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1:39 Linux Innards
49:14 Vibrations from the Ether
53:30 Check This Out
56:34 Outro

In our Innards section, we cover our experiences with the flavors of Ubuntu 20.10!

And finally, the feedback and a couple suggestions

LINUX INNARDS:

  • Ubuntu 20.10 Tinkering
    • Ubuntu Proper
      • Pi Joe
        • Super easy to install.  Used the rpi-imager instead of etcher.  Very quick install 
        • It took a couple of tries to get the screen image to show up on the monitor that i was using but after that it was very much like a standard install of Ubuntu
        • Post initial setup i tried some of my standard application installs.  
          • X2go worked easy
          • Chrome browser did not because it is arm and the old method for getting chromium to work with netflix did not work either
          • Also installed audacity and mumble which seemed to work easy enough
          • I was able to install a docker version of chromium that did work with netflix and video played very smooth after a couple of minutes of dropped frames
        • I have to say that it is not the smoothest os i have seen on the pi but i am able to multitask on it.
        • I am familiar with gnome from the time that i was using fedora and it does work
        • Very standard linux but at least on the pi version it has this issue where it locks the screen at x time even when video is playing so i had to set it to not lock on its own
        • There were some obscure programs that i could not install because there was no arm version also
        • I wouldn’t want to use the pi long term as a desktop but it works well enough as a secondary or backup machine for me.  I was able to do daily tasks and browsing with it and video watching was smooth
        • Gnome did not seem to be a too much of a resource hog which had been a problem in the past.
    • Kubuntu
      • Leo – Just wow. Every time I jump on a Plasma desktop, I fall in love all over again. The more I do this, the more chances there are for it to stick!
      • The biggest downside to Kubuntu is Plasma quickly released a huge update in 5.20 after Kubuntu’s freeze. So Kubuntu folks will have to wait for 21.04 for those fixes and additions or jump on KDE Neon and slap on the HWE kernel and fixes there.
    • Ubuntu Unity 
      • Bo – I’ve been running it all week and…. I kinda like it.
        • The “window dodge” feature is missing
      • Moss – I’ve been running 20.04 all along, so I installed this. It would not install the Nvidia driver — the same driver which installed perfectly in 18.04 and 20.04. I think we’ve identified this as a kernel 5.8 issue, and I’ll talk a bit more about this in the next section.
    • Ubuntu Studio
      • Tony W – 
        • Implementation of ubiquity installer looks slick 
        • Menus look WAY more modern
          • Big change – descriptions added to each application without the need to hover mouse cursor
      • Moss – 
        • I downloaded it and tried it, but I could not get the panel to the bottom. Some things you just don’t have to live with. I’ll just add the tools to another flavor or even Mint.
      • Tony H –
        • I installed it on my Lenovo X230i last night, and it would not connect to my network WiFi, but would tether to the phone. I found out later that any other room in the house is fine but it can not connect to my WiFi network from the studio, so probably a hardware issue as no issue with my other machines. 
        • As for the OS it looks slick and seems very friendly with RAM use at 620Mb at boot and 1.5Gb with FireFox and 3 tabs open. The install and a couple of additional programs not included by default take 13.1Gb of HDD space so it needs at least 16Gb+ in a VM. So I would suggest a 32Gb USB Flash Drive if doing a persistent install to one.  
        • There are a few little annoyances with Plasma, but as an OS aimed at creators I would recommend giving it a go for the included software, it even has Blender pre installed and all the Audio visual and graphics software you could want.
    • Ubuntu Mate 
      • Tony W
        • Available for Rpi, and I would think very usable
        • PERFORMANT on low powered machines (tested w/ Dell 7130)
        • Mate Welcome got a nice cosmetic refresh in 20.04 
        • Mate Tweak remains amazing, and now properly saves changes to each panel config to allow for switching back and forth
        • I love Mate’s Software Boutique
      • Moss – I tried installing this after the failure with the driver in Unity, for the primary purpose of seeing if the driver loaded, and had the same issue, so I didn’t go any further with it.
    • Lubuntu
      • Played with this a little bit. It’s a hard call between this and MATE for any VM that needs a GUI. Of which I have two. They run on Linux Mint Mate for now, but it’s so good to have options.
    • Xubuntu – nobody cares LOL
    • Ubuntu Kylin
      • Tony W – I had a very brief play with the live USB, had never tried Kylin before.  
        • Very friendly for Windows users.  
        • Chinese language remnants even if using English (expected). 
        • Kylin store is interesting
    • Ubuntu Cinnamon remix
      • Josh – I installed 20.04 and upgraded it to 20.10 no issues doing that whatsoever. 
        • Pros – 
          • Upgrade was a breeze
          • Cinnamon desktop is great and just what you would expect.
          • All the comforts of Ubuntu without the Gnome in the garden.
        • Cons – 
          • Theming is a little much with extensive use of orange
          • Not yet an “official” Flavor but is working on it
          • Not a ton of tools preinstalled like Linux Mint has
    • Ubuntu Budgie
      • Josh – Also installed 20.04 and upgraded to 20.10 again went smoothly.
        • Pros –
          • Budgie is a great and simple Desktop Environment
          • Again it is Ubuntu based so it has all the Ubuntu support
          • Great welcome screen with a ton of options!
        • Cons –
          • Weird implementation of the Budgie desktop
          • Theming was very inconsistent 
          • Tried the snap store (I know snaps ewwww) and had a weird transparency to it but still functioned as usual.

VIBRATIONS FROM THE ETHER: 

  • John Wallis
  • John Wallis Part 2
  • Werewoelfchen

CHECK THIS OUT! 

Announcements:

Wrap-up:

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible …

  • Josh Lowe for all his work on the website
  • Bytemark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • HPR for our Mumble backup
  • Hobstar for our logo
  • Londoner for our time zone link
  • Owen Peery for our audio editing
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem!>
]]> 4758 mintCast 347.5 – Sensational Silverback https://mintcast.org/mintcast-347-5-sensational-silverback/ Wed, 11 Nov 2020 04:44:21 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=4750 And finally, the feedback and a couple suggestions
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1:39 Linux Innards
49:14 Vibrations from the Ether
53:30 Check This Out
56:34 Outro

In our Innards section, we cover our experiences with the flavors of Ubuntu 20.10!

And finally, the feedback and a couple suggestions

LINUX INNARDS:

  • Ubuntu 20.10 Tinkering
    • Ubuntu Proper
      • Pi Joe
        • Super easy to install.  Used the rpi-imager instead of etcher.  Very quick install 
        • It took a couple of tries to get the screen image to show up on the monitor that i was using but after that it was very much like a standard install of Ubuntu
        • Post initial setup i tried some of my standard application installs.  
          • X2go worked easy
          • Chrome browser did not because it is arm and the old method for getting chromium to work with netflix did not work either
          • Also installed audacity and mumble which seemed to work easy enough
          • I was able to install a docker version of chromium that did work with netflix and video played very smooth after a couple of minutes of dropped frames
        • I have to say that it is not the smoothest os i have seen on the pi but i am able to multitask on it.
        • I am familiar with gnome from the time that i was using fedora and it does work
        • Very standard linux but at least on the pi version it has this issue where it locks the screen at x time even when video is playing so i had to set it to not lock on its own
        • There were some obscure programs that i could not install because there was no arm version also
        • I wouldn’t want to use the pi long term as a desktop but it works well enough as a secondary or backup machine for me.  I was able to do daily tasks and browsing with it and video watching was smooth
        • Gnome did not seem to be a too much of a resource hog which had been a problem in the past.
    • Kubuntu
      • Leo – Just wow. Every time I jump on a Plasma desktop, I fall in love all over again. The more I do this, the more chances there are for it to stick!
      • The biggest downside to Kubuntu is Plasma quickly released a huge update in 5.20 after Kubuntu’s freeze. So Kubuntu folks will have to wait for 21.04 for those fixes and additions or jump on KDE Neon and slap on the HWE kernel and fixes there.
    • Ubuntu Unity 
      • Bo – I’ve been running it all week and…. I kinda like it.
        • The “window dodge” feature is missing
      • Moss – I’ve been running 20.04 all along, so I installed this. It would not install the Nvidia driver — the same driver which installed perfectly in 18.04 and 20.04. I think we’ve identified this as a kernel 5.8 issue, and I’ll talk a bit more about this in the next section.
    • Ubuntu Studio
      • Tony W – 
        • Implementation of ubiquity installer looks slick 
        • Menus look WAY more modern
          • Big change – descriptions added to each application without the need to hover mouse cursor
      • Moss – 
        • I downloaded it and tried it, but I could not get the panel to the bottom. Some things you just don’t have to live with. I’ll just add the tools to another flavor or even Mint.
      • Tony H –
        • I installed it on my Lenovo X230i last night, and it would not connect to my network WiFi, but would tether to the phone. I found out later that any other room in the house is fine but it can not connect to my WiFi network from the studio, so probably a hardware issue as no issue with my other machines. 
        • As for the OS it looks slick and seems very friendly with RAM use at 620Mb at boot and 1.5Gb with FireFox and 3 tabs open. The install and a couple of additional programs not included by default take 13.1Gb of HDD space so it needs at least 16Gb+ in a VM. So I would suggest a 32Gb USB Flash Drive if doing a persistent install to one.  
        • There are a few little annoyances with Plasma, but as an OS aimed at creators I would recommend giving it a go for the included software, it even has Blender pre installed and all the Audio visual and graphics software you could want.
    • Ubuntu Mate 
      • Tony W
        • Available for Rpi, and I would think very usable
        • PERFORMANT on low powered machines (tested w/ Dell 7130)
        • Mate Welcome got a nice cosmetic refresh in 20.04 
        • Mate Tweak remains amazing, and now properly saves changes to each panel config to allow for switching back and forth
        • I love Mate’s Software Boutique
      • Moss – I tried installing this after the failure with the driver in Unity, for the primary purpose of seeing if the driver loaded, and had the same issue, so I didn’t go any further with it.
    • Lubuntu
      • Played with this a little bit. It’s a hard call between this and MATE for any VM that needs a GUI. Of which I have two. They run on Linux Mint Mate for now, but it’s so good to have options.
    • Xubuntu – nobody cares LOL
    • Ubuntu Kylin
      • Tony W – I had a very brief play with the live USB, had never tried Kylin before.  
        • Very friendly for Windows users.  
        • Chinese language remnants even if using English (expected). 
        • Kylin store is interesting
    • Ubuntu Cinnamon remix
      • Josh – I installed 20.04 and upgraded it to 20.10 no issues doing that whatsoever. 
        • Pros – 
          • Upgrade was a breeze
          • Cinnamon desktop is great and just what you would expect.
          • All the comforts of Ubuntu without the Gnome in the garden.
        • Cons – 
          • Theming is a little much with extensive use of orange
          • Not yet an “official” Flavor but is working on it
          • Not a ton of tools preinstalled like Linux Mint has
    • Ubuntu Budgie
      • Josh – Also installed 20.04 and upgraded to 20.10 again went smoothly.
        • Pros –
          • Budgie is a great and simple Desktop Environment
          • Again it is Ubuntu based so it has all the Ubuntu support
          • Great welcome screen with a ton of options!
        • Cons –
          • Weird implementation of the Budgie desktop
          • Theming was very inconsistent 
          • Tried the snap store (I know snaps ewwww) and had a weird transparency to it but still functioned as usual.

