Linux Mint 6 XFCE CE RC1 Released!

[clem]

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 6 XFCE Community Edition RC1. Based on Xubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, Linux 2.6.27, XFCE 4.4.2 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 6 “Felicia” XFCE CE comes with a brand new “Software Manager”, FTP support in mintUpload, proxy support and history of updates in mintUpdate, mintDisk and a lot of other improvements. For a complete list of new features read [...]

Read more: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=562

Bug reports: http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=21090

Clem.

[distoaddict]

Niice.

[Zwopper]

Today is a happy day!

[selva7]

hi wishes all. i down load linuxmint from http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php. this include mint4win file. i open this for install inside of windows. this is go to mint upload.com site but cannot connect . what is the reason? how i am install mint4win inside windows. please guide me.

[clem]

Selva7: This is because mint4win is already configured for the stable release, and this ISO is the RC.

[Relst.nl]

I already posted a comment on the blog, but i thought that this was better.

Is it possible to make my main edition of 6 a XFCE edition? So that o my netbook(Acer Aspire One) it will run smoother? I don not want a new install, because i just have finished customizing so that it runs better on my netbook. (Thing like webcam etc...) I found this on the internet:

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sudo apt-get remove alacarte binfmt-support brltty brltty-x11 capplets-data cdrdao cli-common compiz compiz-core compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-gnome compiz-plugins compiz-wrapper compizconfig-backend-gconf contact-lookup-applet dcraw deskbar-applet ekiga eog evolution evolution-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common evolution-exchange evolution-plugins evolution-webcal example-content f-spot fast-user-switch-applet firefox-3.0-gnome-support firefox-gnome-support gconf-editor gdm-guest-session gedit gedit-common gnome-about gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-control-center gnome-desktop-data gnome-menus gnome-netstatus-applet gnome-nettool gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-pilot gnome-pilot-conduits gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon gnome-spell gnome-terminal gnome-terminal-data gnome-themes gnome-user-guide gnome-utils gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio gstreamer0.10-schroedinger gstreamer0.10-tools gvfs-bin gvfs-fuse human-icon-theme human-theme hwtest hwtest-gtk libao2 libart2.0-cil libasound2-plugins libcanberra-gnome libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk0 libcanberra0 libcompizconfig0 libdecoration0 libdeskbar-tracker libdirectfb-1.0-0 libebackend1.2-0 libedata-book1.2-2 libedata-cal1.2-6 libedataserverui1.2-8 libeel2-2 libeel2-data libegroupwise1.2-13 libexchange-storage1.2-3 libexempi3 libflickrnet2.1.5-cil libgconf2.0-cil libgdata-google1.2-1 libgdata1.2-1 libgdiplus libgif4 libglade2.0-cil libglib2.0-cil libglitz-glx1 libglitz1 libgmime-2.0-2a libgmime2.2-cil libgnome-keyring1.0-cil libgnome-pilot2 libgnome-vfs2.0-cil libgnome-window-settings1 libgnome2.0-cil libgnomevfs2-bin libgpod-common libgpod3 libgtk2.0-cil libgtkhtml-editor-common libgtkhtml-editor0 libgtkhtml3.14-19 libhyphen0 libicu38 liblpint-bonobo0 libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil libmono-addins0.2-cil libmono-cairo1.0-cil libmono-cairo2.0-cil libmono-corlib1.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil libmono-data-tds1.0-cil libmono-data-tds2.0-cil libmono-i18n1.0-cil libmono-i18n2.0-cil libmono-security1.0-cil libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil libmono-sqlite2.0-cil libmono-system-data1.0-cil libmono-system-data2.0-cil libmono-system-web1.0-cil libmono-system-web2.0-cil libmono-system1.0-cil libmono-system2.0-cil libmono0 libmono1.0-cil libmono2.0-cil libmtp8 libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil libndesk-dbus1.0-cil libneon27 libopal-2.2 libpisock9 libpisync1 libpt-1.10.10 libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l2 libpulsecore5 libsamplerate0 libschroedinger-1.0-0 libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-alsa libsgutils1 libspeexdsp1 libsqlite0 libtracker-gtk0 libts-0.0-0 libwps-0.1-1 libx11-xcb1 mesa-utils metacity mono-common mono-gac mono-jit mono-runtime mousetweaks mtools nautilus nautilus-cd-burner nautilus-data nautilus-sendto nautilus-share openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-emailmerge openoffice.org-gnome openoffice.org-gtk openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-style-human openoffice.org-writer pkg-config pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-hal pulseaudio-module-x11 python-beagle python-gmenu python-gtksourceview2 python-uno rarian-compat rdesktop rhythmbox screen-resolution-extra sg3-utils sqlite sqlite3 syslinux tangerine-icon-theme tomboy tracker tracker-search-tool tracker-utils tsclient ubuntu-artwork ubuntu-desktop ubuntu-docs ubuntu-gdm-themes ubuntu-system-service ubuntu-wallpapers untex usb-creator usplash-theme-ubuntu vino whois wv xdg-user-dirs xdg-user-dirs-gtk xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support && sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

(http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purexfce) but i didn't know if that would be safe for mint...

