Administrator DKT27 Posted November 26, 2011 Administrator Share Posted November 26, 2011 Linux Mint Founder Clement Lefebvre has officially announced the release of version 12 and a search partnership with DuckDuckGo; Mint 12 has a GNOME 3.2 desktop with custom extensions, MATE's GNOME 2, and DuckDuckGo as the default search engine.The Linux Mint development team has, today, officially announced the arrival of version 12 of its popular Linux distribution. The project's lead developer, Clement Lefebvre, also announced the project has made its first income-raising deal with a partnership with search engine company DuckDuckGo. In Linux Mint 12, DuckDuckGo will be the default search engine. Lefebvre pointed to the company's lack of tracking or personalisation based on web history, along with its range of features and a commitment to supporting the open source community, as reasons why the relative newcomer in search, established in 2008, was selected to be the Mint default.A number of media outlets had taken the appearance of Mint 12 on the project's mirrors as an indication that it had been released, but it was subsequently removed from those mirrors to allow the official announcement to take place. Linux Mint 12, code-named "Lisa", is a major release based on Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" and it includes significant changes to the system's look and feel.The Linux Mint project aims to deliver a Linux distribution that is more user friendly and provides a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including support for DVD playback, Java, plug-ins and various media codecs. Linux Mint 12 is based on the 3.0 Linux kernel and moves from the GNOME 2.32 desktop environment to the sometimes controversial GNOME 3, specifically version 3.2. To address issues users have had with the change in the desktop and workflow between GNOME 2 and 3, the Mint developers have created the Mint Gnome Shell Extensions (MGSE). These extensions add a number of the traditional desktop elements that Mint and GNOME 2 users are used to, such as a start menu and window list at the bottom of the screen. A new "Mint-Z" desktop theme and set of wallpapers are also included.However, support for the older 2.x branch of GNOME is still included; users have the option to install, in parallel, the MATE Desktop Environment, a fork of GNOME 2.32. MATE is described though as "at a really early stage in its development and isn't stable yet". The Mint developers are looking for more feedback and assistance in maturing the package. MATE is included on the DVD Edition of Linux Mint; CD Edition users can install it via the mint-meta-mate package.New and updated packages include version 3.0.1 of the Totem movie player, LibreOffice 3.4.3, VLC 1.1.12, and version 7.0.1 of the Thunderbird email client and Firefox web browser; however, users will be upgraded to Firefox 8.0 and LibreOffice 3.4.4 upon running the Update Manager. The developers also note that Moonlight, the Linux implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in, has been removed due to a bug that caused Firefox to crash. The bug has been fixed in the project upstream and the current Moonlight plug-in can be downloaded from there.Further information about the release, including a list of known issues, can be found in the release notes and on the New features in Linux Mint 12 page. As Linux Mint 12 is based on Ubuntu 11.10, the Ubuntu 11.10 release notes are also relevant for Mint users.Linux Mint 12 is available to download or torrent as a CD or DVD ISO image for 32- and 64-bit systems from the project's site; a "No Codecs" version provides the same features as the standard version, but without including proprietary software, patented technologies or support for restricted formats. :view: View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhannad Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 i think Ubuntu needs a lot of time to be good enough for usersHardware support is very bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shajt Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Hardware support in Linux is horrible , especially sound.Sure you can hear a 'beep' here and there, but if you have anything better than stereo system, you better forget about it.And that's just the sound, if you're somehow satisfied with the sound (or don't care much about it) , then you'll experience other problems.They are just piling up.Linux is perfect for servers, there's no gui, there's nothing, it's free and it does its job.For desktop usage ... it's not there yet, and IMO it won't be in next 5-10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 26, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted November 26, 2011 On desktop, it's good as backup. That's all I can say. Windows, on the other hand, is so good, that one doesn't need to look beyond it.However, now that it's battery issue is fixed, I'll again say that Linux kernel is the best kernel out there, hence, servers enjoy it.ANW, I heard people like Linux Mint more than Ubuntu, so I waiting from a month or so for it to release. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rseiler Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Mint is certainly in its ascendancy:http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/11/23/ubuntu-linux-losing-popularity-fast-new-unity-interface-to-blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 27, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted November 27, 2011 Yea, read about distrowatch statistics yesterday. Looking from the Google Trends image, Mint hasn't overtaken Ubuntu , but it's certainly on it's way to fully overtake Ubuntu. Having said that, Ubuntu, loves to be in the media and news, so that Google Trends image thing should be expected even if Mint is gaining solid ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shajt Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Here's a pretty good review : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brain_death Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Hardware support in Linux is horrible , especially sound.Sure you can hear a 'beep' here and there, but if you have anything better than stereo system, you better forget about it.And that's just the sound, if you're somehow satisfied with the sound (or don't care much about it) , then you'll experience other problems.They are just piling up.Here is the fix for your sound issues and a vast improvement too. Sound is great now no worries, try it and see...http://community.lin...torial/view/439Scrolling with the mouse wheel is another thing, but you can live with it, you just need to remember that Linux has its roots in the keyboard and silence mainly, that's all.I have switched from Linux Mint 11 [Katya] to Linux Mint Debian Edition [LMDE] today and loving it so far, no Gnome 3 for me yet because I've tried it and...LMDE is a rolling release meaning no reinstalls [and fcuk-ups] every six months. I'm coming from Ubuntu via OpenSUSE, Fedora, Mint derivatives and JolieOS [WTF?]http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1818 :showoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shajt Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Here is the fix for your sound issues and a vast improvement too. Sound is great now no worries, try it and see...http://community.lin...torial/view/439Gonna try to remove pulse audio, frankly I don't understand why there's a two sound engines in linux, I don't get that part.At first I had huge problems even enabling 5.1 sound, but finally after lots of research I was able to get it work and I can hear the sound from all the speakers.But here's the problem ... quality of that sound is very poor.But I've managed to get around that too, with pavu control and by playing with equalizers ...But then volume applet mysteriously gone and I have no clue how to get it back, though the sound still works. That's bizarre.Anyhow, one thing that can't be solved and I've looked and asked everywhere, is the very low sound when playing HD movies , any container actually that uses AC3 codec, it's just horrible ...It is so low that you can't barely hear anything, nothing helps , I've noticed that many people asked the same thing and there were no solutions.btw I actually like Gnome3 very much and I think it's amazing, have absolutely no problems with it, I even have gnome3 wallpaper on my Win7 right now, it's beautiful :DI'm dual-booting opensuse 12.1 Gnome with Windows.Mint is okay, but not for me.If I could only solve that AC3 sound issue , I would switch to linux for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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