VIBRATIONS FROM THE ETHER: 

  • John Wallis
  • John Wallis Part 2
  • Werewoelfchen

CHECK THIS OUT! 

Announcements:

Wrap-up:

Before we leave, we want to make sure to acknowledge some of the people who make mintCast possible …

  • Josh Lowe for all his work on the website
  • Bytemark Hosting for hosting mintcast.org and our Mumble server
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • HPR for our Mumble backup
  • Hobstar for our logo
  • Londoner for our time zone link
  • Owen Peery for our audio editing
  • Archive.org for hosting our audio files
  • The Linux Mint development team for the fine distro we love to talk about <Thanks, Clem!>
]]> 4750 mintCast 242 – Void Linux https://mintcast.org/mintcast-242-void-linux/ Fri, 25 Mar 2016 16:58:06 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=3073 242]

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Main Topic: Void Linux (http://www.voidlinux.eu/)

“Void Linux is an independent distribution, developed entirely by volunteers. Unlike trillions of other existing distros, Void is not a modification of an existing distribution. Void’s package manager and build system have been written from scratch.”

Tips & Websites:

  • Void Linux (http://www.voidlinux.eu/)
  • Sublime Text  (https://www.sublimetext.com/) – I’ve been having to use Windows at bit more at work recently and one of things that Windows has that Linux doesn’t is Notepad++. This is also one of the first things I went looking for when I first started using Linux over Windows and was a little heartbroken to see that I couldn’t use Notepad++ on Linux. Then I found Sublime Text.
    Note: Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use. There is currently no enforced time limit for the evaluation.
  • How To Fix The (Annoying) ‘Failed to Fetch’ Chrome apt Error (reddit.com) (omgubuntu.co.uk) The search engine has pulled 32-bit Chrome builds from the official Chrome repo, which gets added to Ubuntu Software Sources when the app is first installed. On Linux Mint, you can update it in Update Manager: Edit > Software Sources > Additional repositories, Select Google -> Edit URL…
  • Record your terminal activity with “script” (ostechnix.com) As a System administrator, you might execute lot of commands in the Terminal everyday. Sometimes you might want to refer the entire command history along with all respective outputs later.

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Podcast Announcements:

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Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe and Isaac
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

]]> 3073 mintCast 239 – A Friendly Look at Arch https://mintcast.org/mintcast-239-a-friendly-look-at-arch/ Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:32:14 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=3058 239]

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Main Topic:

  • A friendly look at Arch Linux!
    • “You’ve reached the website for Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.”

Tips & Websites:

  • How to change boot splash screen on Ubuntu or Linux Mint (xmodulo.com) “Question: On my desktop, I want to change the initial splash screen which is shown during boot time. How can I customize boot splash screen on [Ubuntu, Linux Mint]?”

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More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe and Isaac
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

]]> 3058 mintCast 237 – Mint 17.3 and The Year of 2015 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-237-mint-17-3-and-the-year-of-2015/ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 03:08:48 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=3050 237]

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Main Topic:

  • A Look at Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon/MATE
  • The Year in Review

Websites:

Tips:

  • How to customize the LXDE desktop (zdnet.com) LXDE is focused on being lightweight and low overhead but still easy to use and configure.
  • Sunday Morning Linux Review (smlr.us) Tom, Tony, and Mary have known each other for years through the MDLUG. Definitely worth a listen!

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Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe and Isaac
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

]]> 3050 mintCast 236 – A Pinch of Cinnamon https://mintcast.org/mintcast-236-a-pinch-of-cinnamon/ Fri, 20 Nov 2015 03:04:29 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=3046 236]

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Main Topic: The Cinnamon Desktop

Websites:

Tips:

  • Bring Back MST3K (kickstarter.com) Help bring back MST3K, one of the most beloved cult shows ever, for another season w/ up to 12 new full-length movie riffing episodes!
  • Watch Star Wars in a Linux Terminal (techblog.aasisvinayak.com) Many of you may have seen the Star Wars. But how many of you have seen it in the terminal?

Pre-Show Music:

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Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe and Isaac
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

]]> 3046 mintCast 235 – The Wily Werewolf https://mintcast.org/mintcast-235-the-wily-werewolf/ Fri, 06 Nov 2015 16:31:30 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=3034 235]

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Main Topic: Ubuntu 15.10 – The Wily Werewolf

Websites:

Tip:

  • Fish shell (http://fishshell.com/) If you use terminal a lot, then try out Fish shell, I been using it more lately and starting to really like it.  More powerful than bash and more user-friendly then zsh
  • Install Samba Server on Ubuntu 15.10 (howtoforge.com) Going along with the topic this week, here’s a how-to on installing Samba Server on Ubuntu 15.10

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Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe and Isaac
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

]]> 3034 mintCast 230 – Linux Mint 17.2 KDE & Xfce https://mintcast.org/mintcast-230-linux-mint-17-2-kde-xfce/ Fri, 14 Aug 2015 01:50:41 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2996 230]

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News:

Main Topic: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela – KDE & Xfce

Website:

Tip:

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Podcast Announcements:

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Hosts: Rob, Scott, and Joe
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

]]> 2996 mintCast 228 – Linux Mint 17.2 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-228-linux-mint-17-2/ Fri, 17 Jul 2015 02:23:54 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2986 228] Download

Introduction:

News:

Main Topic: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela – MATE and Cinnamon

Website:

Tip:

  • How to benchmark your GPU on Linux:
  • Linux is not famous for its gaming abilities and possibilities, and it is only natural that there aren’t many GPU benchmarking tools available with which users can test their graphics hardware. There are however some benchmarking suites that can help you determine the various aspects of your GPU performance with precision. (howtoforge.com)

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Hosts: Rob, Scott, and Joe
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

]]> 2986 mintCast 227 – PeppermintOS 6 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-227-peppermintos-6/ Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:26:23 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2984 227] Download

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Main Topic: PeppermintOS 6

Website:

Tip:

  • How to benchmark your GPU on Linux:
  • Linux is not famous for its gaming abilities and possibilities, and it is only natural that there aren’t many GPU benchmarking tools available with which users can test their graphics hardware. There are however some benchmarking suites that can help you determine the various aspects of your GPU performance with precision. (howtoforge.com)

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Hosts: Rob, Scott, and Joe
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

]]> 2984 mintCast 226 – Fedora Twenty-Two https://mintcast.org/mintcast-226-fedora-twenty-two/ Fri, 19 Jun 2015 02:04:45 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2978 226]

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Main Topic: Fedora 22 (Twenty-Two)

Websites:

Tip:

  • To removing a directory from your PATH,you just execute:

    export PATH=[current PATH without whatever you’re removing]

  • That would be for the current session, if you want to change permanently add it to any .bashrc, bash.bashrc, /etc/profile, .bash_profile, etc. — whatever fits your system and user needs.

