Linux Mint Debian Edition


 * Download:http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=88
 * Compatible with Debian squeeze
 * Rolling updates

Install Sugar 0.88.1

 * Menu/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager:


 * search "sugar"
 * and select:

sugar-tools-0.88 sugar-artwork-0.88 python-sugar-0.88 sugar-terminal-activity python-jarabe-0,88 sugar-emulator-0.88 sugar-session-0.88 sugar-presence-service-0.88 sucrose-0.88 python-sugar-toolkit-0.88 sugar-pippy-activity python-hulahop sugar-chat-activity python-carquinyol-0.88 sugar-turtleart-activity libhippocanvas-1.0 python-hippocanvas
 * Apply


 * start Sugar: (Menu/Education/Sugar)
 * from 2nd USB Stick:
 * Click on journal
 * Open Frame (pointer to top right corner)
 * Drag-drop Install from USB icon in left bottom corner
 * to Journal icon in extreme left bottom corner

surf-115.xo
 * Click on surf (web browser)
 * Go to top right "Activities"


 * (This is ASLO where you can install activities)
 * search for IRC and install
 * search for edit and install
 * search for speak and install
 * search for record and install


 * Enjoy
 * An Alternative is to Download and burn this DVD full of activities:
 * http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sck/ASLOxo
 * And Drag Drop install from the CD icon in bottom of frame to the journal icon


 * Original Release Announcement: OLD
 * (these are copied from that site)
 * All Mint 10 features
 * 64-bit support
 * Performance boost (using cgroup, the notorious “4 lines of code better than 200″ in user-space)
 * Installer improvements (multiple HDDs, grub install on partitions, swap allocation, btrfs support)
 * Better fonts (Using Ubuntu’s libcairo, fontconfig and Ubuntu Font Family) and language support (ttf-wqy-microhei, ttf-sazanami-mincho, ttf-sazanami-gothic installed by default)
 * Better connectivity and hardware support (pppoe, pppoeconf, gnome-ppp, pppconfig, libgl1-mesa-dri, libgl1-mesa-glx, libgl1-mesa-dev, mesa-utils installed by default)
 * Better sound support (addressing conflicts between Pulse Audio and Flash)
 * Updated software and packages

Notes for Installation on VirtualBox 4.0

 * Use gparted on Live DVD to format the 8-10 GB VirtualBox HD
 * /boot ext4 500  /7000 ext4   swap=balance
 * Install to HD
 * edit partitions to format as ext4 and as /boot; /; and swap
 * Finish installation and reboot


 * Note this same procedure works to install to a 8 GB USB disk

2 GB Live USB disk

 * A Fast (ADVANCED) Method
 * Great for Netbooks without a CD/DVD drive
 * Boot Netbook from this non-persistent Live USB diskto test linuxmint-debian-201101-gnome
 * Use it to Install to HD


 * tested from DL; boots fine (satellit 01/04/2011)

Download: linuxmint-debian-201101-gnome-dvd-i386.img


 * How to write to USB disk
 * Download to desktop


 * Use "mount command to see USB address: ie: /dev/sdb; /dev/sdc; /dev/sdd....etc
 * Or use gparted to see USB address
 * dd command is VERY DANGEROUS; if you use wrong address you will distroy your Hard Drive with no warning.


 * In root terminal #:

cd Desktop dd if=linuxmint-debian-201101-gnome-dvd-i386.img of=/dev/sd(x)

How to Make a 2 GB Installer USB disk

 * Use the 32 bit version to make a 32 bit USB disk and 64 bit to make 64 bit USB disk