[Rob Brill]

Hi,

Linux Mint 6 Felicia XFCE CE RC1 .

Installed on hard drive

I had 2 bugs related to my video card driver. i tried another driver
for my video card on other PC . It seems to work ok now.
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I have my NTFS and Fat32 mounted automatically
I can enable or disable them. Very good

Hope for the next edition it can mount file system Ext3 - 4 - Reiserfs etc. ,
it would be fine. (I know about fstab problem).
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MintDisk has a intuitive and easy-understanding interface but only is available
in English language.

For the next Linux Mint XFCE CE v.7 a screenshot of it on the forum (translation).
It is very easy to translate it.
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Missing translations posted on the forum are out yet

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Chestnut Dialer v. 0.3.3 - the latest version.

Well, i culd not test it because i do not use any dial up connection

Next Mint XFCE CE v.7
I would suggest to let it in English language because this package offered
simply came as half in Portuguese - half in Italian and 3 or 4 words in
Enghish. It is gonna be very boring to translate it. (my opinion).
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So, a Great Mint XFCE CE RC1 release.

CONGRATS! Merlwiz79

cheers
Roberto
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[ultramint]

Completed the dual boot install for Felicia Gnome [My main operating system], and Felicia XFCE CE RC1. It's 3AM and no time to give XFCE a work out, but I like what I've seen so far

[Zwopper]

Don't forget to run "XFCE 4 mintDesktop" it holds a lot of goodies!

[galen]

Best of luck, I hope LM6 is not plagued with problems like 8.10 is
I love XFCE and Mint

[ntt2k]

I'm currently running Mint 5 XFCE on my ThinkPad - very stable and becomes my everyday working O/S. Which command can I manually update it to Mint 6 XFCE RC1 for try out?

[Bruce R]

WOW - what a productive, busy little team - so many goodies to play with !
32-bit Mint 6 has already become my everyday, home use distro on my E4600rig and I have yet to try the 64-bit version on my just finished Q6600 rig, but last night I ran a LiveCD session of the XFCE RC1 version on my trusty E4600 rig.
Learning from experience, I first ran Mintupdate and then used Synaptic to add ntfs-config which I ran to gain access to my audio-video collection NTFS drives through Thunar. The already incorporated VLC meant that I could play my videos straight away, whilst the new version of Exaile accessed my MP3s and the updates conferred greater stability.
Overall it looks as if it has been made for my Acer Aspire 150, on which I had already installed 32-bit Mint 6, but I'll try replacing it with this RC1 XFCE release and see how I get on. Please note that I am not a Linux command line sequence guru, so Mint is my distro of choice, whilst Mint6 is simply getting better and I'm most impressed with its bypassing of problems that have beset its Ubuntu parent. Great work guys and thank you !
PostScript - Great Idea that didn't work. Because the Aspire screen is a miniature widescreen, it didn't match the default installation displays, so that execution 'buttons' were off-screen. After struggling with Alt-keys the installed distro was then also a mis-match, preventing effective updates etc, so I have simply used XP-hosted SelfImage to restore 32-bit Mint6 with its default, just usable 1024x600 display setting. Pity, Mint6 XFCE4 was looking very promising for the Aspire. (Perhaps I'll try again with the formal release.)

[marcus0263]

Just put it on one of my laptops, pretty decent. Constructive criticism though, Xubuntu has a direct install other than booting into the LiveCD. This is an excellent option and it's sad to see the Mint XFCE team chose to remove this. This would also be an excellent option to incorporate into the main edition. While the LiveCD has it's place for those wanting to try out Linux it's rather useless for the majority who are installing.

[Husse]

@ marcus0263
Resources, man hours....
But the early Felicia fluxbox beta has a direct install option.....
We'll see if it can be used elsewhere

[rlindsey0]

So how is this coming? It's been testing for more than 2 weeks, no? I've got an older Dell laptop sitting around with a borked Windows install that Mint XFCE might be great for....

Not trying to hassle, just curious and interested.

[Husse]

We are working hard with the KDE and Fluxbox editions right now and merwiz79 is helping out a lot there
But it is soon time to study this topic and perhaps fix problems so the final can be released
Soon - but please remember we are a small team

[merlwiz79]

It should be released some time after the x64 bit version.
It's testing was started 1st and shouldn't be far from release.
I have to finish a few things for the XFCE CE and then fix the bugs.
Really the main thing is to install apt-xapian-index and gvfs.
The fixes should be able to be fixed by some package updates.

[rlindsey0]

Fair enough. I know you folks work hard, and that there aren't many of you. I'm sure the result will be, as usual, excellent.

So, from what you're saying, I'm assuming that if I install XFCE RC1 now, it would be pretty painless to upgrade to the released version, and I might not have to do a full new install. I'd probably put data on a separate partition anyway, so the latter might not be that big a deal. Still, it would indeed be nice if it could be done just by installing/upgrading a few packages.

[merlwiz79]

I hope to have an internal test iso for the final soon.(hopefully tomorrow)
I have put some of the updated packages in the Community Repo.

[viking777]

From my own personal point of view, RC1 has been so good the final release seems a bit superfluous! It is an excellent piece of work which I have been using as my default distro ever since it was released - hard to see what improvements the final might bring. Good luck with it anyway.