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Another selection of very nice Linux Mint MATE themes.

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http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/GnomishGray?content=149193&PHPSESSID=4d672c87c3867429f5197e1ab6ab7851. Gnomish Grey. An excellent GTK 3.0 theme. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Zukini?content=147431. Zukini. This is another very cool GTK 3.0 theme. This may not work with Gnome Shell 3.5, so if you are running Ubuntu 12.10, you are out of luck. But it also includes a theme for the Awesome Window manager, so that is a nice bonus. … Read more

Quick Linux primer, some useful commands to get started with Linux Mint 13.

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If you are just getting started with Linux, then this will be helpful. If you are moving from an Ubuntu installation to a Linux Mint one, then you will need to download an ISO image from here: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php/ then burn it to a DVD. The command below will use the wodim command to burn the … Read more

How to get me-tv working on Linux Mint 13 Maya. Compiling from source with an older version.

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The me-tv software for Linux Mint 13 Maya was not working for me, but I found out that if you download this tarball: https://launchpad.net/debian/+archive/primary/+files/me-tv_1.3.7.orig.tar.gz and install it by running the commands below. ./autogen.sh make make install./autogen.sh make make install Then the software will work. The new version 2.00 release is broken, the client-server model does … Read more

Installing GNU Grub 2.00 on Linux Mint 13 Maya.

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The new GNU Grub 2.00 has just been released with all new features and here is how to install it. Firstly, download the tarball from this mailing list post. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2012-06/msg00093.html. After unpacking the tarball, cd into the folder and type: ./configure –prefix=/usr./configure –prefix=/usr to run the configure script. You will need to install extra libraries … Read more

Using the ubuntu-tweak application on Linux Mint 13 Maya. Tweaking the Unity desktop.

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The ubuntu-tweak utility for Ubuntu is also available for Linux Mint 13. This utility allows the user to configure the Unity desktop. I installed the Myunity application on Linux Mint but it would not run as it detected that I was not running the Ubuntu distribution. The Unity desktop supplied for Linux Mint 13 also … Read more

Re-installing the Grand Unified Boot loader (GRUB2) in Linux Mint 13.

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I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my computer, triple-booting with Linux Mint 12 and Linux Mint 13, this overwrote my boot-loader for my Linux Mint 13 installation. Therefore, after booting into my Linux Mint 13 distribution I re-installed the boot-loader using the command-line. Using the grub-install command to re-install the proper boot-loader to the boot … Read more

Using the Linux rename command and other useful commands for Linux Mint 13.

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The rename command for the Linux shell allows you to rename a directory full of files en-mass. This first example, based on the examples in the rename manual page. Firstly renaming a directory full of xhtml files to the html extension. rename ‘s/\.xhtml$/.html/’ *.xhtmlrename ‘s/\.xhtml$/.html/’ *.xhtml And renaming a folder full of Jpeg files with … Read more

Using the text console in Linux Mint 13. How to use Linux the proper command-line way.

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Using the text console in Linux Mint is very easy. Access it by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1. Get back to Xorg by pressing Alt-F9. Some Linux distributions use the virtual terminal tty7 as the one reserved for Xorg, but this can vary. You may open many virtual consoles by pressing Alt-2, Alt-3, or pressing Alt and using … Read more

Best window managers for a Linux desktop user.

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https://linuxtyper.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/what-window-manager-should-i-use-part-5-icewm-and-conclusion/. There is an interesting discussion in five parts that is discussing what window manager is the best for your Linux desktop. I am using KDE 4.8.3 with the Metacity window manager. I got sick of using Compiz and I prefer the Metacity window manager instead. KDE 4.8.3 on Linux Mint 13 Maya is very … Read more

Installing a vanilla kernel on Linux Mint 13 Maya. How to build from the kernel.org tarball.

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The installation of a vanilla kernel on Linux Mint 13 is very simple. Once you have downloaded the kernel tarball from kernel.org you will have to unpack the tarball: tar jxvf linux-3.4-rc2.tar.bz2tar jxvf linux-3.4-rc2.tar.bz2 Then enter the directory thus created and run make mrproper to make sure the kernel source tree is clean. C:\HOME\FLYNN\DOCUMENTS> cd … Read more

The me-tv software is not working on Linux Mint 13. This should be fixed soon though.

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The me-tv package distributed with the Linux Mint 13 maya distribution is not working at the moment, the client-server model they have adopted is quite a change, but when I executed it from a terminal window, I got the error that the database format was not compatible and the me-tv-server was not able to be … Read more

Setting up the Linux Mint grub menu. How to use a *.png wallpaper to spice up your boot menu.

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Setting up the Linux Mint grub menu, set a png file as the background This is my copy of the /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme file I found on my system, I have uncommented quite a lot of the code and I got it working. I then copied a png format image to my /boot/grub folder and then ran … Read more

Updating the grub bootloader and setting various options with Ubuntu or Mint.

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The grub bootloader used by Ubuntu or Mint is very easy to work with when you wish to add a new kernel or customize the look and feel of the Grub2 bootloader. The listing below is my /etc/default/grub file. This file may be customized with your current desktop resolution so that when the grub menu … Read more

Linux Mint 13 maya the best release yet of this distribution. A single repository would make it perfect.

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The Linux Mint 13 maya distribution is the best release yet of the Linux Mint distribution. I wish though it had a single repository like Ubuntu rather than using a combination of the Linux Mint and Ubuntu repositories. That would make it very easy to upgrade in place rather than having to download the ISO … Read more

Gimp 2.8 available for Linux Mint 13 users. Single window mode better than ever.

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The Gimp 2.8 is now available for users of the Linux Mint 13 distribution. I used the tips here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=101517&start=20 to install the Gimp packages and get it working. I had to uninstall the Gimp with this command: sudo apt-get purge Gimp* Then add the appropriate ppa: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp After this update the package … Read more

MATE Desktop on Linux Mint 13. Some nice GTK and icon themes to make it look very nice.

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This is the MATE Gnome 2 desktop on Linux Mint 13. Many themes are available for the MATE Desktop Environment on the art.gnome.org/themes website. The GTK themes may be found here: http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2. The eXperience theme is a Windows XP styled theme for GTK, I think it is cool to have a Macintosh or Windows XP … Read more

Windows 8 reviews are becoming more and and more unfavourable. Linux Mint 13 is the alternative.

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The Windows 8 reviews are becoming more and and more unfavorable. The interface is being dumbed down and it will end up becoming a joke in the computing world. The Linux Mint 13 distribution has been released and the 64bit MATE release of this distribution is looking very good indeed. As the image to the … Read more

APT problems with Linux Mint 12. Is archive.ubuntu.com down?

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I am having trouble accessing the APT repository at archive.ubuntu.com, I found out that if I changed it to gb.archive.ubuntu.com I could access the repository again. This is very annoying though. You would expect to be able to access the repositories when ever you need to. But it works just fine when I use the … Read more

KMS support coming for FreeBSD 10 and Ubuntu desktop.

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Linux Mint and the Unity desktop are compatible, but the Unity interface is prone to freezing and it is nowhere as fast as the KDE 4.7.4 desktop that is a far superior interface that is more useful, you can use the KDE desktop just like the familiar Windows desktop that many computer users are familiar … Read more