mintCast 180 – To Gimp or Not

• How to build and install the latest Cinnamon from Git This article explains how to install the very latest Cinnamon, not the very latest stable release, but the current version from the Github development repository. (segfault.linuxmint.com)

• Farewell Medibuntu The Medibuntu repository was discontinued and is no longer available. As a consequence, you might see error messages in the Update Manager, Package Manager and Software Manager. (blog.linuxmint.com)

• Q&A: Clement Lefebvre: The man behind Linux Mint “There was no plan to create a new distribution initially…” (computerworld.co.nz)

• Ubuntu 13.10 Finally Released, Big Yawner Ubuntu 13.10 is officially released. Of course, it’s been in the news so much that the official announcement today feels like old news. (ostatic.com) (arstechnica.com) (fridge.ubuntu.com)

• Quantal, raring, saucy…“So our titular totem, our tamper-proof taboo, our tranquil memento of mission and dues, our topical target of both cry and hue, the name for our LTS thoughtful and true: I give you, as Seuss would, with hullabaloo, the temperate and thrifty, the talented and tactful but ultimately, and tellingly, trusty tahr.” (markshuttleworth.com)

• The AMD Radeon Performance Is Incredible On Linux 3.12 “…benchmarks of a Radeon HD 4000 series GPU showed the Linux 3.12 kernel bringing major performance improvements over Linux 3.11 and prior.” “It turns out that this change also affects the closed source drivers for AMD and the open source drivers for NVidia” (phoronix.com #1) (phoronix.com #2) (phoronix.com #3) (phoronix.com #4)

• LightZone Is a Free, Awesome Photo Editor and Alternative to Lightroom The program lets you quickly manipulate a batch of photos, with great effects and styles and finely adjustable tools. (lifehacker.com) (Also, check the comments for a reference to “darktable” http://www.darktable.org/ another alternative)

• GIMP (www.gimp.org) is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

• Tutorials
  • www.gimp.org/tutorials
  • gimp-tutorials.net

• The GIMP – http://www.gimp.org/

• Free books on Programming – http://github.com (lifehacker.com)

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