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

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]]> 2978 mintCast 223 – Ubuntu & Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet https://mintcast.org/mintcast-223-ubuntu-ubuntu-mate-15-04-vivid-vervet/ Thu, 07 May 2015 08:26:16 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2964 223] Download

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Main Topic: Ubuntu and Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet

Website:

This document compares Upstart and systemd with a view to aiding in the transition to the latter.

Tip:

  • You can “fix” the menus in Vivid Vervet.

If you don’t like the global (or local) menus in Ubuntu 15.04, you can go to System Settings > Appearance > Behavior and choose the desired location of menus from ‘Show the menus for a window’ option. You can also install dconf-editor to tweak a number of Unity settings, including the auto-hide of menus.

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

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Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

]]> 2964 mintCast 221 – MakuluLinux and the LMDE2 RC https://mintcast.org/mintcast-221-makululinux-and-the-lmde2-rc/ Fri, 27 Mar 2015 02:53:19 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2948 221] Download

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Main Topic: MakuluLinux Cinnamon and LMDE 2 Cinnamon RC

Website:

  • 101 Open Source Tools for Developers (datamation.com)
    Open source tools for programming languages, team management, frameworks, IDEs, text editors and more.

Tip:

  • You need to apply the OpenSSL patches today, not tomorrow (zdnet.com)
    At first glance, you might not think that the latest set of OpenSSL security patches are that important. Sure, there’s a dozen of them and two are serious, but are they really that bad? Yes, actually they’re not just bad, they’re awful.

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Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar. 

]]> 2948 mintCast 219 – Bodhi Linux and Chromebooks https://mintcast.org/mintcast-219-bodhi-linux-and-chromebooks/ Wed, 25 Feb 2015 02:18:03 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2939 219] Download

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Main Topic: Bodhi Linux and Chromebooks

Website:

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

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Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar. 

]]> 2939 mintCast 217 – Android on your PC https://mintcast.org/mintcast-217-android-on-your-pc/ Fri, 30 Jan 2015 03:02:07 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2928 217] Download

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Android on your PC

Website:

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Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar. 

]]> 2928 mintCast 216 – Linux Mint 17.1 KDE and Xfce https://mintcast.org/mintcast-216-linux-mint-17-1-kde-and-xfce/ Fri, 16 Jan 2015 02:32:42 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2921 216] Download

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Linux Mint 17.1 KDE and Xfce Editions

Website:

Tip:

  • sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata – you can use this command to quickly change your timezone.  It runs an ncurses based utility that harkens back to the days of text based Linux installers.

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]]> 2921 mintCast 215 – 2014 – A Year in Review https://mintcast.org/mintcast-215-2014-a-year-in-review/ Fri, 02 Jan 2015 00:51:44 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2915 215] Download

News:

2014 – A Year in Review

Website:

  • OpenSource.com
    • Opensource.com is an online publication focused on how open source is applied to different areas including business, education, government, health, law and other disciplines of life.
      Our goal is to further the open source way by sharing the open source movement. Our community of readers is made up of those who believe that open participation and sharing can tackle the business, social, environmental, and technological challenges facing us today.
    • (opensource.com/)

Tip:

  • VIM tutorial for beginners:
    • Vim is a powerful text based application that can be used to create, modify or save text based files. The following tutorial will introduce you to the basic functionality of vim as well as how to utilize some of its most powerful features.
    • (dillonhale.com)

Pre-Show Music:

Podcast Announcements:

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar. 

]]> 2915 mintCast 213 – Linux Mint 17.1 “Rebecca” https://mintcast.org/mintcast-213-linux-mint-17-1-rebecca/ Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:07:45 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2905 213] Download

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)

Main Topic: Linux Mint 17.1 “Rebecca” Released!

 

  • 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.

 

Pre-Show Music:

Web Site:

  • 11 Useful Utilities To Supercharge Your Ubuntu Experience (omgubuntu.co.uk) Whether you’re a relative novice or a seasoned pro, we all want to get the most from our operating system. Ubuntu, like most modern OSes, has more to offer than what is presented at first blush.  From tweaking and refining the look, behavior and performance of the Unity desktop to performing system maintenance, there are a huge array of useful utilities and apps that can help tune Ubuntu to meet your needs in no time..

Tip of the Podcast:

  • 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.

Podcast Announcements:

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). Podcast bumpers provided by Oscar.

]]> 2905 mintCast 202 – Mint 17 Cinnamon and Mate https://mintcast.org/mintcast-202-mint-17-cinnamon-and-mate/ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:22:28 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2824 202] Download

News:

  • Cinnamon PPA will no longer be maintained for Ubuntu users (muktware.com)
  • TrueCrypt shuts down, conspiracy theorists go nuts (tomsguide.com)
  • TrueCrypt isn’t dead.  It has been forked and moved to Switzerland  (softpedia.com)
  • Oh, and Steve Gibson says it is still safe to use (grc.com)
  • Linux Top 3: Fedora, Ubuntu and Gluster Lose Community Leaders (linuxplanet.com)
  • Tizen, once declared dead, continues to gain strength (eweek.com)

Main Topic: Linux Mint 17 Qiana – Cinnamon & Mate

  • Linux Mint 17 Qiana Cinnamon & Mate editions available for download
    (Cinnamon) (Mate)

Website:

  • Linux Mint Essentials from Packt Publishing (packtpub.com)

Tip:

  • 11 things to do after installing Linux Mint 17 (enqlu.com)

Pre-Show Music:

Podcast Announcements:

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe
Live Stream every other Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com).
The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.
Thanks to KWisher for the use of his PiCaster.
Thanks to the Linuxbasix gang for the use of their Mumble server.

]]> 2824 mintCast 199 – Online Backup Services https://mintcast.org/mintcast-199-online-backup-services/ Fri, 18 Apr 2014 01:32:20 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2809 199] Download

News:

Main Topic: Online Backup Services

Website:

  • BestBackups.com
    • Peter Zaborszky – “As a small business running websites (online games actually), after a certain point I realised I could lose everything if I don’t back everything up frequently. I started searching for backup solutions online, only to find there were a huge amount of providers, and I didn’t know who to choose!

      Then I had an idea, if other people have this problem, they’ll probably be interested in a review site for online backup and cloud backup solutions!

      So that’s how it started, I’ve been building the site ever since, reviewing all providers as much as I can!”

    • http://www.bestbackups.com/

Tip:

  • 16 commands to check hardware information on Linux
    • This post takes a quick look at some of the most commonly used commands to check information and configuration details about various hardware peripherals and devices. The list includes lscpu, hwinfo, lshw, dmidecode, lspci etc.
    • http://www.binarytides.com/linux-commands-hardware-info/

Pre-Show Music:

Podcast Announcements:

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott
Live Stream every other Monday 7:00 p.m. or Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2809 mintCast 198 – Personal Finances https://mintcast.org/mintcast-198-personal-finances/ Fri, 04 Apr 2014 02:44:16 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2799 198] Download

News:

  • 1993: Term Spam Coined (dayintechhistory.com)
  • 1951: UNIVAC I – First American Commercial Computer is Unveiled (dayintechhistory.com)
  • Linux Mint 17 codenamed Qiana (linuxmint.com)
  • Linux Mint might use the same LTS BASE for Linux Mint 17, 18, 19 and 20 (webupd8.org)
  • Why Linux Mint is a worthwhile Windows XP replacement (zdnet.com)
  • GOG.com to support Linux (linuxmint.com)
  • Ubuntu 14.04 final beta download: A much-needed upgrade for LTS users (extremetech.com)
  • Karen Sandler Steps Down as GNOME Foundation Executive Director (gnome.org)
  • Bletchley Park codebreaker Jerry Roberts dies, aged 93 (bbc.com)

Main Topic: Personal Finance Management Software

  • General Overview of Available Software:
  • Online Financial Management Applications: (about.com)

Tip:

  • Difference Between su and sudo and How to Configure sudo in Linux (thanks to James Eaton)
    • Linux System is much secured than any of its counterpart. One of the way to implement security in Linux is the user management policy and user permission. normal users are not authorized to perform any system operations.
    • A normal user needs to use either “su” or “sudo” command to perform any system wide changes.
    • http://www.tecmint.com/su-vs-sudo-and-how-to-configure-sudo-in-linux/

Pre-Show Music:

Podcast Announcements:

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott
Live Stream every other Monday 7:00 p.m. or Sunday 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream

Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:

Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2799 mintCast 196 – Looking at LMDE https://mintcast.org/mintcast-196-looking-at-lmde/ Fri, 14 Mar 2014 03:16:36 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2786 196] Download

News:

Main Topic: LMDE 201403

  • Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is a semi-rolling distribution based on Debian Testing. It’s available in both 32 and 64-bit as a live DVD with Cinnamon or MATE. The purpose of LMDE is to look identical to the main edition and to provide the same functionality while using Debian as a base.
  • …but the LMDE repository is down! (blog.linuxmint.com)
  • Are there enough users for Linux Mint Debian Edition to survive? (itworld.com)

Tip:

  • Some outrageously gorgeous animated HTML5 login screens for Mint. (gnome-look.org)

Pre-Show Music:

Podcast Announcements:

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott
Live Stream  Mondays 7:00 p.m. or Sundays 2:00 p.m.(Central): mintcast.org/livestream
Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2786 mintCast 194 – Sonic and BSD https://mintcast.org/mintcast-194-sonic-and-bsd/ Fri, 21 Feb 2014 03:31:58 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2772 194] Download

News:

Main Topic: PC-BSD 10

  • PC-BSD® is a user friendly desktop Operating System based on FreeBSD.
  • Known widely for its stability and security in server environments, FreeBSD provides an excellent base on which to build a desktop operating system.
  • PC-BSD uses a host of popular open source window managers and uses a custom-tailored application installer that puts popular applications in easy reach of users.

