Episode 72: Getting Things Done in Linux Mint!

News & Personal Updates

• 0:06:30 Linux Mint 11 LXDE RC is now available for download.
  http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1775

• 0:07:47 Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of ZDNet names Linux Mint the best of his 5 current favorite Linux distributions.
  http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-five-best-desktop-linux-distributions/9166

• 0:09:45 Phoronix has published a work-around for the power regression issues in the 2.6.38 kernel.
  http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Linux-power-regression-workaround/?kc=rss

• 0:15:10 A debate is raging regarding user-space file systems, and Linus has weighed in.
  http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTYwMA
  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/54990
  http://cloudfs.org/2011/06/user-space-filesystems/  

Main Topic

• 0:23:04 Working in Linux Mint

Feedback

Boston Peng – Synaptic and flash drives
Christopher Patric – Apple, app store, Amahi, and Amazon

Website of the Week

• Lifehacker

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