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(LINUX CAUCUS) Mint KDE 16 PETRA released
Linux Mint Forums ^ | December 8th, 2013 | Clem

Posted on 12/10/2013 7:24:58 AM PST by Bikkuri

Release a day, or so, ago..


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Education; Hobbies; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: kde; linux; mint
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To: zeugma

“for less tech folks”.... Understood... I always recommend Mint for the Win crossovers (I tried so many packages of Linux for the past decade and 1/2... Mint, finally won me over..) ... ask them to run live from Cinn or Mate... if they like them, I move them toward KDE... but, Linux is a wide open world, and we have to make sure that they all know that there IS another option... and it is their choice ;^)


41 posted on 12/10/2013 8:39:44 AM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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To: ShadowAce

This the same Oracle that has VB?


42 posted on 12/10/2013 8:42:24 AM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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To: Bikkuri

VB? As in Viual Basic? That’s Microsoft.


43 posted on 12/10/2013 8:44:43 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Bikkuri

The beauty of Linux is that you’re not stuck on a particular UI.

Full disclosure: I use Ubuntu Server 12.04 which does not have a GUI, and I’m on Ubuntu 10.04 for desktop using Gnome.


44 posted on 12/10/2013 8:50:25 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: ShadowAce
You got me... meant ViirtualBox, but you knew that ;) I need to watch my language(PC-wise) :p

I forgot to send the URL link for nVidia users to take control of their VidCard fans.... (I had searched for years for the fan speed problem... found it last night)...

http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=1128675

It still works, even though it was posted 2 years ago. With my new/fresh install, all I had to do was create the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (save and reboot).. worked like a charm...... although, I wish I had the control like with MSIAfterburner to auto control the fan speed :/

At least, with 2 monitors, I can see when the GPU is getting hot, and up the speed (or down it)..
It IS an option on the nVidia control panel... BUT, you have to enable it yourself :p
45 posted on 12/10/2013 8:54:44 AM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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To: Bikkuri

I think I’ll skip this thread, I don’t have any idea what the heck you guys are talking about and no need to explain, Ciao


46 posted on 12/10/2013 8:55:20 AM PST by Rappini (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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To: rarestia

As soon as I am more comfy with using the console, I will probably go back to the simpler system myself..


47 posted on 12/10/2013 8:56:12 AM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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To: rarestia

As soon as I am more comfy with using the console, I will probably go back to the simpler system myself..


48 posted on 12/10/2013 8:56:13 AM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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To: Bikkuri

Yes—Oracle is the force behind VirtualBox. I’ve moved from that (was using them for quite a while) over to kvm as VirtualBox always required a kmod update when updating kernel.


49 posted on 12/10/2013 8:56:45 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

was was deleted (post 23)? what did I miss?


50 posted on 12/10/2013 8:57:09 AM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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To: Utilizer
I don't do a lot of bleeding edge stuff these days. I have so much specialty software that has to be re-compiled to work on new releases that when I've got a solid distro, I stay with it for a couple of years.

/johnny

51 posted on 12/10/2013 8:58:57 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Bikkuri

Hmm—not sure. I know I read it since I did not see a missing post before. But I cannot remember what post #23 was.


52 posted on 12/10/2013 9:00:34 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: JRandomFreeper
I stay with it for a couple of years.


Yeah... understood here... will happily use Mint KDE 16 until 17... I believe 17 is the next LTE for mint.. If it works, I will NOT try to fix it... working great so far .... (15-16)..
53 posted on 12/10/2013 9:03:08 AM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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To: ShadowAce

Lol, may have been a WinFanBoi or MacFanBoi... was just curious ;^)


54 posted on 12/10/2013 9:04:17 AM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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To: Bikkuri

There’s a sense of power and a sense of dread I have with it. In my many years as an engineer, I’ve always found Windows to use the same formula, so when you need something, it’s generally in the same place from OS to OS.

However, with Linux, there are different distros and different ways of doing everything. While I find something simple in one distro, another distro might be perplexing and frustrating (I’m looking at you update.RC!).


55 posted on 12/10/2013 9:05:33 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: ShadowAce

Can you give me an idea about the differences? I know I can google it, but I try to avoid that NSA crap :/


56 posted on 12/10/2013 9:06:57 AM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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To: Bikkuri

Whatever it was, I didn’t think it was bad at all—I didn’t even look twice at it.


57 posted on 12/10/2013 9:07:08 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: rarestia

That is actually a great point.. (talking open source, and always changing)..

heck, been sitting here for about 5 minutes traying to think of a good reason to even USE Win (no idea about Mac).. only thing I can think of, is if you are wanting to play Win Games.. sometimes I do, but in this day and age, I hold back :p

Maybe, once every 2 (or so) months, I will jump on Win to play a game (when I get extremely bored)... :p I used to hack DOS games :p


58 posted on 12/10/2013 9:11:17 AM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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To: Bikkuri
The differences? As in F19 --> F20?

The biggest one I'm looking forward to is the stabilization of btrfs. Other than that, though, I think it's mainly an evolutionary release. I typically reinstall from baremetal, but when I went F18 --> F19, I thought I'd try to fedup (Fedora Upgrade) process. It worked well, but my system now has leftover stuff from two versions (stuff I install to play with, then remove--leaving old dependencies behind), so it's time for a fresh metal install.

59 posted on 12/10/2013 9:11:18 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Bikkuri

That’s the ONLY reason I still have a Windows gaming system. With Steam going the Linux route more and more, I’m hoping that big gaming companies like Blizzard, Bethesda, and maybe even EA go the route of porting to or even programming on NIX platforms in the future.

Windows has always been about “convenience” for people who refused to use NIX. Having been a devout NIX user now for going on 7 years, I won’t look back.


60 posted on 12/10/2013 9:13:55 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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