Linux Mint 11 With LXDE Released



Linux Mint 11 With LXDE Desktop

New features at a glance:
  • The Software Manager
    • UI improvements
    • New splash screen
    • Fonts category
    • More accurate package information
    • More application icons by default
    • More accurate search by default
  • The Update Manager
    • Performance boosts
    • Improved dependencies handling
    • Better changelog retrieval
    • UI improvements
  • The Desktop Settings tool
    • “Desktop-agnostic”, detection and upcoming compatibility with other desktops
    • New setting for the fortunes in the terminal
  • Artwork improvements
    • Overlay scrollbars, plymouth, Mint-X, search add-on.
  • System improvements
    • new “apt download” command
    • Adobe flash plugins
For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 11 LXDE“.
Changes since RC1:
GDM replaces LXDM as the default login manager (this should address the sporadic issue of X not loading from the live session)Release notes:
To get more information about these problems and their solution, read the “Release notes”.
System requirements:
  • x86 processor
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 3 GB of disk space
  • Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD/DVD drive or USB port
For more information visit http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/135:distronews/468815:linux-mint-11-lxde-rc2-released

    Release Note Pattimura Blankon 7.0 Beta 2

    Internet, Wednesday, July 13, 2011. 

    On this day  the development team of BlankOn
    released BlankOn 7.0 Beta 2 Pattimura. This publication is printed CD BlankOn 7.0 Beta 2 Pattimura for i386 and amd64.
    BlankOn 7.0 Beta 2 can be downloaded at the following address:
    http://cdimage.blankonlinux.or.id/blankon/rilis/7.0/beta-2/
    There are some things new in Beta 2, namely:

    • Using the panel BlankOn destopnya interface. 
    • Improvement of Contents folder example 
    • Using Kernel 3
    There are several known issues found in Beta 2 Release 7.0 BlankOn
    1.   http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/ticket/599 (f1 still refer ghelp: gnome help - document not found)  
    2. http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/ticket/673 (language packs are not compatible)
    3.  http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/ticket/687 (plymouth information eject the CD cover)  
    4.  http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/ticket/698 ([blankon-panel] default application icon is not legible)  
    5. http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/ticket/709 (Splash LibreOffice rudimentary)  
    6. http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/ticket/710 ([kernel] modules missing rtl)  
    7. http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/ticket/711 (some usb modems are not compatible)  
    8. http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/ticket/724 ([blankon-panel] hard drive on the mount and mount to the server does not appear in places)  
    9. http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/ticket/729 (blankon theme of the panel has not included)  
    10. http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/ticket/730 (Sound indicator has not emerged) 11. http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/ticket/731 (wireless network BCM4312 802.11b / g LP-PHY can not yet walk)

    If you find a problem with the Beta 2 release please report to:
    http://dev.blankonlinux.or.id/newticket
    Target Release Candidate 1 is coming:

    • - Incorporating a theme Gtk3  
    • - Improve and beautify the interface
    • - Improving the guidebook

    On behalf of Tim BlankOn Developers

    Rahman Yusri Aftian

    CentOS 6.0 Release

    CentOS 6.0, a Linux distribution built from source RPM packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, has been released: " Centos 6.0 available of CentOS 6.0 for i386 and x86_64 architectures. CentOS 6.0 is based on the upstream release EL 6.0 and includes packages. Centos 6.0 has ben release on July 10th 2011
    Download for i386  Download
    Download for x86_64 Download

    PCLinuxOS Review

    Desktop Options and Integration
    You chose from 2 desktops that available on PCLinuxOS
    1. KDE
    2. LXDE

    "The first thing a user might notice is that, out of the box, PCLinuxOS is set up with both NVidia and ATI fglrx support built in. No matter which type of graphics card is on the machine, PCLinuxOS — with the LXDE desktop — should work great! With either Lubuntu or Knoppix (should anyone actually use Knoppix as a desktop distribution), it is likely that either proprietary or extra drivers will need to be installed to get the same working graphics as found in the out of the box experience of PCLinuxOS"

    Package Management

    PCLinuxOS is based on Mandriva, so it uses RPMs. I will admit that I've always been a fan of RPM and Yum for managing packages

    Control Panels

    Control panel you can see look like in left image, that was very simple and user friendly. For this relase PClinuxOS has lot of change and they think about user, to make their user easy to use

    Applications: A Change Of Pace

    This distribution includes some unusual (and welcome) suspects. This list includes:
    • Claws Mail: E-mail clients.
    • Bleachbit: Outstanding system cleaning application.
    • Clementine: DAAP server.
    • Flashplayer-plugin: .
    • The Gimp:GNU Image Manipulation Program, photo editor