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it could be becuase my hdd is ide and running through a usb adapter into my sata pc Okay, sounds like you're running an external IDE HDD via a USB 2 connection into your PC, yes? That's the problem right there. It doesn't matter how old your PC or your HDD is. Compared to an internal HDD hooked int...

Can we please have a bare bones release? I can then start quietly building up my software bundle from scratch. Here you are! Enjoy! you're welcome of course. On that note, you could also try Manjaro Minimal Net edition and start by adding the DE of your choice and then your apps. That is if you wan...

Not just the point releases. I suggest you read the full documentation on how kernel upgrades are handled. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack It means as an LTS user you can keep using the original kernel for the full life cycle, or upgrade to backported kernels at your discretion. O...

For me it is clear that Canonical is offering new kernels during LTS life .... Source is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuDesktop :wink: Ah, I had forgotten all about the "point releases" for 12.04. This was a new thing for Ubuntu LTS versions wasn't it sta...

True, but level 5 updates never contained major kernel upgrades anyway to my knowledge, only security/bug fix updates to the existing kernel. I was pretty sure that Canonical offers newer kernel upgrades for the LTS releases... Am I wrong? Heh, yes and no. I'm pretty certain that Ubuntu tends to pa...

So now these level 5 updates are now shown by default but are not checked. Before version 17, level 4 and 5 updates were not enabled by default but could easily be if the user chose to do so however, they'd be checked by default if they were enabled. It's only some of these level 5 updates which ar...

@rustleg - Just so you know and as I stated before in a previous comment on this thread, the most probable reason these level 5 updates are now shown is due to one Ubuntu developer's offhand comment (a rather old comment in a mailing list) about the so-called lack of security in Linux Mint because k...

One person's choice is another persons abdication. My point is that a non-expert (and I consider myself a pretty expert linux user and I don't bloody understand it) user isn't going to know what choice to make. It is a dilema and is frustrating. I think it is unreasonable to call an update "se...

If anyone really wants to know why this change in the Update Manager (MintUpdate) happened for Linux Mint 17 LTS please read the following "Segfault" post including the associated comment thread: http://segfault.linuxmint.com/2013/11/answering-controversy-stability-vs-security-is-something...

In this thread on Qiana Mate RC , which has since been locked, several of us were wondering how to deal with the Level 5 Security Updates. The Update Manager says Level 5 updates are dangerous packages that can effect stability, but on the other hand, they are Security updates. I don't know whether...

? According to my knowledge apt-get dist-upgrade is the same as apt-get update... Just a small correction here. "apt-get dist-upgrade" is not the same as "apt-get update". "apt-get update" simply updates your (apt) cache (queries the repos listed in your "sources&...

konjad wrote:Thanks! I'll await KDE though. Will KDE have RC or are they just releasing the "Stable" version without RC first?

Linux Mint 17 KDE should have an RC release before the stable as in the past.

On the brightside of things, thanks to CTR and a friends tip here, i was able to finally get my star back! :) On the darkside of things, prior to that, i went to "customize" to see where those stars were and not a single option was available. Tried twice (restart) and still no go. Must be...

It changes color? Where? Yes, it does change color except the color is blue not yellow and the new star icon is default to to version 29 and although it doesn't live in the address field you can move it anywhere you like. The new icon is actually a combination of two icons, the star on the left and...

Can I move the RELOAD button out of the address bar? I love that kind of provocation. Can you do it in Google Chrome? :roll: Well, just to be honest about it, you could move the stop and reload buttons around in previous versions, use them separately or combine them by reversing the order of the bu...

I've just done a clean install of Linux Mint 17/Cinnamon RC (64-bit) over LM 16/Cinnamon on my trusty old desktop PC (Intel Core 2 Quad/8 GB DDR2/Nvidia GT 430 w/1.0 GB DDR3), applied updates and it's running fast and stable...so far. Restored my data, installed my usual apps and no problems. I also...

But I asked a simple and direct question: "How to can I test Mint RC 17 Qiana? ...I may stays the Testers for testing it! :) How to do it?" Wait until the RCs are released and then you can test them. Folks, this same question has been asked over and over again for literally years now and ...

The testing images are available now, both Mate and Cinnamon http://community.linuxmint.com/iso Just to make sure everyone new here understands, there are no image downloads available yet. The referenced page is only for monitoring the progress of LM 17 pre-release testing for both RC and then stab...

killer de bug wrote:

kmb42vt wrote: Nope. It's not even in testing yet which probably means the developers are still putting an initial image together for testing.

Actually it just enters testing

Ha! And I just checked no more than 10 minutes ago.

Hi everybody, do you know if Mint 17 RC will be released this weekend ? Thanks. Nope. It's not even in testing yet which probably means the developers are still putting an initial image together for testing. Keep an eye on this page: http://community.linuxmint.com/iso When LM 17 goes into testing i...