Website(s):

Pre-Show Music:

Podcast Announcements:

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe
Live Stream (Mondays 8:00 p.m. or Sundays 2:00 p.m.): mintcast.org/livestream
Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2772 mintCast 193 – A New User’s View of Mint https://mintcast.org/mintcast-193-new-user-mint/ Fri, 14 Feb 2014 02:51:04 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2767 193] Download

News:

Main Topic: A New User’s View of Linux Mint

Website(s):

Pre-Show Music:

Podcast Announcements:

  • Linux in the Ham Shack at Hamvention 2014 Allow Linux in the Ham Shack to set up an educational booth at the Dayton Hamvention 2014. (indiegogo.com)

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe
Live Stream (Mondays 8:00 p.m. or Sundays 2:00 p.m.): mintcast.org/livestream
Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2767 mintCast 192 – It’s Elementary https://mintcast.org/mintcast-192-its-elementary/ Fri, 07 Feb 2014 03:52:39 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2758 192] Download

News:

  • Why Did Linux Mint Ax mintConstructor? Linux Mint has given Reglue the opportunity to create a respin for educational purposes within their non-profit, largely due to an app named mintConstructor. It provides a fairly simple method of making custom systems using Linux Mint as the base. (fossforce.com)
  • Ubuntu Planning To Develop Its Own File Manager The latest piece of the desktop Linux stack that Ubuntu developers are planning to replace with their own home grown solution is a file manager. (phoronix.com)
  • LibreOffice 4.2 released;  better bridges the gap with Microsoft Office Improved Office compatibility, OpenCL-powered spreadsheet math, and more features round out latest update of the open source productivity suite.  (infoworld.com)
  • UK government plans switch from Microsoft Office to open source Ministers are looking at saving tens of millions of pounds a year by abandoning expensive software produced by firms such as Microsoft.  Some £200m has been spent by the public sector on the computer giant’s Office suite alone since 2010. (theguardian.com)
  • Shotwell, elementary, and Pantheon Photos: What it all means Quote from the article… “To be clear, Yorba remains the maintainer of Shotwell.  elementary has not taken it over.” (yorba.org)
  • Podcasting “patent troll” fighting EFF wants donors’ names Personal Audio LLC is a patent-holding company that became famous (or infamous, depending on one’s point of view) by claiming that it owns things like playlists and podcasts (or “episodic content,” in the words of one Personal Audio patent). Its wild claims led the Electronic Frontier Foundation to raise more than $76,000 from donors to fight the patent. (arstechnica.com)

Main Topic: elementary OS

  • elementary OS has a single goal: to provide the best possible experience for our community. We’re driven by a desire to be better, not by a paycheck. Contributors aren’t profit-maximizers, they’re purpose-maximizers.  (elementaryos.org)

Website:

  • elementaryupdate.com is a website aimed at popularizing elementary OS. Its primary audience is everyday users with minimal computer experience. (www.elementaryupdate.com)

Tip:

  • Elementary Tweaks – A tool similar to Gnome Tweak Tool or Ubuntu Tweak, specifically tailored to elementary OS, has been requested many times before. Well you are in luck my friend, because here is just that: elementary Tweaks! (www.elementaryupdate.com)

Pre-show music this week was:

  • Yesterday’s Conversation by Angus Wallace (Jamendo.com)

Podcast Announcements:

  • Linux in the Ham Shack at Hamvention 2014 Allow Linux in the Ham Shack to set up an educational booth at the Dayton Hamvention 2014. (indiegogo.com)

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe
Live Stream (Mondays 8:00 p.m. or Sundays 2:00 p.m.): mintcast.org/livestream
Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2758 mintCast 186 – Sonic’s Blender https://mintcast.org/mintcast-186-sonics-blender/ Fri, 13 Dec 2013 02:56:54 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2723 186] Download

News:

  • Linux Mint Monthly News – November 2013 – The KDE edition was approved for an RC release, the Xfce edition is almost ready, MATE 1.6 and Cinnamon 2.0 are being backported to Linux Mint 13, and work is starting on LMDE UP8. (linuxmint.com)
  • Linux Mint 16 OEM Has Been Officially Released – OEM images are for computer vendors and manufacturers. They allow Linux Mint to be “pre-installed” on a machine which is then used by another person than the one who performed the installation. (softpedia.com) (linuxmint.com)
  • Linux Mint 16 “Petra” KDE RC released! – The highlight of this edition is the latest KDE desktop, KDE 4.11. (linuxmint.com)
  • New Linux worm targets routers, cameras, “Internet of things” devices – Researchers have discovered a Linux worm capable of infecting a wide range of home routers, set-top boxes, security cameras, and other consumer devices. The worm exploits a PHP vulnerability to propagate itself in the wild. It uses an old vulnerability that was patched in May 2012. (arstechnica.com) (tripwire.com)
  • Temperfect mug Kickstarter – The Temperfect mug brings your freshly-brewed beverage to the perfect drinking temperature within minutes, and, using the energy it stores, it maintains that temperature for hours. It requires no batteries or cords, and it’s infinitely reusable! (kickstarter.com) (joeveo.com)

Main Topic: Blender

with guest host Sonic4Spuds (callizera.com)

Websites:

Tips:

  • Terminator Ends the Terminal Window Blahs by Jack M. Germain, LinuxInsider
  • Terminator has its own, innovative approach to providing a user interface. If no other feature appeals to you, the multi-pane display should be priceless. For example, Terminator can divide each terminal window horizontally or vertically. You can open as many panes as you need within the single-window display. You can drag the split windows to resize each one to fit your needs. (linuxinsider.com) (launchpad.net)

Podcast Announcements:

  • Hacker Public Radio will be running a 24-hour New Year’s show again this year. Remember this is not an “HPR Show”, but rather we are providing a platform for the community to get together to wish each other a happy new year. (hackerpublicradio.org)

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe
Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org/livestream
Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2723 mintCast 185 – Mint 16 Petra https://mintcast.org/mintcast-185-mint-16-petra/ Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:45:59 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2720 185] Download

News:

  • First Steam Machine Priced At $499; Xbox One Is In Trouble– iBuyPower announced that their Steam Machine, due out in early 2014 and bundled with the first iteration of the SteamOS, will be available for only $499. Yes, the exact same price as the Xbox One, but far more powerful. (cinemablend.com)
  • Linux chief: “Open source is safer, and Linux is more secure than any other OS” – “In an interview with Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin, VentureBeat got a bird’s-eye view of the future of the open-source operating system for 2014.” The interview addressed the controversial issues of government spying and “backdoors”. Zemlin talked about how and why GNU/Linux remains the most secure option for concerned consumers. (venturebeat.com)
  • Canonical Dev Calls Linux Mint “Vulnerable”, Wouldn’t Use it For Online Banking – Users of the popular Ubuntu-based operating system Linux Mint should not use it for online banking, a Canonical engineer has advised. Mint’s decision to prevent packages with known security issues from updating, from the kernel and browser to the boot-loader and Xorg display server, leaves its users with a “vulnerable system”, says Oliver Grawert. (omgubuntu.co.uk)
  • Clem responds – “I hear a Canonical dev was more opinionated than knowledgeable and the press blew what he said out of proportion. I wouldn’t mind too much, if we weren’t finding ourselves answering questions from panicked users rather than working on what matters right now (i.e. Mint 16 RC). So I’ll be brief.” (segfault.linuxmint.com)

Main Topic: Mint 16 – Petra

  • The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.

