kbuntu to see if it might have been a Gnome prob, But it isn't....
I've scrounged the Mint Forums, Ubuntu's, Linux Question, and Googled for a solution the few I found that might have worked didn't...
I checked KDE and a Bug Report was submitted.
But my one question is this if it's a KDE Kmix bug prob.
Then why would it also affect Gnome????????
Heck even Konqueror Crashes, with the same Fatal Error message.
While yes I believe that the bug is part KDE's, I believe it's more an Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid bug then anything else....
I'm going to have to go back to Mint 5 and back my dwnld's up for awhile to wait this one out I guess!!!!
Maybe it'll be fixed by the time Mint 7 comes out???
This isn't Mint's fault, I've seen other distro's that based themseleves off of Ubuntu, of coarse inherit Ubuntu's probs.
I've seen Ubuntu take a couple release cycles to fix something rather simple.
But most times... The distro that base's it self off of Ubuntu ends up Fixing it for them....
Now don't get me wrong Ubuntu is Great, but I think they ought to fix the Bug's before the next release, or the Next release has the same ones PLUS more that crop up... Then the Bugs that are already there get shoved to the Side for as I said before someone else to Fix....
I'm dwnloading the Mint KDE Edition at the moment, Not that I don't like Gnome it's Great, I just prefer KDE if possible....
Days ago I posted a how-to for this (very long and boring).new2linuxmint wrote:
Not got encryption working yet, looking at how-tos now. I came to linux because the wireless still won't work in *BSD, and I'm sick of the vista that came with it.
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
No problems for me either. I've installed RC1 on my Dell M1330 without any problems, everything works out of the box.
Couple of questions.
- Is there an easy way of getting the new Ubuntu Gnome theme onto my laptop?
- How come you dropped f-spot? (I know it's Mono, but Mono isn't that bad). There isn't a photo manager in the default setup, that's all. Something people use a lot these days.
Very pleased with it.
Couple of questions.
- Is there an easy way of getting the new Ubuntu Gnome theme onto my laptop?
- How come you dropped f-spot? (I know it's Mono, but Mono isn't that bad). There isn't a photo manager in the default setup, that's all. Something people use a lot these days.
Very pleased with it.
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
When do you expect the final to be released?
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Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
bealer wrote:No problems for me either. I've installed RC1 on my Dell M1330 without any problems, everything works out of the box.
Couple of questions.
- Is there an easy way of getting the new Ubuntu Gnome theme onto my laptop?
- How come you dropped f-spot? (I know it's Mono, but Mono isn't that bad). There isn't a photo manager in the default setup, that's all. Something people use a lot these days.
Very pleased with it.
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Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
Final must be just about ready soon I reckon? I can feel it in the air....
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
I've tried RC1 on my laptop without any other problems since it released, but one issue was happened to me,
that I can't input Chinese character on English language environment. It seems that CISM doesn't work! Could
any guys tell me how to solve it?
that I can't input Chinese character on English language environment. It seems that CISM doesn't work! Could
any guys tell me how to solve it?
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ahem, sorry, that may have been me.. i had beans.badmotor wrote:I can feel it in the air....
I hope it's here soon too don't know why as Elyssa is wonderful as was Daryna, but we all like a new toy. I wonder if it is the upgrade tool that is slowing progress or if Intrepid was carrying more bugs than expected...?..
tick tock tick tock
Re: Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" RC1 released!
Hi,
I use mint since some month and I'm very satisfied. It is absolutely the best distribution. The only thing I had some hard problems to solve was the wifi-installation on ma HP Pavillion dv 9810 eg. The solution was to install the madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3828-20080731 drivers.
Please, could you integrate this madwifi-hal into the next version of mint?
Thanks a lot!
Cheers,
René.
I use mint since some month and I'm very satisfied. It is absolutely the best distribution. The only thing I had some hard problems to solve was the wifi-installation on ma HP Pavillion dv 9810 eg. The solution was to install the madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3828-20080731 drivers.
Please, could you integrate this madwifi-hal into the next version of mint?
Thanks a lot!
Cheers,
René.