The first update of Linux Mint 17 will be on its way. The Linux Mint 17.1 will be codenamed as “Rebecca”. The linux mint team has announced the codename on their official blog on 15th September. This is the first point release to Linux Mint 17. It will share the same base of Ubuntu 14.04 …
The Most popular Linux Distro Linux Mint 17 KDE codenamed Qiana released now. It is based on the KDE 4.13.0. This is a Long Term Support Released and will get updates until 2019. Linux Mint KDE 17 comes with a completely revamed Update Manager. It show more information, looks better than the old and it does …
Spotify a great music streaming servie available in US now. Spotify gives you instant access to millions of songs – from old favorites to the latest hits. Just hit play to stream anything you like. You can listen the music via web interface in spotify. There is a native client for spotify in Ubuntu. The …
Numix is a very popular theme and Icon Theme in Ubuntu linux. Numix project is recently working on a linux variant like Elementary OS. Numix Bluish is a variant of Original Numix Theme. Numix Bluish is a flat theme with Light and Dark Elements. it supports Gtk 2/Gtk 3, Xfce, Unity, Openbox, and it also …
Ubuntu 14.04 Released it comes with more polished desktop and 12 new wallpapers. Ubuntu 14.04 is based on Gnome 3.10. There are lot of themes available for Gnome 3.10. We can choose great themes and icons for customizing the look and feel of Ubuntu 14.04. Here are some nice themes for Ubuntu 14.04. Install Zukitwo …
Linux Mint 16 codenamed Petra released now. The latest edition is based on Ubuntu 13.10. There are two editions one is based on MATE Desktop and the other is Cinnamon (Fork of Gnome Shell) Based Edition. MATE will offer classic stable desktop with Gnome 2 Look and Cinnamon offer a modern desktop with Gnome 3 …
Cinnamon, the desktop UI created by linuxmint team upon the gnome shell codebase is now 1.4. The good news is fedora is included the cinnamon 1.4 in its official repositories. So the installation of cinnamon desktop in fedora 17 is very easy now. Just open the terminal and type the commands below. su yum update …
MATE is the desktop environment forked from Gnome 2 desktop code. Gnome team discontinued the Gnome 2 desktop development in favour of gnome 3 and gnome shell. MATE is a familiar desktop environment because it looks and works like gnome 2. Many Gnome 2 users shifted to KDE or XFCE to avoid Gnome 3. But …
The Latest Linux Mint based on Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13 “Maya” released. The codename related to Mayan Civilisation and word for “Illution” in India. Now they comes with two alternate editions of Gnome Desktop. By completly avoiding the Ubuntu Unity Linux Mint 13 features the choice between a productive, stable and mature MATE 1.2 …
The new Ubuntu 12.04 looks great. But lot of people still searching for the mac look for ubuntu. There is an unofficial spell link Macbuntu 12.04 – ubuntu remix with mac look. And there is also a project in sourceforge called Mac4linto make ubuntu 12.04 look like mac os x. Mac4lin in Ubuntu 12.04 The …
Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) released. It is based on the recently released Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) and is powered by Linux kernel 3.0, X.Org 7.6 and GNOME 3.2, yes Gnome 3.2. It offers a set of extensions to gnome 3.2 for making the look native to gnome 2. The extensions set MGSE includes the Mint …
The sudo command will give the power of root user to an ordinary user in Ubuntu 11.1o. Without the root permission a user cannot change the file sysem, install a software, add or remove a kernel module, configure various services in a linux system. That is why the system is stable and free from virus …