Websites:

Tips:

Pre-show music this week was:

  • Beginner’s Luck by Lindalou and Michael Ryge (Jamendo.com)

Podcast Announcements:

  • Watch for “Event” announcements in the mintCast Community on Google+ to find out when we’re recording!
  • Linux Voice: We want to create an even better magazine; a bigger, more entertaining and more accountable magazine for the community we love to serve. The magazine we want to make is called Linux Voice. (indiegogo.com)

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe
Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org/livestream
Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2720 mintCast 184 – Point Linux https://mintcast.org/mintcast-184-point-linux/ Sat, 23 Nov 2013 20:01:16 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2714 184] Download

News:

  • Linux Mint 16 release candidate available for download– Clement Lefebvre has announced that the release candidate for Linux Mint 16 is out and ready for testing: “The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 16 ‘Petra’ RC. Linux Mint 16 is the result of six months of incremental development on top of stable and reliable technologies. This new release comes with updated software and brings refinements and new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.”. (Cinnamon) (Mate)
  • Debian finds itself caught up in the “init war”, technical panel to decide direction for next release – The leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project, Lucas Nussbaum, has announced that the question of which init system will be the default in the next release, Jessie, will be decided by the project’s technical committee. (itwire.com)
  • Google Books are ruled legal in a huge win for Fair Use – A long-running copyright lawsuit between the Authors’ Guild and Google over its book-scanning project is over, and Google has won on the grounds that its scanning is “fair use”. (arstechnica.com)
  • Sourceforge responds to the GIMPs departure – A week after the developers of popular graphics-wrangling app the GIMP bailed from SourceForge rather than endure the many odd ads it encourages, the site has responded with a scheme that makes its users the arbiters of acceptable ads. (theregister.co.uk)
  • Sailfish OS Smartphones to hit the market later this month – Finnish startup Jolla has revealed when the first batch of its Sailfish OS based smartphones will be available to customers, along with new information about what software will be on offer when the devices ship. (theregister.co.uk)

Main Topic: A look at Point Linux

  • Point Linux (Point Linux) is a GNU/Linux distribution that aims to combine the power of Debian GNU/Linux with the productivity of MATE, the Gnome 2 desktop environment fork. Point Linux provides an easy to set up and use distribution for users, looking for a fast, stable and predictable desktop.

Websites:

Tips:

Podcast Announcements:

  • Watch for “Event” announcements in the mintCast Community on Google+ to find out when we’re recording!
  • Mumble Server: The LinuxBasix community funded the mumble server we currently use to live stream and record mintCast. Since they have segmented a bit, jneuster has funded it privately. While ~$5 runs the server for a month, it would be nice if it was community funded. (openspeak.cc)
  • London Cryptofestival: Whatever your paranoia, now is not the time to give up on the internet. It’s time for a CryptoFestival! On November 30th we’re coming together to build on the success of the CryptoParty movement and to reclaim our right to communicate and experiment on the internet. (www.cryptoparty.in).
  • Linux Voice: We want to create an even better magazine; a bigger, more entertaining and more accountable magazine for the community we love to serve. The magazine we want to make is called Linux Voice. (indiegogo.com)
  • Thanksgiving Break: The mintCast team will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday and will record our next episode on Sunday, December 1st. Check Google+ for the specific recording time.

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe
Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org/livestream
Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2714 mintCast 182 – Ubuntu 13.10 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-182-ubuntu/ Fri, 08 Nov 2013 03:06:49 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2700 182] Download

News:

  • The Electronic Frontier Foundation, or EFF, is a non-profit that has taken to the courts to fight the good fight in the digital world since 1990.  They’ve initiated legal challenges against the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping.  (talkers.com) (eff.org/)
  • Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar” sues Google – Canada-based telecom Nortel went bankrupt in 2009 and sold its biggest asset—a portfolio of more than 6,000 patents covering 4G wireless innovations and a range of technologies—at an auction in 2011. (arstechnica.com)
  • Can Open Source developers fix HealthCare.Gov? As computer experts hired by the U.S. government scramble to fix the much-maligned healthcare.gov website, a corps of independent kibitzers is chiming in from around the world, publicizing coding flaws that they’ve discovered and offering suggestions for fixing them. “It’s not the worst code I’ve ever seen.” (nbcnews.com)
  • Fedora 20 beta delayed yet again – The release of Fedora 20 has been delayed by another week — both the due-out beta and the final release — over unresolved bugs. (phoronix.com)
  • But it will have some cool features when it finally comes out – The latest edition of Fedora Linux, the open source operating system that helps form the basis for Red Hat’s (RHT) enterprise server platform, is set to debut soon — though a couple weeks later than initially planned, as bugs have held up the release. Still, it could bring some of this autumn’s biggest changes in desktop Linux when it appears in December. (thevarguy.com)
  • The Seattle Times goes hands-on with a Valve Steam Machine prototype – “It’s an audacious effort to convince the vast and established PC industry that there’s another path to the living room besides the one blazed by Microsoft and Intel.”(seattletimes.com)

Main Topic: Xubuntu and Ubuntu 13.10

  • Ubuntu 13.10 (ubuntu.com) will be supported for 9 months and includes cutting-edge new features that make your music, videos, documents and apps much easier to access.
  • Xubuntu (xubuntu.org) is an officially recognised flavor of the Ubuntu Linux operating system. Xubuntu comes with Xfce, which is a stable, light and configurable desktop environment.

Websites:

Tips:

  • How to Set Up Secure Remote Networking with OpenVPN on Linux (Part 1) (Part 2)

Podcast Announcements:

  • Watch for “Event” announcements in the mintCast Community on Google+ to find out when we’re recording!
  • Texas Linux Fest 2014 has been scheduled. We are going to be at the Austin Convention Center June 13th and 14th! This year we are planning to do two full days of expo floor in a much larger venue! We are already accepting registration for this year’s event! We are also starting the call for papers immediately to get as many exciting talks as we can! If you would like to submit a talk, please check here for more info: http://texaslinuxfest.org.

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe
Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org
Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2700 mintCast 181 – Manjaro… Mint for Arch? https://mintcast.org/mintcast-181-manjaro/ Fri, 01 Nov 2013 02:30:01 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2695 181] Download

News:

  • SteamOS could really help desktop Linux adoption, says Torvalds – Valve’s Steam efforts could be a big opportunity to drive desktop Linux because it could force the various desktop Linux distributions to standardize their technology. (pcworld.com)
  • Closing Doors – Posted on October 24, 2013 – “It is with a heavy heart that I must announce the closure of SolusOS. Simply put, there is no longer enough manpower to fulfill the vision. What began as a Debian derivative evolved into an independent distribution, without the large development team required to back such an effort.”
    (networkworld.com) (fossforce.com) (solusos.com – dead link?)
  • First Tizen tablets ship to developers – As originally reported, the tablet features a 1.4GHz, quad-core Cortex-A9 processor along with 2GB of DDR3 RAM, 32GB of flash, and a microSD slot. The 10.1-inch display offers 1920 x 1200-pixel resolution, and there’s both a 2-megapixel rear-facing camera, as well as a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi round out the mix. (linuxgizmos.com)
  • LG unveils the Fireweb, its first Firefox OS smartphone – LG is expanding the platform’s reach today by releasing its inaugural Mozilla-powered handset, the Fireweb.  (engadget.com)

Main Topic: Manjaro Linux

  • Manjaro Linux (http://manjaro.org) is a user-friendly Linux distribution based on the independently developed Arch operating system. Developed in Austria, France, and Germany, Manjaro provides all the benefits of the Arch operating system combined with a focus on user-friendliness and accessibility.
  • We looked at Manjaro 0.8.7 “Ascella” Xfce i686 Edition.

Website:

Podcast Announcements:

  • Watch for “Event” announcements in the mintCast Community on Google+ to find out when we’re recording!

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott, Joe
Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org
Contact Us:

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2695 mintCast 175 – PiBang Linux https://mintcast.org/mintcast-175-pibang-linux/ Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:50:25 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2663 175] Download

News:

  • Linux Mint August Update — LMDE’s Update Pack 7 landed in ‘incoming’. The team noted a couple of important issues and is currently working on solving them. Development continues in preparation for Mint 16. (blog.linuxmint.com)
  • Linus Says No NSA Backdoor in Linux — Brief dust-up in the kernel community leads to an illuminating look at random number generation… and a Linus comment! (linux-magazine.com)
  • Linux Kernel 3.12 Will Be Named Suicidal Squirrel — “And no, before somebody asks, we’re not doing Linux95. Not for a few years, at least.” (softpedia.com)

Website: PiBang Linux

  • PiBang Linux ( pibanglinux.org) A Linux distribution for the Raspberry Pi. It is inspired by Crunchbang Linux, and based on Raspbian.
  • Raspian (raspbian.org) Raspbian is a free operating system based on Debian optimized for the Raspberry Pi hardware.

