Mint 9 Discussion

I tried that but i couldn't find that entry in the gconfig.

can anybody explain why the software manager shows that some programs are already installed but i can't seem to find them? for example "fancontrol"
how do i run it?

 

Those applications are usually only available via the terminal(command line if you're used to Windows).

 

It does look good and i would consider using it BUT i dont want to risk liking it, i have SO much installed on my Windows 7 if it could all be used as it is then i would try it but i have over 150gb of games installed some being from Steam as well as alot of problem and wouldnt know if they would work on it. Anyone got any advice???

 

same here basically....dual boot....to game, just reboot else stay in linux....

 

i was afraid of that. a handful of applets got tweaked with some of the recent panel changes. could try asking on ubuntuforums.

 

Just an FYI for the noobs out there, don't forget to enable the built-in Firewall. It seems to work well. I denied any outbound traffic on the firewall and I couldn't get out.

Any who, I set inbound traffic to deny so hopefully it helps.

 

Still getting panel crashes even after a fresh install. My .ext4/partition is set to 157GB and my /swap file equals my memory which is 3GB. Kinda frustrating.

I know the panels crashed because I still can open programs on the desktop. The only thing that seems to be consistent is my panel crashes happen after I add a new panel.

I'm going to go with just the main panel and see if I get anymore panel crashes.

 

Just an update, no more panel locks since going with one panel only.

I installed gtk-dock-tools. It was required so I could install clearlooks theme. What cool themes do you guys recommend? I like the glassy look of Windows 7 so anything along those lines.

edit: I also need help installing Veetle TV.

 

Scratch Veetle.

I did some research and was able to install it via Terminal. Never used Terminal before and was able to look up a few commands and got my way thru it.

 

Terminal is your friend. When the hits the fan, keyboard shortcuts to terminal or console and the right set of commands can kill and fix everything. What most people call Linux is really just a GUI for a very beefy CLI, if you learn the command structure. I'd start by learning just how powerful and dangerous su and sudo are.

Also, re: panels, the KISS principle is the way to go with panels. Docks can break as much as they want, but a dead panel can be a PITA.

 

Thanks for the advice woofer.

Yeah once I went with one panel I haven't encountered one single panel crash. Btw what you said about Linux basically being a CLI is what struck me when I was in the terminal. It brought me back to the days when I used to login to GE Online and had to deal with those terminals.

But yeah the terminal can be very good or bad depending on what you tell the computer to do.

One other thing I forgot to mention about Mint that I like is the update scheme. When you are informed about updates we think system updates. Not so you also get updates for programs you use like FF, Adobe, Opera, Open Office etc. Very cool as it cuts down on having to individually update each program. All the hard work is done for you.

 

np. Repository-based software is far easier to update than the annoying program-by-program approach. Oddly enough, the bigger MS gets, the better it is at mimicking this approach. You can update Windows, Office, MSSE, WHQL drivers, and a handful of MS junk through Windows Update.

*edit*

oh yea, and respect su and sudo. Do as you please without those on, but once you start prefixing commands with those, all hell can break loose (or everything will automagically be fixed)

 

There's one thing I noticed about Mint, is the time it takes to open programs. On the same laptop Windows 7 seems more responsive and programs open much much faster.

Is it just me?

 

Just a little update on my mint9 install...

I noticed it has out-of-the-box support for .3gp video files recorded from my cell phone. I didn't even have to install anything. Nice!

 

Why does Mint take so long for releases? They release the 'official' Gnome one but then the other 'DE versions' take much longer. KDE, LXDE and then XFCE which is still in RC state.

 

Because time is precious, and you never have enough of it, The Developers behind those various other editions have their own lives, jobs, and families to worry about.

 

Mint 9 Fluxbox (rc) has been released. trying it out now, it looks pretty sleek.

The Linux Mint Blog Blog Archive Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox RC released!

 

I'm using Mint9 x64 (Gnome, standard) on my Envy14. I'm surprised how much stuff works out of the box with no configuration, including the hotkeys (albeit the OSD doesn't seem to always work for the brightness). I do have a couple of questions though...

I'm using the restricted drivers manager to pull down Catalyst/fglrx - it seems work just fine, however I'm a bit worried that its quite an old version. How fast does Mint update these drivers? Would it be a good idea to install current 10.8 Catalyst manually and if so, would I want to use the Restricted Driver Manager to "deactivate"/uninstall the current version, or just install over top?

In addition, is there a CPU-Z, CoreTemp etc... sort of program for Linux? All the little CPU status things I've found seem to suggest that my proc runs at 1.86 ghz or below, which is the "standard" for my Core i7 840QM. However, I can never seem to get a display of multiple cores and threads and what they are currently running at, so I never see if for instance - Turbo Boost kicks a core up to 3.3, and I just want to ensure that my proc is being used to its fullest. Can anyone suggest a good CPU..and for that matter GPU, monitor/info/overclocking tool?

 

You should remove the existing driver before you upgrade. You should do it with the package manager, but if you install the drivers manually, you can remove them with /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh

For Intel iSomething there's i7z, works great. The cpufreq applet doesn't have support for monitoring turbo boost.

For general cpu info...

Code:

cat /proc/cpuinfo

hwinfo is a good tool as well.

I'm not at all sure about overclocking ATi cards, there was a utility called atipower but I think it's been abandoned (but I could be wrong), I can't even find the project page... on the NVIDIA side there is nvclock which has worked well for me. Sorry that doesn't help