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Same deal here. The interface change can be reverted with Classic Theme Restorer. Great. Those who want it can get the old look back. Firefox looks like Firefox again. But those pesky random crashes? I don't remember which version they started in, but they've been getting more frequent with each re...

@kmb42vt You are a wise person. It's not easy when you get up in the years. Heh, not all that wise, just experienced I suppose. And age is started to make me forget some of the experience (yup, I'm getting up in years myself). Just goes to prove that life is definitely an ironic lesson in objectivi...

Hmm...Now I've noticed a problem with FF 29 - I can't login to Wordpress with it anymore. :( Hopefully they fix it soon. I can't be the only one with this problem. I have two DYI WordPress powered sites as well as a "wordpress.com" account and I have no problems logging into any of the th...

I am not against change, but few free/libre software developers understand or appreciate the havoc they create with ordinary, everyday, non-geek users when they adopt radical changes or rapid release cycles. In that respect free/libre software is and always will be software designed by geeks for ge...

Sorry guys if i didn't post sooner (plenty of lawn mowing to do). Yes, you read correctly, Firefox Asstralis and i'm not going to change that until they give me back the option to revert to Firefox 28 GUI or better. What can i say, you win some, you lose some. Firefox 29 Pros: speed. Cons: 1. loss ...

I've set up my partitions with two bootable partitions of about 25 to 30 GB each, so I can ping-pong between them as I upgrade. So if something goes wrong with the new system, my old one is untouched (as is the main data/Windows partition). I did actually have to switch back to an older version onc...

I am concerned about the "social" APIs they have added. I have a hard time imagining anything that has anything to do with social sharing being anything other than a huge gaping security hole. True but looking at "about:config" these aren't enabled by default which goes along of...

I'm not a huge fan of Dedoimedo and it displeases me that has lost his cap on this write up, but i do agree with him in essence and hope we get a browser company that can make the internet fun like it used to be with Firefox. http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-29-sucks.html I read it. Howev...

I'm not a huge fan of Dedoimedo and it displeases me that has lost his cap on this write up, but i do agree with him in essence and hope we get a browser company that can make the internet fun like it used to be with Firefox. http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-29-sucks.html I'm a long follo...

...With 17 fast approaching, would it be possible for me trail and test a Beta of the KDE edition sometime on my atom? I can keep my Celeron as my general purpose machine and give the Atom over to trial.... ... Possible? Unfortunately, the Mint devs do not release beta builds to the public but they...

pleae help me refresh my memory :) i know that generally Mint likes fresh installs, but given that i have /home separate from / and given that i use the same username and p.w. can i install 17 on top of 16 and just not format /home and get a good result? Or is distro upgrade a better path to tread?...

Imagine having to install a new engine in your car every 9 months. Who would accept such a car? Imagine getting a new car every 9 months. Sure the old one runs fine - but there is no substitute for that new OS smell. Heh, yeah. It's called a lease. And folks do it all the time these days. Never wil...

I don't have a problem with the changes, unless it really does cause long term issue for add-ons. everything looks to be customisable. does it still load web pages slowly (websites, I am not referring to the general GUI) ? as I find web browsers load pages fast, except for Firefox, on different com...

Hmm. That didn't work for me when I tried it before adding the Classic Theme Restorer (the "hamburger" menu was outside of the field of movable icons). Of course that could be due to weirdness resulting from using FF29 with a pre-existing profile (a very long-serving profile actually). Ah...

In one of my previous comments I stated that the Classic Theme Restorer with the "Statusbar on Add-ons bar" preference checked that the "NoSquint" extension's icon would show up again on the restored Add-on" bar. This has since stopped working probably because it was a fluke...

I really don't think this is a huge deal. I upgraded via the Firefox Next PPA expecting to be horrified, but meh. It's noticeably snappier, on the one hand, and on the other hand the Chrome handburger menu being unremovable is annoying. As is the bookmark star being removed from the location bar an...

This just started happening on my install of LM 16/Cinnamon yesterday (really, just yesterday). No reason for it except applying regular updates and I've had an HP 3050A all-in-one as my printer for a year now. This happened on LM 15/Cinnamon for many users for no reason as well and it was never rea...

is there a beta iso for lm 17 ? Afraid not. The developers only release RCs to the general public, not betas. That being said, you can check the following page in order to see how testing is going for Linux Mint 17: http://community.linuxmint.com/iso The first builds of the main editions of LM 17 t...

Good question? I guess we will know tomorrow. I installed 16 petra today and also have a machine on Maya. Will the petra upgrade to Qiana? No, I'm afraid it won't. Linux Mint doesn't provide an upgrade path because the developers found out long ago that it causes way too many problems. Another reas...

Eggnog, any good links for that? I've not kept up with Australis lately, but it's getting closer than I had in my mind. I don't use the add-on bar, so wouldn't miss it. use the Firefox Next PPA to upgrade to the latest Firefox 29 beta (currently at 6): https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/fi...