Tip: Create an encrypted zip file on Linux

  • Suppose you want to create a zip archive, but with password protection, so that whoever tries to uncompress the zip file must know the right password. On Linux, there are several ways to encrypt and password protect a zip file. (xmodulo.com)

Podcast Announcements:

  • Watch for “Event” announcements in the mintCast Community on Google+ to find out when we’re recording!
  • OGGCamp October 19th & 20th 2013 at Liverpool John Moores university in the UK. (http://oggcamp.org)

More Information:

Hosts: Rob, Scott
Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org
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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2663 mintCast 170 – OpenStreetMap https://mintcast.org/mintcast-170-openstreetmap/ Fri, 09 Aug 2013 00:55:44 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2614 170] Download

News:

  • Whisker menu update brings support for keyboard shortcuts, more (webupd8.org)
  • Microsoft Office comes to Android; Linus declares victory (hothardware.com)
  • Intel releases their first open source computer (pcworld.com)
  • Open source software races to the top (infoworld.com)
  • More information emerges regarding the breach at Canonical (zdnet.com)

The Main Topic: OpenStreetMap

Tip & Website in one:

  • from Gus deMayo …
    I have a tip for the Arch, Manjaro or Antergos users in the audience. After having played around with Manjaro for a while, I developed a bit of a preference for pacman over apt-get, but since this is a Linux Mint centered show, I found a script called PacApt that creates aliases within bash for all the apt-get commands so you can use both the commands for apt-get and pacman interchangably. This also works with RPM based distros using YUM according to the Lifehacker article that I found this in. (lifehacker.com)
    I also found the Pacman Rosetta page on the Arch Wiki to be helpful as it shows a chart with the equivalent commands in apt-get, pacman, yum, zypper, the gentoo package manager emerge, and the old Suse package manager rug. I thought this might help people like me who have really only used apt-get and are just starting to play around with other distro bases. (Arch Wiki Rosetta)

Podcast Announcements:

  • Remember that Reglue is holding an indiegogo fundraiser to secure funding for operations for the coming year. You can help out by making any donation you can afford. (indiegogo.com)

  • Watch for a special Euro-friendly live recording on August 18 at 2:00 p.m. CDT (1900 UTC).

More Information:

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2614 mintCast 168 – Mint 15 Xfce and KDE https://mintcast.org/mintcast-168-mint-15-xfce-and-kde/ Fri, 26 Jul 2013 02:20:09 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2595 168] Download

News:

The Main Topic: Mint 15 Xfce & Mint 15 KDE

Tip & Website in one:

  • Conky Manager is a graphical front-end for managing Conky config files. It provides options to start/stop, browse and edit Conky themes installed on the system. Packages are currently available in Launchpad for Ubuntu and derivatives. (teejeetech.blogspot.com)

Podcast Announcements:

  • Remember that Reglue is holding an indiegogo fundraiser to secure funding for operations for the coming year. You can help out by making any donation you can afford. (indiegogo.com)

More Information:

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2595 mintCast 163: Linux Mint 15 Mate https://mintcast.org/mintcast-163-linux-mint-15-mate/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:31:16 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2540 Listen: [MP3] or [OGG]

News:

The Main Topic: Linux Mint 15 Mate

Featured Website:

Tip:

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits:
Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2540 mintCast 162: Linux Mint 15 & Texas Linux Fest https://mintcast.org/mintcast-162-linux-mint-15-texas-linux-fest/ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:00:30 +0000 http://mintcast.org/?p=2522 Listen: [MP3] or [OGG]

News:

  • Mint 15: Today’s best Linux desktop (Review) SJVN gives it the full thumbs-up. (zdnet.com)
  • How Mighty Mint became one of the most popular Linux distros (techradar.com)
  • Raspberry Pi’s Raspbian Improves Its Performance (phoronix.com)
  • How I Created My Own Personal Cloud Using BitTorrent Sync, Owncloud, and Raspberry Pi (blog.bittorrent.com)

The Main Topic: Mint 15 First Look, and the Texas Linux Fest

Featured Website:

Tip:

  • For those who want to setup their own VPN without going through all the hassle of OpenVPN, I suggest you to try NeoRouter. I don’t think it is open source, but it support a lots of distros, including Raspbian, and it is free for home users. It even has an Android client! (http://www.neorouter.com)

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Credits:
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]]> 2522 mintCast 153: openSUSE 12.3 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-153-opensuse-12-3/ Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:34:15 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2391 Listen: mintcast153.mp3 or mintcast153.ogg

  • A Larger Universe – James Gillaspy (amazon.com)

News:

The Main Topic: openSUSE 12.3

Featured Website and Tip:

  • How to restore deleted files on Linux (Thanks to James Eaton) (worldofgnome.org)

Announcements:

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, communityCredits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2391 mintCast 146: Fedora 18 The Spherical Cow https://mintcast.org/mintcast-146-fedora-18-the-spherical-cow/ Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:55:27 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2351

News:

  • [11:25] Linux Mint 15 will be named “Olivia” and should be available at the end of May 2013. (blog.linuxmint.com)
  • Valve ports Half-Life and Counter Strike to Linux. (geek.com)
  • [20:40] Microsoft produces study that shows Munich would’ve saved more with Windows but won’t release it in its entirety. (itworld.com) (h-online.com)

The Main Topic: Fedora 18 – Spherical Cow

  • [40:00] Is Fedora 18 Linux ‘The Worst Red Hat Distro Ever’? (internetnews.com)
  • Cinnamon proposed to replace Gnome Shell as default on Fedora 19. (linuxbsdos.com)

Featured Website: The Fedora Project

Tip: Fedora Utils

  • [1:44:23] Fedora Utils lets you install codecs and additional software that Fedora doesn’t want to ship, like MP3 codecs, Adobe Flash, Oracle Java etc. It can also fix problems, tweak and cleanup your system, show system information and much more with just few clicks. (satya164.github.com)

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2351 mintCast 142: World of Linux III https://mintcast.org/mintcast-142-world-of-linux-iii/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:35:34 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2304

News:

  • The latest Nemo from GIT has already got some interesting new features (webupd8.org)
  • Five things Desktop Linux has to do to beat Windows 8. (zdnet.com)
  • The Linux Kernel says goodbye to Intel’s i386 chip. (zdnet.com)
  • Lightning Round Follow-ups:

The Main Topic: The World of Linux III

Featured Website:

Tip:

  • If you have the Cinnamon Desktop Environment, you can record your desktop without any extra program, simply go “Shift + Ctrl + Alt + R” and you will see a record icon in the bottom right corner. To stop recording, repeat the combination and goto your home directory and the recording is saved as a “.webm”.

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2304 mintCast 141: Cinnamony Goodness https://mintcast.org/mintcast-141-cinnamony-goodness/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:28:50 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2290 141]

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News:

  • Interesting revelations on the future of LMDE inside the Monthly Stats report for November. (blog.linuxmint.com) and the Linux Mint roadmap (github.com)

The Main Topic: All Things Cinnamon

What is it?

According to Clem – “It’s a desktop environment which includes a panel with applets, a workspace manager and a window manager. It was originally forked from Gnome Shell (and mutter) and evolved very differently since. In its latest stable version (1.4) it uses nautilus for file and desktop management and Gnome 3 for background services and session management. Going forward it could replace nautilus with either nemo (a gtk3 fork of nautilus 3) or caja (a gtk2 fork of nautilus 2) to guarantee a better integration with cinnamon, centralized settings and to avoid being impacted from what are considered upcoming upstream regressions (loss of computer shortcut, UI changes in nautilus etc..). Technically it’s written in C and Javascript and uses clutter for its UI. It’s layout and design are influenced by Linux Mint, Gnome 2 and Compiz and it comes with innovative features of its own in particular when it comes to workspace management. Its biggest issue is hardware support as clutter requires 3D acceleration and Cinnamon doesn’t always work for everybody depending on their GPU.”

History

Cinnamon was first announced on Dec 22nd 2011, and released the next day as version 1.1.2, and is a fork of the Gnome Shell. It uses Muffin as its window manager. Muffin is a fork of Mutter.
The latest version made available is 1.67, released on Nov 14th 2012. Cinnamon was first included in Linux Mint 13.

Nemo, a fork of the Gnome Nautilus file manager, is now part of the Cinnamon development process. It is up to version 1.12. It made its distro debut in Linux Mint 14.

Philosophy

Traditional layout, advanced features, easy to use, powerful, flexible.

Settings

15 separate areas where a user can customize their desktop environment.

  • Menu – set the text and icon that shows on the panel (start button), as well as hover delay, the showing of places and bookmarks and recent files
  • Panel – choose whether to auto-hide panel, set delay, panel position, number of panels (top & bottom), panel size and panel edit mode
  • Calendar – Choose to show week dates, date format, use of network time or manually set date, time and time zone
  • Hot Corner – choose to make the hot corner icon visible, enabled or disabled, hot corner position, function (scale or expo), whether to have an expo or scale applet
  • Themes – choose theme, choose window theme, whether menus and buttons have icons, and cursor, keybinding, icon and GTK+ theme selection
  • Effects – Enable or disable desktop effects, enable for dialog boxes, choose effects and duration for closing, mapping, minimizing, maximizing and unmaximizing windows
  • Applets – enable or disable any installed applet or get additional applets.
  • Extensions – enable or disable any installed extension or get additional extensions.
  • Desktop – choose icons that show on desktop including computer, home, network servers, trash and mounted volumes.
  • Windows – choose resulting actions from double-clicking, middle-clicking and right-clicking on title bar, how to obtain focus on a given window, the position of the minimize, maximize and close buttons, enable or disable aero snapping, edge flipping, attaching dialog windows to the parent windows, setting of alt-tab switcher style, mouse wheel scrolling through window list applet, and enabling the ability for windows which require attention to come to the current workspace.
  • Workspaces – enable workspace OSD, choose duration and position of OSD, limit workspaces to primary monitor and display Expo view as a grid.
  • Fonts – set text scaling factor, default, document, monospace and window tiling font, set hinting and antialiasing.
  • General – enable Looking Glass logging, enable middle click emulation by clicking both left and right mouse buttons, enable or disable notification display
  • Keyboard – enable key repeat and text cursor blinks, and set their rate, view, set and create keyboard shortcuts
  • Backgrounds – choose your wallpaper and its aspect, gradient and colors.

