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Why is IBM Promoting Ubuntu at the Young Scientist Exhibition
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| A few people have been asking why IBM is
| promoting Ubuntu at the Young Scientist
| Exhibition when it is not an IBM product.
| In fact there are a number of good reasons:
|
| 1. IBM supports the concept of freedom
| and we would hate to think that students
| (or anyone) would feel locked in to
| using a particular brand of proprietary
| software just because it came with the
| PC when they bought it. Click here to
| view Bob Stutor explain in detail why
| IBM cares about software freedom.
|
| 2. Ubuntu provides an excellent quality
| stable desktop operating system for
| free, so we donât want to see people
| wasting valuable money on purchasing
| licenses for software when they donât
| have to
|
| 3. We think that Ubuntu is cool and we
| think that the students attending the
| exhibition will agree when they see for
| themselves.
|
| 4. IBM employees use Ubuntu internally
| for their work and IBM also partners
| with a Canonical and Verde to provide
| the Ubuntu based IBM Client for Smart
| Work.
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http://ibm4btyse.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/why-is-ibm-promoting-ubuntu-at-the-young-scientist-exhibition-4/
Simplified Main Inclusion Request process
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| after some discussion in the MIR team and on ubuntu-devel@ [1], we
| simplified the Main Inclusion Request process to require much
| less bureaucracy.
|
| What we really want is reporters to go
| through the checklist and discuss the
| violations of the MIR requirement standards
| in the bug report with the MIR team, not
| write lengthy wiki pages with boilerplate
| text (especially not for trivial packages
| like perl bindings).
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https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2010-January/000662.html
Linux Mint 8 review
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| One of the nicest features of Pardus is the
| Kaptan application. What Kaptan is is a
| first-time, welcome application that gives
| a user the opportunity to customize a fresh
| installation of the distro. It can also be
| called up at any time after installation.
| mintWelcome, Linux Mintâs welcome
| application, is an attempt at that, but it
| does not offer the same features that
| youâll find on Kaptan. In addition to the
| list of items on mintWelcome, here are
| three that Iâll love to see added:
|
| * Customize your desktop
| * Enable Network Time Protocol
| * Enable Gufw, the graphical firewall
| manager
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http://linuxbsdos.com/2010/01/06/linux-mint-8-review/
Recent:
Distro Review: Linux Mint 8
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| Ease Of Installation & Use: 5/5
| Stability: 5/5
| Speed: 4/5
| Community & Documentation: 4/5
| Features: 4/5
| Overall: 5/5
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http://danlynch.org/blog/2009/12/mint8/
Hands On with Linux Mint 8 (Helena)
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| The recent release of a major new version of
| Ubuntu means it's time for new versions of
| various remastered distros. This time around
| it's Linux Mint 8. Linux Mint, as you may
| already know from previous releases, takes
| Ubuntu to another level by slicking it up with
| tools, multimedia codecs and more. Linux Mint 8
| makes it easy to get started with Linux even if
| you haven't run it before. Pretty much
| everything you need for your daily computing
| tasks is included in Linux Mint 8 or available
| in the Linux Mint software repository.
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http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2357344,00.asp
Linux Mint 8 Installation Visual Walk Through â VirtualBox
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| Hereâs a walk through of the Linux Mint 8
| Helena. Youâll notice a ton of
| similarities between the installation
| process of Linux Mint 8 and the base itâs
| built from Ubuntu.
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http://www.benkevan.com/blog/linux-mint-8-installation-visual-walk-through-virtualbox/
Linux Mint 8
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| Product: Linux Mint 8
| Web Site: http://www.linuxmint.com/
| Price: Free
| Pros: Software Manager & Update Manager upgrades,
| configurable places, Upload Manager & File Uploader
| added.
| Cons: Slightly less attractive default wallpaper, no bundled
| games, Chrome browser not available in software repositories.
| Suitable For: Beginner, intermediate or advanced desktop
| Linux users.
| Summary: Linux Mint 8 brings Linux Mint up to speed with Ubuntu
| 9.10 and adds some custom upgrades of its own. An excellent desktop
| distribution that any Linux user should consider using.
| Rating: 4/5
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http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2009/12/16/linux-mint-8/
Linux Mint Helena: Câest fantastique!
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| Having seen what the open source community
| can do to improve and support a product, I
| have to say Iâm extremely impressed with
| the work theyâve done. Just last week I
| stated that I would probably run a dual
| boot with Windows 7 as my primary system
| and Mint or Ubuntu as my secondary system.
| Well, after installing and using Helena, I
| have to say Iâm strongly considering
| sticking with Mint and possibly having
| Windows 7 as a secondary OS for
| compatibility issues. I can definitely say
| that I wasnât expecting a free operating
| system to work as well as this one does.
| Bravo.
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http://thelinuxexperiment.com/guinea-pigs/sasha-d/linux-mint-helena-cest-fantastique/
Two other great Linux distributions: MEPIS & Mint
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| I also like the additional utilities, the
| so-called MEPIS Assistant programs. These
| take what can sometimes be complicated
| tasks on other Linux distributions, such
| as networking and X-Windows set-up, and
| make them simple. Last, but not least,
| MEPIS has always done an outstanding job
| of using the KDE 3.5x to good effect. In
| the upcoming MEPIS 8.5, he's using the
| brand-new KDE 4.3.4 for those who like the
| KDE 4.x series. But, for those who are
| still fond of KDE 3.5, and while I finally
| warmed up to KDE 4.x I also continue to
| like KDE 3.5x, he'll continue to support
| it in the MEPIS 8.x line.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/15269/two_other_great_linux_distributions_mepis_mint
Download Linux Mint 8 for 64-Bit Platforms
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| After the release of Linux Mint 8 back in
| November, Clement Lefebvre and the
| developers behind the Linux Mint community
| announced last evening (December 14th) the
| immediate availability for download of the
| 64-bit edition of Linux Mint 8. This version
| is exactly like the main edition of Linux
| Mint 8 but compiled for 64-bit processors,
| such as Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad
| or Athlon X2 64. Dubbed Helena, the new
| Linux Mint 8 operating system is based on
| the Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating
| system and it is powered by Linux kernel
| 2.6.31, X.Org 7.4 and the GNOME 2.28.1
| desktop environment.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Linux-Mint-8-for-64-bit-Platforms-129773.shtml
Fluxbox CE, resurrected
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| The Fluxbox Community Edition produced
| releases for Linux Mint 5 âElyssaâ and Linux
| Mint 6 âFeliciaâ and it became quite popular
| among Linux Mint users. But in 2009, due to
| personal circumstances Shane Joe Lazar, the
| maintainer of this edition, had to focus his
| attention elsewhere and so the Fluxbox CE
| was discontinued. During the release cycle
| for Linux Mint 7 âGloriaâ, no Fluxbox
| edition was released.
|
| Kendall Weaver recently stepped up from the
| community and worked on a new Fluxbox
| edition of Linux Mint. We had a conversation
| and I got the opportunity to test his
| preliminary ISOs. Today, Iâm happy to
| welcome him within the development team as
| the new maintainer of the Fluxbox Community
| Edition.
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http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1189
Linux Mint 8-Helena
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| Running a Linux Mint 8 Live CD, I boot into
| an adorable Linux Mint logo thatâs animated!
| Then the splash screen really grabs my
| attention. I understand Zwopper of the Mint
| community is to âblameâ for this beautiful
| background. Nice Job!
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http://gnulinuxuser.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/linux-mint-8-helena/
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