mintCast 264 – Building Linux Woes
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mintCast 264 (MP3) – Building Linux Woes
mintCast 230 – Linux Mint 17.2 KDE & Xfce
Introduction:
- Rob’s Xfce woes…XFCE window borders missing! (keheliya.blogspot.com)
News:
- Putting Lipstick on a Penguin – Ken Starks (fossforce.com)
- More Surprises for Windows 10 Users – Christine Hall (fossforce.com)
- Privacy Badger 1.0 – New Ways to Stop Sneaky Trackers (lwn.net) (eff.org)
- LibreOffice 5.0 stands out from the office suite crowd
(documentfoundation.org)
mintCast 216 – Linux Mint 17.1 KDE and Xfce
News:
- The 17.1 upgrade path is open for all Linux Mint editions (blog.linuxmint.com)
- Should you freak out about the 2015 Leap Second? Linus says “No” (wired.com) (wired.com)
- Fedora 19 “Schrödinger’s Cat” Reaches EOL and Is Now Definitely Dead (softpedia.com)
- Linux is featured prominently at CES 2015 (linux.com) (itworld.com)
- But where was Valve and the SteamMachine at CES? (gamespot.com) (softpedia.com) (softpedia.com)
- Linux Voice issue #2 is now free for download (linuxvoice.com)
mintCast 204 – Mint 17 KDE & Xfce
News:
- Qiana ‘v2’ ISO respins issued by Mint team (linuxmint.com)
- Is the KDE desktop stagnant? Jack Wallen thinks so (techrepublic.com)
- Where is the KDE desktop going? (dot.kde.org)
- Intuit beats a patent troll in a case that could have farther reaching consequences (arstechnica.com)
- The latest top 500 super-computer list is out and Linux dominates (linux.com)
- Don’t forget to download your UbuntuOne files before July 31st (softpedia.com)
mintCast 188 – Mint 16 KDE and Xfce
PreShow Music:
- Beginner’s Luck by Lindalou and Michael Ryge (jamendo.com)
- still on the hill by deejoke (jamendo.com)
News:
- Petra backports available in Linux Mint 13 – The most significant improvements in Petra are being backported to Maya. Among other things, this gives Linux Mint 13 LTS users access to the following packages: MDM 1.4, Cinnamon 2.0, MATE 1.6, The latest versions of mintwelcome, mintstick, mintnanny, mintupload, mintupdate, mintinstall, mintsystem, mintmenu and mintdesktop. (blog.linuxmint.com)
- Cinnamon: graphics tablet support needs testing – We’ve begun re-porting graphics tablet (wacom) support back into Cinnamon. (segfault.linuxmint.com)
- Linux Wins the Desktop in 2014 and 3 More Bold Predictions – Linux won, the penguin has achieved world domination, and the usual commentarians completely missed it even after years of predicting it. (linux.com)
- Why didn’t Linux win on the desktop? – Heady forecasts showing Linux would become a major player on the desktop. While the prognostications proved correct for server and embedded operating systems, what happened on the desktop? (zdnet.com)
- Valve Already Has A Dozen Steam Machine Partners – Valve has announced their first 12 partners that intend to bring Steam Machines to the marketplace this year. (phoronix.com)
- GNU Octave 3.8 With Its GUI Officially Announced – GNU Octave 3.8 was officially released on 31 December 2013 to close out the year. Octave 3.8 has its own graphical user-interface and uses OpenGL in conjunction with FLTK widgets. (phoronix.com)
- Panasonic will bring Firefox OS to your smart TV this year – Firefox OS won’t be confined to small devices for much longer. Panasonic has announced a partnership with Mozilla that will see it launch Firefox OS-powered smart TVs and other “smart screens.” (engadget.com)
mintCast 168 – Mint 15 Xfce and KDE
News:
- Razor and LXDE-Qt have decided to merge (groups.google.com)
- Wine 1.6 released (webupd8.org) (winehq.org)
- Ubuntu forums get hacked (zdnet.com)
- The H is closing down (h-online.com)