Themes

Themes can customize the look of aspects of Cinnamon, including but not limited to the menu, panel, calendar and run dialog.

To install a theme: Download it and decompress it in ~/.themes (or /usr/share/themes to install it system-wide).

There are over 100 themes available on the website. Getting, installing and changing themes is very easy, and can radically change the way your desktop appears. You can also create your own theme following the tutorial on the Cinnamon website. There is also a tutorial for how to create an applet.

Applets

Applets are icons or texts that appear on the panel. Five applets are shipped by default, and developers are free to create their own. A tutorial for creating simple applets is available.

To install an applet: Download it and decompress it in ~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets.

Some useful stock applets include one for Accessibility, Brightness (helpful for laptop users), and windows quick list (great if you use workspaces).

If you click on Get new applets, you are taken to the Cinnamon website where there are a large number of applets including one for weather, screenshots, virtual box launcher and much more.

Extensions

Extensions can modify the functionalities of Cinnamon, such as providing a dock or altering the look of the Alt-Tab window switcher.

To install an extension: Download it and decompress it in ~/.local/share/cinnamon/extensions.

Extensions appear to be the least developed of these three cinnamon extenders. I had none by default on my Mint 13 box, and there are only 14 up on the website (as compared to 95 applets).

Troubleshooting

The caret symbol near the system tray is the Cinnamon applet. Clicking on it gives you the “Settings”, “Troubleshoot” and “Panel Edit mode” menu choices. From the “Troubleshoot” menu you can restart Cinnamon, start Looking Glass (more on that in a moment), or restore all settings to default. This is great because you can play with all the themes you want and then reset your desktop environment to the default.

Looking Glass

(not to be confused with Project Looking Glass)

Looking Glass is GNOME Shell’s integrated inspector tool and JavaScript console useful for debugging. You can also access Looking Glass by typing ALT+F2, then lg and enter. This feature gives you a view underneath the covers of Cinnamon. It provides a console-type of view of what is happening on your computer. There are multiple tabs to select from including Evaluator, Windows, Errors, Memory and Extensions. It is very geeky in here. Remember that you can close Looking Glass using the ESC key.

Panel Edit mode

When moved to the “On” position, you are able to edit the panel, moving icons around, adding applets, and dragging and dropping applets to change their position.

More Cinnamony Links:

Featured Website:

Tip:

  • How to figure out what version of Cinnamon you’re running:
    • dpkg -s cinnamon | grep Version
    • cinnamon –version

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Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2290 mintCast 139: Mint 14 “Nadia” Is Here! https://mintcast.org/mintcast-139-mint-14-nadia-is-here/ Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:40:56 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2270

Intro Notes:

News:

  • GNOME: The traditional Linux desktop is coming back (pcworld.com)
  • Delays beset the Linux Foundation’s Secure Boot workaround. (pcworld.com)
  • German govt comes out against Trusted Computing and Secure Boot. (linuxbsdos.com)

The Main Topic: Linux Mint 14 “Nadia”

Tip:

  • If you want a script or application to run at boot, add the following line to your crontab file:
  • @reboot <command>
  • At a command prompt, type crontab -e. You may be asked to choose your default editor; nano is probably the easiest to use. Scroll to the bottom of the file and add the line. Save the file and you are all set.

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Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2270 Episode 131: We Look at openSUSE 12.2 https://mintcast.org/episode-131-we-look-at-opensuse-12-2/ Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:02:53 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2185

News:

  • Intel says next generation Atom chip, Clover Trail, will not run Linux. (geek.com)
  • Stanford to join growing trend and offer free e-learning course this fall. (ostatic.com)
  • Professional grade video editor “Lightworks” now has a Linux release date of October 30th. (omgubuntu.co.uk)
  • Researchers at University of Southhampton build a 64 node supercomputer from Legos and Raspberry PIs. (engadget.com)
  • There have been an exceptional number of distro releases over the past week; Some you know, some you probably haven’t heard of before. In no particular order, here they are:
    • Sabayon 10
    • Bodhi 2.1
    • PartedMagic 2012_09_12
    • Zentyal 3.0
    • Super OS 11.10
    • Hanthana Linux 17
    • LPS 1.3.6
    • openSUSE 12.2 EDU Li-f-e
    • IPFire 2.11 Core 62
    • Epidemic GNU/Linux 4.0.

    (distrowatch.com)

The Main Topic:

Featured Websites:

  • Creative Commons applied to government, business, and journalism. (opensource.com)

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2185 Episode 126: The Enlightening Jeff Hoogland https://mintcast.org/episode-126-the-enlightening-jeff-hoogland/ Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:33:09 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2131 Listen: mintcast126.mp3 or mintcast126.ogg

News:

The Main Topic:

More Information:

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Forum: forums.linuxmint.com
Email: mintcast@mintcast.org
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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2131 Episode 122: Linux Mint 13 XFCE https://mintcast.org/episode-122-linux-mint-13-xfce/ Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:23:13 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2087

News:

The Main Topic:

  • Mint 13 XFCE RC. (linuxmint.com) “This is the RC, not the stable release. I’m not sure about Xubuntu… this edition is derived from Mint 13 itself not from Xubuntu, but as was done for LMDE Xfce, it follows in the tradition of a mainstream Xfce flavor.. i.e. the desktop itself is lightweight, but the software selection isn’t (it comes with LibreOffice, Banshee, Firefox..etc..)” — Clem

Featured Website:

  • Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSA) (fossafrica.com)

Tip:

  • Nebulium is not the Higgs Boson. (io9.com)

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar. The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar. Higgs boson background music is Exariam from Musical Landscapes I by Galdstone (jamendo.com).

]]> 2087 Episode 121: Raspberry Pi Arrives! https://mintcast.org/episode-121-raspberry-pi-arrives/ Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:15:39 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2076

Round of Releases:

News:

The Main Topic:The Raspberry Pi

Featured Website:

  • The MagPi: A Magazine For Raspberry Pi Users. (themagpi.com)

Tip:

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Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2076 Episode 119: Put It In The Cloud https://mintcast.org/episode-119-put-it-in-the-cloud/ Fri, 15 Jun 2012 02:26:06 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2062

News:

  • Samsung joins the Linux Foundation. (tmcnet.com)

The Main Topic: ownCloud

  • OwnCloud enables universal access to files through a Web browser or WebDAV. It also provides a platform to easily view and sync contacts, calendars and bookmarks across all devices and enables basic editing right on the Web. Programmers will be able to add features to it via its open application programming interface (API). (owncloud.org/)
  • Version 4, the latest release of ownCloud has introduced a versioning system that allows you to recover old versions of a file if it get accidentally deleted.
  • The new encryption application/plugin allows files to be encrypted with a users password.

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Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2062 Episode 117: Linux Mint Maya https://mintcast.org/episode-117-linux-mint-maya/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 02:26:38 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=2050

Round Of Releases:

News:

  • Southeast LinuxFest 2012 will be held June 8-10 in Charlotte, NC at the Blake Hotel. (southeastlinuxfest.org)
  • Unity/Compiz lags in performance on Intel’s Ivy Bridge. (phoronix.com)
  • Linux smart-phone market share outpaces Windows phone. (forbes.com)

The Main Topic: Linux Mint 13 “Maya”

Featured Website:

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Phone:1-832-514-2278

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2050 Episode 105: Ikey on SolusOS https://mintcast.org/episode-105-ikey-on-solusos/ Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:38:04 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1940

News:

  • How to install Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad (CyanogenMod 9 Alpha). (liliputing.com)
  • Phoronix benchmarks ext4 vs btrfs on the 3.3 kernel. (phoronix.com)
  • Centrify announces Active Directory support for Linux Mint 12. (centrify.com)

The Main Topic: SolusOS Review

Featured Website:

Tip:

  • Great posting on using the ‘date’ command on Linux, specifically Mint and Fedora boxes. (openlogic.com)

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MP3:
OGG:

More Information:

Hosts:: James, Rob, Scott, Harrison

Live Stream (Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern): mintcast.org

Subscribe: [iTunes] [Zune] [RSS MP3] [RSS OGG]

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Forum: forums.linuxmint.com

Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Phone:1-832-514-2278

Twitter: @mintCast @Linux_Mint @3dbeef @jamescoyner @txhawkins

IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast

Google+: mintCast

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 2018 Episode 98: News With A Little Mint 12 https://mintcast.org/episode-98-news-with-a-little-mint-12/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:47:42 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1861

News:

  • Mathematical Software (both are Linux versions!) (Scilab) (Octave)
  • Raspberry Pi released to manufacturing, available in weeks. (raspberrypi.org)
  • Tizen project releases code, SDK preview – no longer vaporware. (phoronix.com)
  • Corel introduces AfterShot Pro for Linux, Mac and Windows. (engadget.com)
  • More reasons to dislike Microsoft:
    • Microsoft Lobbying helps to swing UK Government on Open-Standards policy. (computerweekly.com)
    • Microsoft is now being paid royalties on 70% of all US Android smartphone sales. (arstechnica.com)

The Main Topic: Linux Mint 12 Review

Featured Websites:

Tip:

  • On your KDE desktop, you can use krunner for more than just searching or launching applications. It can be used as a calculator, you can run bash commands directly in the krunner window, you can launch web pages and web shortcuts, you can control power management, use it as a unit converter, and other functions. Press alt + F2 to get started.
    (userbase.kde.org)

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Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Phone:1-832-514-2278

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Google+: mintCast

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 1861 Episode 96: TWWL Redux https://mintcast.org/episode-96-twwl-redux/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:01:39 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1841

News:

  • Suicide Linux – for those who like to live on the edge. (qntm.org) And a related topic for those who don’t. (archlinux.org)

The Main Topic: The Wonderful World of Linux Redux

Featured Website: Cinnamon!

