Linux Mint Updates

[Jaymin]

Updates on next version of Mint.......named Lisa.

New features in Linux Mint 12 - Linux Mint

Gnome 3 and MGSE
Linux Mint 12 comes with a brand new desktop, built with Gnome 3 and MGSE.

"MGSE" (Mint Gnome Shell Extensions) is a desktop layer on top of Gnome 3 that makes it possible for you to use Gnome 3 in a traditional way. You can disable all components within MGSE to get a pure Gnome 3 experience, or you can enable all of them to get a Gnome 3 desktop that is similar to what you’ve been using before. Of course you can also pick and only enable the components you like to design your own desktop.

The main features in MGSE are:

The bottom panel
The application menu
The window list
A task-centric desktop (i.e. you switch between windows, not applications)
Visible system tray icons

I dont know the implications of these updates, but posting it.
Few images.......



(Task centric Alt-Tab as the call it in MGSE)


(MGSE Menu)

On their FB page they said its "RC". Whats that??

 

[solariiknight]

RC stands for release candidate.. the version previous to main release and after beta release. When I say the main linux mint website, there is no mention of linux mint 12. They haven't released it yet.

 

[Jaymin]

Thanks for the info!But i picked up the link from their FB page.

 

[Jaymin]

I had question on Magnet URL handling in Mint......whenever i try to load a magnet URL, the system always opens Transmission. That is despite having set Vuze as my default client in the system. I then removed Transmission altogether, hoping that elimination of the software itself, will make the system ask me which client to use. But alas, it doesnt even ask me. So now, i cannot open magnet urls at all. Is there any way by which i can instruct the system to open magnet links in Vuze?As of now, i am following a workaround for it - I copy the magnet URL & then paste that url in Vuze when adding a new torrent.

 

[manu1991]

This should work for you.
Open up Firefox and its preferences window. Go to the "Applications" tab and you should see "magnet" on the list. Click on "Always ask" and if Transmission does not appear as an option then click on "Use other" and navigate to /usr/bin on your file system. Look for "transmission" or "transmission-gtk" and click that.

12.04 - How to make Firefox open magnet-links in Transmission - Ask Ubuntu

Just replace transmission with Vuze in your case.

 

[Jaymin]

That worked! So is it a problem with Chrome then? Need to check any such option in Chrome!

 

[Jaymin]

Anyone has any idea as to how do i sync up a folder in Mint? Its just an internal sync. I have 1 folder on my Hard Drive, and i want to replicate it into the default Music folder in Mint. The reason why i want to have 2 copies is very dubious.....The Music folder, is not accessible from Windows. In fact, any system folder.....i tried finding it, but i cudnt locate it. So i need to maintain a folder which is accessible from both OSes.On the other hand, the sync that i have setup with my phone & Banshee player in Mint, requires a system folder i suppose in order to sync everytime. If i ask Banshee to sync the fone Media with the previous folder, then it forgets the location each time the system is shut down.Now i anyways have good amount of excess space in the Mint system folder & hence, i just replicate the contents of 1 folder into the another......

 

[Jonas]

Wow! You are still using Linux Mint

 

[Jaymin]

Yep. I like it. Much better than using a pirated version of a similar sort of OS!

 

[Sushubh]

Linux Mint 14 Nadia is out

https://imgur.com/oeGqr