Monthly News – June 2018

[clem]

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3590

[catweazel]

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3590

Congratulations to all involved.

[gm10]

Thanks for all the work you guys put in!

[Sir Charles]

Thank you all in the Mint Team for all the work to make such a great OS.

[KBD47]

Much appreciate the hard work you guys do.

[Mattyboy]

Thanks guy's. Your hard work is deeply appreciated.

[gm10]

Seems we're officially official now: page https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

[KBD47]

Seems we're officially official now: page https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

MATE 19 is pretty sweet. So is Xfce 19 though it still has the clock disappearing bug I mentioned on the blog. But both have better ram use now than when I tried the betas, and suspend works properly on Xfce, something I was concerned about with the beta. I only tested Cinnamon for a short while early on, and it was the most solid of the betas then, so I imagine it's pretty nice as well now.

[smurphos]

is the migration from beta to stable release seamless? just done through updates?

Not quite - looks like there is also a tiny bit of clean-up to do.....instructions appear to be the same for all Beta desktops...

From
Cinnamon - https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3597
Mate -https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3598
XFCE - https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3599

Code: Select all

apt remove ttf-mscorefonts-installer
apt install libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb sessioninstaller ttf-mscorefonts-installer xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
sudo rm -f /etc/systemd/logind.conf
apt install --reinstall -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confmiss" systemd
sudo rm -f /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla

[silfox2000]

Trying to install xserver-xorg-input gives the following error: E: Unable to locate package xserver-xorg-input

PS: My mistake - on the blog page the code has auto-hidden scroll bar, so I've missed "synaptics".

[wutsinterweb]

I cannot express my gratitude for all of you that make this happen nearly adequately. I will donate again as soon as I am able. What, you, Clem and everyone bring to the table with all of this is such a blessing.

I will wait to upgrade/update once the instructions for going from 18.3 becomes available. This past year or so of living in the Linux/Mint universe has been so great, I don't know if I will ever miss that Redmond product (I don't want to seem unkind to them, but still), my life improved when moving to this ecosphere.

[JoeFootball]

Clem and everyone bring to the table with all of this is such a blessing.

+1