Showing posts with label linux mint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label linux mint. Show all posts

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Release of Linux Mint 17 with KDE interface

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Release of Linux Mint 17 with KDE interface

Developers announced Linux Mint distro announced the launch of version 17 named Qiana with KDE interface, the new version comes with KDE 4.13 In addition to the improvements in the application of the Director of updates and software sources and the welcome screen, director of access MDM also got some updates, to see all the new features, click here.

To download the Linux Mint 17 KDE 32-bit version Click here, and Click here for 64-bit.

     
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Friday, July 11, 2014

A brief review of the distribution LINUX MINT 17

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A brief review of the distribution LINUX MINT 17

* Because of the busyness, this post is just a brief overview without details.

Linux Mint released about 17 days ago, with version 1.8 of the MATE desktop environment, and the other version with the version 2.2 of the interface Cinnamon, supported for five years, with the following key changes :

- Improvement of the Update Manager.
- The driver manager is now able to install the drivers without the need for an Internet connection.
- Improvement of display manager MDM and adding new features to it.
- Improvement of support for multiple monitors (and support HiDPI).
- Improvement of software sources.
- New welcome screen.
- In addition to improving the existing software in both MATE and Cinnamon, and you can read the rest of these features across many of these links: # 1, # 2

Some snapshots of LINUX MINT 17 :


software manager

driver manager

welcome screen

software sources

system settings

display manager mdm

mint mate menu

mint file manager



     
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Cinnamon 2.2 is released

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Cinnamon 2.2 is released

In last few days Cinnamon version 2.2 was released, bringing many of the various improvements , including system settings , and support for display screens HiDPI / Retina, in addition, many other changes are interesting ; a better interface for Linux (according to many Linux users ) .

In this version of Cinnamon, the user interface was improved with System setting, making it look more harmonious and consistent, and settings has been sorted better, making developers remove the option to switch between normal mode to display settings and advanced mode because the interface settings are becoming more favorable than ever before.

Improvements in public settings Cinnamon

1 . Hot Corners and HUD


- The HUD now no longer appear only when you drag a window close and very clear about the party or the angle desktop .
- As there has been improvement on hot corners .

Hot Corners and HUD


2 . Screensaver and power management


There is now a clear separation between the settings screen lock and power management settings .

Screensaver and power management


3 . Date and time


New options have been added , such as : Added "Use 24-hour pattern " to the applet Calendar and clock desk and screen saver.

Date and time


4 . The regional settings and keyboard layouts


Has been removed entirely regional settings, but has been keeping the keyboard layouts and transferred to the input Keyboard settings within the existing system settings .

5 . Applets


 Another improvement is interesting is that each applet now capable of recording roles that tell the interface Cinnamon job required that allow for Cinnamon to control the hide icons applets in the system tray next to the clock ; For example : You removed the applet network of tape , small message will appear in Chinese system tells you , " Do you want to re- applet to the tape ? " And then the message will disappear after the passage of time .

6 . File browser


Nemo a file browser has received many different enhancements such as support for screens HiDPI, as well as add a folder recent sidebar which displays the latest files and folders that has had recently , and the ability to switch between tabs ( tabs ) by keys ctrl + (shift +) + tab, and add a button create a new folder to the toolbar, and reforms of the bug .

File browser

File browser



Other changes


- Support screens HiDPI / Retina ( requires GTK 3.10)
- Add option to uninstall the application from the menu Menu ( pressure affidavit mouse on "Uninstall")
- Better support to prevent the screen saver from working while running the media player VLC
- Support for brightness control ( lighting laptop ) on some devices
- Better support for Xrandr cloning
- Better support to the Director of Access GDM ( especially when switching users )
- Better integration with GNOME (it will no longer see the " control center Cinnamon " on GNOME does not " GNOME Control Center " on Cinnamon , in case you installed the Usbandtin on your computer , any rather there is no conflict ) .
- Better support for systemd / logind
- You can now change the amount of transparency for the popups , or obfuscated , and that by moving the mouse wheel on the title bar of the window , ( This option is available in the System Settings> Windows)


windows


system settings


- More improvements and other revisions to the errors and fixes to the performance.

