mintCast 213 – Linux Mint 17.1 “Rebecca”

News:

We have all winner! Fresh Linux Mint 17.1 – hands down the best
Beats Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Elementary (theregister.co.uk)
Linux Mint 17.1 finally makes MATE’s fancy Compiz graphics easy to use (pcworld.com)
Systemd fallout: Debian fork Devuan set up (itwire.com)
OS X 10.10 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 vs. Fedora 21 vs. openSUSE Factory (phoronix.com)

Linux Mint 17.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2019. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.

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10 Sed (Stream Editor) Command Examples (nextstep4it.com) Sed is a stream editor in UNIX like operating system which is used for filtering and transforming text. Sed is derived originally from the basic line editor ‘ed’, an editor you will find on every unix system but one that is rarely used because of its difficult user interface.

Xfce window borders missing (keheliya.blogspot.com) On one bad day if you find your nice, slick Xfce desktop environment is all messed up and there are no window decorations or title bar in the application windows.. it can be because your window manager has crashed.

SCaLE 13x: The 13th annual Southern California Linux Expo (February 19-22, 2015) Hilton Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, CA
Kansas Linux Fest (March 21-22, 2015) Lawrence, KS
LinuxCon North America (August 17-19, 2015) in Seattle, WA