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Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Phone:1-832-514-2278

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IRC: irc.spotchat.org – #mintcast

Google+: mintCast

More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar. Higgs boson background music is Exariam from Musical Landscapes I by Galdstone (jamendo.com).

]]> 1841 Episode 95: 2011 In Review https://mintcast.org/episode-95-2011-in-review/ Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:19:52 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=1828

News:

The Main Topic: 2011 in Review

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Email: mintcast@mintcast.org

Phone:1-832-514-2278

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More Linux Mint info: website, blog, forums, community

Credits: Podcast Entry and exit music provided by Mark Blasco (podcastthemes.com). The podcast’s bumpers were provided by Oscar.

]]> 1828 Episode 32: Scale8x https://mintcast.org/episode-32-scale8x/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:00:16 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=894 Talks I attended
Open Source Social Networking Tools in Education
UbuCon Lightning Talks
Using Linux to deploy Windows
Linux VM technology compared – OpenVZ, KVM, Xen, VServer
Learning Python for non-programmers
The latest in Moblin – now known as MeeGo
Network troubleshooting with Kyle Rankin
Open Source automated deployment
BoF: cloud computing – Amazon EC2, Gogrid, Serverrack.net

Booths I found interesting
LinHES
XBMC
WebOS-internals
Plug Computers
Komputers 4 R Kids
Facebook
Ubuntu Kernel team
KDE
Synergy
HP

Website of the week:
http://mythtvcast.com/

User Feedback:
How to download all the old episodes?
http://tr.im/mcastdl

How to stop firefox from streaming mp3’s
Right click -> “Save link as”

How to drag/resize a window without going to the edge of the screen
Alt+left click = drag
alt+right click = window menu
alt+middle click (button3) = resize window
you can change this under the compiz settings manager (general and resize window plugins)

]]> 894 Episode 29: CES Special https://mintcast.org/episode-29-ces-special/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:30:08 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=416 Rothgar’s favorite items from CES 2010. Also this was supposed to be done as a different episode so sorry if there are random edits where I changed numbers and corrected myself on a few acronyms. I left a few mistakes still in the podcast but trying to edit that stuff out is hard. 🙂
I also threw in some different music this time just to mix things up. Let us know what you think. The music is from DanoSongs.com and is called “Crazy From the Message”.

Here is all the stuff I talk about in this episode so you can read up more about it.

Cell phones
Nexus One
Palm Pre+ and Pixi+
LG GW990
Lonovo LePhone

Computers
Lonovo IdeaPad U1
HP netbooks
HP Slate
Sony Dash Chumby
NetGear 3g and wimax sharing routers
See through OLED display
Skylight smartbook

Entertainment
Sony Blu-ray player
Skype enabled TV
Haier’s wireless TV – MIT WiTricity
Visio VXT
Xbox360+Uverse
Samsung C9000
Boxee Box
PopBox
HDHR Cable Card

Hosts: Charles, Rothgar, SiKing, Art Vanderhoff

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Email: mintcast (at) mintcast (dot) org
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More info:
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]]> 416 mintCast Episode 14: Ubuntu on Netbook PCs https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-14-ubuntu-on-netbook-pcs/ Mon, 11 May 2009 03:25:00 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/05/mintcast-episode-14-ubuntu-on-netbook-pcs/ In this episode

Ubuntu 9.04 as slick as Windows 7, Mac OS X
John Dvorak Likes Linux
Can XP save Windows 7?
Windows 7’s XP Mode – Virtually worth the effort
Intel driver problem in Ubuntu 9.04

Ubuntu on Netbook PCs

Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Easy Peasy
Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 hands-on

David Foley – Messaging in Linux

Pidgin
Thunderbird
GMail Manager
Going Linux podcast recommends Linux Mint
Phatch: Photo Batch processing

Web site of the week

Ubuntu Geek
Install MPlayer and Multimedia Codecs

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com
Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog
Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum
Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/
Follow mintCast on Twitter: mintcast
Follow Linux Mint on Twitter: Linux_Mint

]]> 113 mintCast Episode 13: Review of Star Trek https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-13-review-of-star-trek/ Fri, 08 May 2009 19:09:14 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/05/mintcast-episode-13-review-of-star-trek/ In this episode

Review of the new J.J. Abrams film, Star Trek

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com
Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog
Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum
Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/
Follow mintCast on Twitter: mintcast
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]]> 110 mintCast Episode 12: Install Org-mode the Easy Way https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-12-install-org-mode-the-easy-way/ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:45:00 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/04/mintcast-episode-12-install-org-mode-the-easy-way/ In this episode

Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackelope" released
System76: Ubuntu PC Maker’s Revenue Up 61 Percent
Linux Foundation Announces Winners of "We’re Linux" Video Contest

Charles

Install Org-mode the easy way

Feedback

Going Linux podcast recommends Linux Mint
Phatch: Photo Batch processing

Web site of the week

The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com
Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog
Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum
Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/
Follow mintCast on Twitter: mintcast
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]]> 107 mintCast Episode 11: User Interview, pt. 2 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-11-user-interview-pt-2/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:25:00 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/04/mintcast-episode-11-user-interview-pt-2/ In this episode

Linux Mint 6 “Felicia” Fluxbox CE released
Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" KDE CE released
Linux Needs Critics
Jaunty Jackalope: Where’s the Beef?

Rothgar

Presto
Portable Ubuntu
An overview and video of Portable Ubuntu
User interview, pt 2
Alexandria: GNOME application to help you manage your book collection

David Foley

Virtualbox
Linux Format magazine

Web site of the week

Linux Online

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com
Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog
Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum
Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/
Follow mintCast on Twitter: mintcast
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]]> 104 mintCast Episode 7 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-7/ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:17:00 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/2009/02/mintcast-episode-7/ In this episode

Linux Mint 6 x64 Edition released

http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=595

KDE 4.2.0 released:

http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.2/

Microsoft Update Installs a Firefox Extension

http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/01/2143218

Removing the Firefox Extension that Microsoft Forced on You

http://www.robertnyman.com/2009/01/26/microsoft-force-installs-firefox-extension/

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny) Released

http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090214

Linux Genuine Advantage

http://www.linuxgenuineadvantage.org/

Sony PRS-505 Book Reader
Run Linux on a USB thumb drive

UNetbootin

Linux Mint on USB stick with persistent storage

Web site of the week

The Website is Down

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com

Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog

Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum

Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/

]]> 75 mintCast Episode 4 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-4/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:16:03 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=56 In this episode:

The “I’m Linux” Video Contest

linuxfoundation.org

Firefox Share Tops 20% for November

netapplications.com

Rothgar tells us about software that can use various types of media: audio, video, photos.

amarok

xbmc

boxee

linuxmce

videolan

Linux for Writers:

OpenOffice.org: openoffice

Zotero:zotero

Celtx: celtx

Writer’s Café: writerscafe

Screenwriting Goldmine: screenwritinggoldmine

Web site of the week

dafont

Linux commercials by Novell

youtube

More info

Linux Mint web site: http://www.linuxmint.com

Linux Mint blog: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog

Linux Mint forums: http://www.linuxmint.com/forum

Rothgar’s site: http://1n73r.net/

]]> 56 mintCast Episode 2 https://mintcast.org/mintcast-episode-2/ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:54:23 +0000 http://www.mintcast.org/?p=42 002]

Download

In this episode:

Fedora 10 released

Wine 1.1.10 Released

Backing up your PC:

  • mintBackup
  • FlyBack
  • Jungle Disk

Listener feedback

Links:

Fedora: http://fedoraproject.org/

Wine: http://www.winehq.org/

Jungle Disk: http://www.jungledisk.com

Amazon S3: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/

Send questions, comments, suggestions, to: mintcast@gmail.com

More info:

Linux Mint web site: www.linuxmint.com

Linux Mint blog: www.linuxmint.com/blog

Linux Mint forums: www.linuxmint.com/forum

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