I am running LMDE as a dual-boot with Mint 9 main edition on a Lenovo G550 and it has been running without any problems since I installed it yesterday

Thanks oscar799 i'll be installing it tomorrow morning.oscar799 wrote:Hello Binx,
I am running LMDE as a dual-boot with Mint 9 main edition on a Lenovo G550 and it has been running without any problems since I installed it yesterday
I don't see what's so shameful about LinuxMint being based on perhaps the most successful & popular Linux-based distro.muskratmx wrote:I like Linux Mint, just a little ashamed that it's ubuntu based.
I respectfully disagree. My own "resentment" has to do with Canonical's insistence on putting buggy, beta software in a distro that is supposed to be "newbie friendly." Software that gives even experienced Linux users fits - what do you think a newbie will do?Theologian wrote: The resentment towards Ubuntu seems largely sour grapes relating to its success ...
Or if you need the latest drivers (better for newer cards).deadguy wrote:I just wanted to add that if you need the older legacy nvidia driver (I needed the 96.43.18 for example)
there is a great script for that called smxi. you can find out more Here
Cheers,
Deadguy
Not too sure about importing a "bookmarks.html" file but I would suggest "Backing up" your LM9 bookmarks (produces a .json DB file) instead of exporting into a static .html and then "Restoring" the resulting .json file into LMDE's Firefox and see how that works. No reason I can think of that importing a bookmarks.html file from LM9 to LMDE should cause a problem though as I've done that between distros before. Could be the .html file became corrupted on your thumb drive?lwrver wrote:Has anyone else tried importing bookmarks from firefox in LM9 to firefox in LMDE? When I tried importing "bookmarks.html" from a thumb drive exported from LM9 it only imports a small part of the file. No indication of an error, it just doesn't copy the whole file. It looks like the file on the thumb drive is being locked after starting the import transfer of data. Could this be a bug??
Why bother?lwrver wrote:Has anyone else tried importing bookmarks from firefox in LM9 to firefox in LMDE? When I tried importing "bookmarks.html" from a thumb drive exported from LM9 it only imports a small part of the file. No indication of an error, it just doesn't copy the whole file. It looks like the file on the thumb drive is being locked after starting the import transfer of data. Could this be a bug??
Use xmarksviking777 wrote:Why bother?lwrver wrote:Has anyone else tried importing bookmarks from firefox in LM9 to firefox in LMDE? When I tried importing "bookmarks.html" from a thumb drive exported from LM9 it only imports a small part of the file. No indication of an error, it just doesn't copy the whole file. It looks like the file on the thumb drive is being locked after starting the import transfer of data. Could this be a bug??
If you just copy the entire .mozilla folder from LM9 to LMDE you not only have your bookmarks but also history, cache, addons, preferences - everything in fact.
The only time that might not work is when there is a difference in versions between the two distros, but as LM9 and LMDE are contemporaries there is not much chance that will bother you.
It works for Opera too, and any other browser probably, though I only did it with Opera and FF but it works perfectly with those two.
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#! /bin/bash
# Install the wifi drivers for Broadcom 4312 wifi
# Add contrib non-free to the app source list befor using - Note this may not
# be necessary on LMDE
############################################################################
## Update the list of available packages. Install the module-assistant and
## wireless-tools packages:
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install module-assistant wireless-tools
## Build and install a broadcom-sta-modules-* package for your system,
## using Module-Assistant:
sudo m-a a-i broadcom-sta
## Rebuild your initial ramdisk, to blacklist modules defined at
## /etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-sta-common.conf within initramfs:
sudo update-initramfs -u -k $(uname -r)
## Unload conflicting modules:
sudo modprobe -r b44 b43 b43legacy ssb
## Load the wl module:
sudo modprobe wl
## Verify your device has an available interface:
sudo iwconfig
## Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.
## At this point I don't think that the wl driver will load on startup so
sudo echo wl >> /etc/modules
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#### Opera browser repositories
## Run this command: wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | apt-key add -
# Opera Browser - Production release
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ squeeze non-free
# Opera Browser - Beta release
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-beta/ squeeze non-free
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#### Google Linux Software Repositories (testing) - http://www.google.com
## Run this command: wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && apt-get update
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ testing non-free
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#### E17 - http://enlightenment.org
## Run this command: wget -q http://packages.enlightenment.org/repo.key -O- | apt-key add -
deb http://packages.enlightenment.org/debian sid main extras
#### Google Linux Software Repositories - http://www.google.com < Chrome
## Run this command: wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && apt-get update
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main
#### VirtualBox - http://www.virtualbox.org
## Run this command: wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | apt-key add -
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian squeeze non-free
#### Liquorix kernels
deb http://liquorix.net/debian sid main