Installed Linux Mint Main Edition

Walk through – The procedure I took, start point Ubuntu Gutsy.

1. DL’ing the file (LinuxMint-4.0.iso) through command in Terminal (note it’s the Mint Main Edition. More releases and versions can be found here.):

wget http://download.softpedia.ro/dl/ea7020c9f20a9a9b6ecf024412b942ab/474d77a5/600031769/linux/LinuxMint-4.0.iso

Downloads to home/user.

2. Writes the DL’ed file “LinuxMint-4.0.iso” to CD (written from image).

3. Restarted the computer with newly written Linux Mint CD in the trey and starts from CD.

Either enter DEL at startup to configure boot selection or press F8 to select.

4. Starts in Live CD mode.

5. Likes the splash screen.

In Live CD mode

6. (To manage partitions.) Opens Terminal and runs this:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install gparted ntfsprogs

7. (Manages partitions.) Hits Alt+F2 and types gksudo gparted and hits Run. Changes the size of the partition and creates a new partition with the file system ext3 and hits Add. After that Apply and let it do the changes.

My partitions on below capture. Resized the one I had (make it use less space) and created another one from the remaining space. Both Ubuntu and Mint are installed on my computer.

8. Ran the Linux Mint installer from the Desktop.

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Related links: http://www.linuxmint.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint

http://www.linux.com/feature/60538

Based on Ubuntu, it is Ubuntu in a mint theme with a few extra features. Good features however.

Linux Mint is only available for x86 systems. If you want to run Linux Mint on an AMD64 system, you’ll have to settle for 32-bit, and if you’re on PowerPC, then no Mint for you!

View Linux Mint About page for more information of what makes it minty :

http://www.linuxmint.com/about.php

New with Ubuntu (7.10 Gutsy Gibbon) – A good place to start

http://www.cs.cornell.edu/w8/~djm/ubuntu/gutsy/

If you are new to Linux and Ubuntu this site is a good place to start. It shows different commands (to install through the Terminal) that a new Ubuntu installation can be updated with. For example Media players, Flash, and more that is of good use. Personally I think that to add extra respositories is a good start and it means that your installations will receive updates and upgrades and also you get access to new installations. These (some respositories) are that follows (copied from that site):

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security main restricted universe multiverse

And how this is done is through locating Software Sources which you find under System in your menu (Menu/System/Software Sources). If you are asked for a password you enter your user accounts password. Then you go to the Third-Party Software tab and click on Add. Click on Add Source to save it. One at the time you add the extra respositories. When you are done you click on Close. When that is done you open up the Terminal which is located in the Menu under Accessories (Menu/Accessories/Terminal). Type (or copy and paste) this piece of code into the Terminal and hit Enter:

sudo apt-get update

If you are being asked for a password (sudo password for username) you type in your user accounts password and hit Enter.

See the link for more useful installations.

User Accounts:

In User Settings under System in the menu (Menu/System/User Settings) can user accounts and passwords be changed. You should setup a root password and write it down. Each individual user can be given privileges.

Xfce desktop on Ubuntu Gutsy

Installed xubuntu which is another desktop environment for Ubuntu called Xfce.

HowTo:

1. Type or copy and paste and run sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop in the console.
2. Hit Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (this will log you out of your session so save what ever work you have open.) and choose the Kfce session and log back on.

The Xfce Website: http://www.xfce.org/
Xubuntu blog: http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/

KDE Desktop on Ubuntu Gutsy

I have installed the KDE desktop environment on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon by simply opening up my console and typing in the sudo aptitude install kde command. After available through Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and choosing KDE as login session.

Read more about it here: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/kde and here http://www.kde.org/

Murrina Personal

Murrina Personal enables you to color your own flavour of theme.

Requirements:

· GNOME 2.x
· GTK 2.x
· Murrina engine

Install:

1. Download.
2. Extract to .themes
3. Open up Appearance Preferences (System/Preferences/Appearance) and select Customize under the tab Theme.
4. Find and select Murrina Personal in the list.
5. You can now select your colors under the tab Colors.

