Linux Mint Debian Edition

Linux Mint Debian (LMDE)

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

[http://mint.ez.by/linuxmint.com/debian/ Direct download link]

NOTES

LMDE uses rolling updates; so once installed it becomes current version each time it is updated.

Use linuxmint-debian-201101-gnome-dvd-i386.iso older versions (including torrents) were bad

Make USB Installer Stick

We actually made the ISO compatible with unetbootin so you may have more luck there.
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/636625

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 8GB USB

2GB Live USB

A Fast (ADVANCED) Method

Great for Netbooks without a CD/DVD drive

Boot Netbook from this non-persistent Live USB to 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;

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 2GB Installer USB

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

References

squeeze release notes

Install of linux-mint-debian-edition

Install xxx.iso to USB Stick

Enabling support for WiFi devices based on Broadcom 4311/4312/4313/4321/4322/43224/43225 chipset

"initial release of a fully-open Linux driver for it's latest generation of 11n chipsets. The driver, while still a work in progress... supports multiple current chips (BCM4313, BCM43224, BCM43225) as well as providing a framework for supporting additional chips in the future."