(LINUX CAUCUS) Mint KDE 16 PETRA released

Linux Mint Forums ^ | December 8th, 2013 | Clem

[Bikkuri]

Release a day, or so, ago..

[Bikkuri]

Was contemplating whether or not I should wait for final release.. couldn't wait...... :D

Formatting/(re)partitioning took about 2 minutes.. total install, less than 8 minutes..

updating system, less than 45 seconds..

only 1 reboot required.. and it was only for an nvidia driver...

For an RC, excellent!!

Win, 2 weeks to upgrade after a fresh instal... or 2 months to get cr@p sorted after "upgrade to new OS".. Mac, no idea.. :p

Anyway FReepFriends, ver nice and smooth install.. OH.... ->>

I did have to reformat my USB flash to FAT16 (from FAT32).

Other than that, gets smoother every time :D

[Bikkuri]

ping

[Bikkuri]

Dangit.. forgot to mention, this is from RC.. the final should be within 2 weeks
..

[ShadowAce]

[ShadowAce]

I’ve been waiting on Fedora 20. Due out on December 17.

[Bikkuri]

dangit... forgot to add you to ping :/ ... apologies :/

[JRandomFreeper]

I'm not finding a live DVD. I won't do an install on one of the production boxes, and hate to do one on the development boxes that are running tests.

This may have to wait for later.

/johnny

[Bikkuri]

lol, you beat me to ping... went to water toilet first >.< lol :)

I am waiting to get a little more comfy with Linux before I go to Fedora.. a bit more advanced than I am comfy with... if it was DOS based, I could travel back in time to assist ;)

[Bikkuri]

What distro you looking for? Mint (KDE)?
can send link, if you need..

[ShadowAce]

Yeah—I understand that Fedora is more for the experienced user. Since I’ve never used anything else (for the long term), it took me a while to figure that out. :)

[JRandomFreeper]

Yep. I'm downloading the install DVD now, but didn't find a live DVD version.

/johnny

[Bikkuri]

Forgot to mention a few things... seems they wiped about 27,000 lines of code out.... much faster boot... doesn’t try to connect while booting.. darnit.... just get the live-cd and check it out.

Very nice, overall, have not ran into any problems yet.... so far, only blemish I see, is that the connected/not connected icon remains the same.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I think Linux Caucus was a tenured prof in the Philosophy Department at my university...

[Bikkuri]

hang on... looking up live now... do you want torrent or direct?

[Bikkuri]

Hey, seems anyone can use it to protect their clique... thought I would use it to our (the geeks) advantage too... ;^)

[Bikkuri]

PETRA KDE 32(RC)(x86){MINT}

PETRA KDE 64(RC){MINT}

[Bikkuri]

also... if you are using UNETboot to format a USB flash/nail drive.. reformat to FAT16, then install new OS (first time I have had to do this... but after about 6 hours research on net, it worked ;)

[JRandomFreeper]

That's what I'm downloading. It looked like an install DVD to me, and not a live-run DVD. I guess I'll find out in a few minutes. I do like to test drive new releases on a Live DVD and not actually do an install until I'm happy with it.

/johnny

[Bikkuri]

lmao... btw..... I still have a bootleg copy of RadHat from 2002 >.<

[rarestia]

Fedora is RHEL’s officially unofficial little brother. I had to go to Ubuntu on account of Fedora’s feverish upgrade timelines. I was happy to see Canonical doing LTS on Ubuntu distros. That makes me happy.

That being said, I’m sort of on the fence with Mint. They’re a decent distro, but I’ve become such an Ubuntu fanboy that I can’t imagine going to another flavor.

I do support KDE but prefer Gnome.