Linux Mint 12 Release Candidate

[Oscar799]

Maybe best to watch for the announcement on the blog http://blog.linuxmint.com/

[Oscar799]

Merged two threads covering the same subject

[floydsp]

Is there a place to get this RC of Linux Mint 12

floydsp

[Oscar799]

Above post merged into this thread

[AlbertP]

Not yet. But I expect Mint 12 to be here within a day: http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/testing/
Tonight it'll appear at most other mirrors, and I think it'll appear on the Linux Mint website tomorrow, along with a torrent.

[franmcloughlin]

RC 12 is already in...

go for it - http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/testing/

enjoy

[rodvitner]

49 % of the dvd rc right now on my desk . . .

[AlbertP]

80 kB/s... Too many people are downloading the file at once.

[floydsp]

Me too, Downloading now...Thanks for the post

floydsp

[craig10x]

wow...it went up faster then i thought it would...also downloading now (64 bit dvd version)
thanks for the post and link...

[samjam]

2 dvd iso's waiting here for me!
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/testing/?C=M;O=D

Thanks Mr Sir Linux-Mint

[rodvitner]

The RC istalled on my laptop now. Clean istallation. The Unity days are ower!

[AlbertP]

With all those people downloading the speed has even decreased to 50-60 kB/s right now. I guess it's even worse for American or Asian users who are much further away from this Irish server.

[tdockery97]

On the live DVD now. The adventure begins...

[kprowell]

Running the Live-USB now... It is fast. Clem and company have done a great job so far! It makes using Gnome3/Gnome Shell almost bearable. That comment is in no way a dig on Linux Mint, Clem or the devs. I'm just still having a hard time with Gome3/Shell. As stupid as it sounds, I really like and miss the Compiz options and desktop customization. That said, I will keep testing it. Maybe I will warm up to it. Again, great job! It is 10x better than Unity and "vanilla" Gnome Shell.

[tdockery97]

Hmmm...trying to log into MATE just kicks me back to login screen. That is after full install. Anyone else have this?

[nunol]

Yes, it's happening the same with me on Virtualbox.

[AlbertP]

It's not yet released on the website and the first bug is already found...

My download failed, ISO image gave errors and md5sum didn't match, so I had to start downloading again. So I haven't yet tried out Mint 12.

[floydsp]

Mine loaded just fine and ran the updates, seems to be pretty stable so far....Just love it

floydsp

[tdockery97]

No trouble with the install itself. I'm using the 32bit DVD version. I'm using the default desktop for the time being until the solution for logging into MATE is found.

Edit: Just looked at the iso testing page on the community site. One of the testers has the same bug of inability to log into MATE desktop. I guess the fix will come with the final release (or in updates for us RC users).