Tip: http://www.colorschemer.com/

Amarok Desktop Script – Ubuntu

The script shows the cover of the album you are listening embedded in your desktop.

Link: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=20293

How To:

1. Download it.
2. Open Amarok and select Script Manager under Tools.
3. Select Install Script and select the fil.
4. Install the Script.

Note:

Only tracks that have a cover will show up. To add a cover simply click on the empty cd case and get one.

HOWTO: move a file

example, I want to move a file from the desktop to a folder in the Filesystem.

In the Terminal I type:

mv

A white space then the full path to my file that in this example it named ‘Aquaish’:

/home/lola/Desktop/Aquaish

A white space followed by the path to the folder I want to move the file to which in this example is ’skins’:

/usr/share/amsn/skins

Which all together then become:

mv

/home/lola/Desktop/Aquaish

/usr/share/amsn/skins

So, mv – path to file I want to move – the path where I want to move the file

The Avant Window Navigator (awn)

Avant Window Navigator (AWN/Awn) is a dock-like navigation bar for the linux desktop that positions itself at the bottom of the screen. It can be used to keep track of open windows and behaves like a normal window list. – Wiki

I have installed awn on my Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon and this was how I did this:

1. Add these two lines in ‘Software Sources‘:

deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42 gutsy avant-window-navigator
deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42 gutsy avant-window-navigator

‘Software Sources’ are found through System/Administration. On the ‘Third-Party Software‘ tab you click +Add and add them one at a time. Then you click on +Close and let it load.

2. Open the Terminal (Applications/Accessories/Terminal) send this:

sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr awn-core-applets-bzr libawn-bzr

Now it should be installed and can be found through Applications/Accessories/Avant Window Navigator.

Starting AWN it will be visible on the desktop:

Through right clicking on the awn and selecting Preferences you can personalize your awn.

Geek Girl’s personalized AWN:

Related Links:

Awn themes: http://wiki.awn-project.org/index.php?title=Themes
Awn extras: http://wiki.awn-project.org/index.php?title=Awn_Extras
Awn plugins: http://wiki.awn-project.org/index.php?title=Plugins
Awn Wiki: http://wiki.awn-project.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

DEB package of Avant Window Navigator for Ubuntu Gutsy (32 bits) on getdeb.net.

Gimmie – a unique desktop organizer for Linux.

Two captures of the Gimmie desktop organizer:

It’s designed to allow easy interaction with all the applications, contacts, documents and other things you use every day. Gimmie can be run either as a stand-alone application or added as a GNOME Panel applet.

Installation:

1. Open up the Console and send off the following code.

sudo aptitude install gimmie

2. Right click on a panel and select ‘+Add to panel’. Type ‘gimmie’ in the search and it will appear, highlight the icon and select ‘+Add’.

A searched for and found Gimmie through the Seach feature on ‘+Add to panel’:

How to: Windows Vista like panel on Linux Ubuntu

1. Right click on your panel and select ‘Properties’. Select the ‘Background’ tab pick ‘Solid color’.
2. The panel should now be transparent as in Vista. You can control the degree of the transparency too by switching the ‘Style’ back and forth.
3. Now we go back to the the ‘General’ tab and check off ‘Expand’ that when checked makes the width of the panel 100%. Unchecked should your panel now be simply wide enough to cover the content, as well as be centered positioned on your screen.
4. Under the ‘General’ tab there is also height regulation. The size of the height on the panel on the image is set to 60.

Else to know is that you can choose to position the panel on which ever side you want on your desktop and this is controlled with ‘Orientation’. ‘Show hide buttons’ also has it’s own function. Try and find your perfect Vista panel.

To add paths/icons to the panel you just simply right click on the panel and select ‘+ Add to panel’.

Through right clicking on a panel and select ‘New panel’ you can create a panel from scratch.

Icons on the panel are simply moved to another position by right click and select ‘Move’.