How you can install the Ubuntu Unity desktop on your Linux Mint 15 system. use this command to install the Lightdm login manager; the Unity desktop and other assorted paraphernalia that goes with it. I just did this today with Mint and this worked. You need the ubuntu-desktop package installed…
Read MoreThis is a relatively painless process if you follow this tutorial. Note that I am using a 64bit operating system. First off; download the µtorrent client here: http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/linux. If it is in the ~/Downloads folder then type: tar -xvf utorrent-server-3.0-ubuntu-10.10-27079.tar.gztar -xvf utorrent-server-3.0-ubuntu-10.10-27079.tar.gz Install the required libssl component. sudo apt-get install…
Read MoreThe Sublime text 2 editor is an amazing new text editor for Linux and Windows that will make your text editing duties much easier. Firstly, you need to add the PPA for Linux Mint 15/Ubuntu 13.04. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3 Then update the package repositories to enable the apt…
Read MoreThe Gnome Shell desktop on Linux Mint 15 is a pretty good desktop environment for any Linux user, but after typing sudo apt-get install unity on Linux Mint 15 and trying it out, I actually think that the Unity desktop is the faster of the two. Despite the Macintosh styled…
Read MoreThere are some lovely MDM themes here: http://gnome-look.org/index.php?xsortmode=high&page=0&xcontentmode=150&PHPSESSID=677369a539b682bfcfaf4deb6bad7148. These would be perfect for any Linux Mint 15 machine. The MDM login manager in Linux Mint 15 has the ability to load GDM themes as well as new animated HTML5 themes. These themes are perfect for any user that wants to…
Read MoreTo install Virtualbox guest additions in operating systems that are installed into a Virtualbox VM, use these commands. This will get you up and running in no time. deep-thought ~ # apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-isodeep-thought ~ # apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso This will install the ISO image containing the guest additions. The…
Read MoreChocolate GTK theme: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Chocolate+%28Mate+theme%29?content=158032. This is a beautiful chocolate colored theme for Linux Mint 15 MATE. Your desktop will look quite original with this theme installed, download this today and make your desktop look even better.
Read MoreThe final stable release of Linux Mint 15 is now available. This is the next release of the popular Linux Mint distribution and comes with new software and enhancements to the login screen and the MATE desktop. Get this Linux distribution and enjoy a Linux distribution that does not come…
Read MoreNice Windows 8 theme for Linux http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Windows8+%28GTK+theme+2.x+%26+GTK+3.x%29?content=158560. This is a theme for GTK 3.0 that allows you to theme Unity or MATE to look like Windows 8. Sure the Windows 8 and Server 2012 interfaces are ugly; but it is kind of cool to theme Unity and MATE to resemble…
Read MoreThese are the new wallpapers that are available for Linux Mint 15. The railway one is very beautiful indeed. And the new MDM customisation application. This allows you to select new themes for the login manager. The new software manager allows users to select from categories and install software very…
Read MoreThe release candidate of the Linux Mint 15 distribution has been released. This new version of the Linux Mint distribution brings new software and features that will please all users of Linux, the Mint distro comes with all codecs and required software that you need to surf the Internet and…
Read MoreThe newest edition of the Linux Mint distribution, “Olivia” will be available from May 2013. This edition is named after the Olive tree and will provide more of the quality Linux goodness that we have come to expect from a quality Linux distribution. This distro will maintain quality and will…
Read MoreAfter using the excellent Gnome 3 desktop in Fedora core 15, I am really starting to enjoy it. Mostly due to the fact that suspend works perfectly and I can just put my machine to sleep and then wake it up straight back to my Gnome desktop ready for another…
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