* Cinnamon will be available by default on Linux Mint 17 distribution, when released, and will be available to install on other distributions soon.

     
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Friday, February 21, 2014

5 Top Linux distributions

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5 Top Linux distributions

In this post I will mention 5 best Linux distributions I have tested them myself and seemed to be the best distributions appropriate for beginners , and for advanced users Lot of distributions and versions I have tested , let me consider the following list of distributions as the best distributions usable appropriately for all categories :

1- Linux Mint

Linux Mint


Linux Mint distribution is based on Ubuntu ( and therefore a Ubuntu modified ) , but Mint makes it easy to use Ubuntu for the end user , because it contains a user-friendly interface and the process is very suitable for those who are coming from Windows , it is reserved for modern devices and old ones , It comes with a version called MATE suitable for middle devices and old ones, and Cinnamon which is stylish and allocated to the modern machines. Out of the box, It comes with many applications, codecs, sources, easy updates, and quick access to the applications.

2- Elementary OS

Elementary OS

Elementary distribution is beautiful and very elegant , based on Ubuntu , it's the most beautiful Linux distribution , but is the most beautiful operating system in the world, It comes with Its own interface called Pantheon Shell , which is a mixture between the Mac and the special touch Merged effects lively , this beauty did not affect the smoothness and speed of the system, It is stable and smooth .

3- Pear OS

Pear OS

Pear OS is Imitation of Mac, based on Ubuntu , and the interface used is modified version of WingPanel  which is used in the distribution elementary that we have mentioned before and is called Pear Shell, the advantage of this distribution is to combine the simplicity and beauty , and specifically targeted to fans of Mac , it contains an app to clean the system and another to customize it.

4- Netrunner

Netrunner

Netrunner is Linux distribution with the KDE interface, It is the best distro based on Ubuntu that shapes with KDE, because its aim is to look so easy to use and convenient for the end user, It is featured by Its speed and easy to access everything on It, similar to Windows and very convenient for those who come from Windows .

5- Manjaro

Manjaro

Manjaro, distribution based on Arch, Where the role Manjaro is to It easy for using arch Linux, to make it suitable for the novice and steadily and the stability, it is user-friendly and high customization, Manjaro comes with XFCE and Openbox as the core ( We recommend that you choose XFCE).

Note : that we did not mention Ubuntu and that does not mean it's bad , but it is the source of all distributions that we have mentioned , except the last one , but these distributions mentioned workes to improve the usability of Ubuntu, so they make the best of It in Usability .

If you have any other opinion, let me know about It in the comments below.


     
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Friday, January 31, 2014

Make Ubuntu/Linux Mint looks like Windows 8

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Make Ubuntu/Linux Mint looks like Windows 8

Perhaps one of the best things in Linux is a high susceptibility to customize the system and make it anything you want.

You can now make Ubuntu or Linux Mint looks like Windows 8 easily, just follow these simple steps.

Run these commands, one by one :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install win-themes
sudo apt-get install win-icons

We can now change theme to win-theme and icons to win-icons using one of these tools : Ubuntu Tweak, gnome-tweak-tool, Unity Tweak Tool ...

Enjoy !

     
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Aptik, a great tool to restore your Favourite Apps, PPAs, Themes ... to your Ubuntu fresh install

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Aptik, a great tool to restore your Favourite Apps, PPAs, Themes ... to your Ubuntu fresh install

Every time when I do a fresh install of Ubuntu or Mint, I install again my favourite apps, themes ...
It seems to be hard to reinstall applications, to re-add PPAs and to re-find themes and icon packs is akin to a ‘necessary chore'.

But there is a tool that can help simplify the entire process. It is called Aptik.
The app simply lets you create a Back up of your PPAs,Themes and icons, APT Cache, and your Favourites Software. So that can be easy  to restore again after a fresh install.

To install it run the following commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install aptik

Enjoy !

     
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