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==Linux Mint Debian== | ==Linux Mint Debian== | ||
| + | :[http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1604 Release Announcement] | ||
::(these are copied from that site) | ::(these are copied from that site) | ||
* All Mint 10 features | * All Mint 10 features | ||
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* Updated software and packages | * Updated software and packages | ||
| − | + | :[http://mint.ez.by/linuxmint.com/debian/ Direct download link] | |
| − | :[http://mint.ez.by/linuxmint.com/debian/ | ||
===Notes for Installation on VirtualBox 4.0=== | ===Notes for Installation on VirtualBox 4.0=== | ||
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*Note errors "no xpcom server" | *Note errors "no xpcom server" | ||
'''sugar does not work on i386 version''' | '''sugar does not work on i386 version''' | ||
| − | ::However if build is done | + | ::However if build is done on a AMD64 PC; you can export it; import it and run it on a MacBook Air |
| + | :::(DVD will not start on the MacBook Air with VirtualBox 4.0.1) | ||
| + | :::Import does not run on Acer Aspire One | ||
:https://wiki.debian.org/Sugar | :https://wiki.debian.org/Sugar | ||
:::(these are copies from that site) | :::(these are copies from that site) | ||
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:http://blog.linuxmint.com/torrent/linuxmint-debian-201012-gnome-dvd-amd64.iso.torrent | :http://blog.linuxmint.com/torrent/linuxmint-debian-201012-gnome-dvd-amd64.iso.torrent | ||
| − | loads sugar correctly | + | ::'''loads sugar correctly''' |
Revision as of 17:37, 31 December 2010
Linux Mint Debian
- Release Announcement
- (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
Add Sugar 0.88.1
- Note errors "no xpcom server"
sugar does not work on i386 version
- However if build is done on a AMD64 PC; you can export it; import it and run it on a MacBook Air
- (DVD will not start on the MacBook Air with VirtualBox 4.0.1)
- Import does not run on Acer Aspire One
- However if build is done on a AMD64 PC; you can export it; import it and run it on a MacBook Air
- https://wiki.debian.org/Sugar
- (these are copies from that site)
- in root terminal:
- Use one of the following on Squeeze/Sid to install officially available parts of either Sugar branch:
- (these are copied from that site)
aptitude install sucrose-0.84 aptitude install sucrose-0.86 aptitude install sucrose-0.88
- Software Manager
::: Education/ install/ sugar-emulator-0.88
Downloads
32 bit
- http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=66
- http://blog.linuxmint.com/torrent/linuxmint-debian-201012-gnome-dvd-i386.iso.torrent
- Note errors "no xpcom server"
sugar does not work on 32 bit
64 bit AMD
- http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=75
- http://blog.linuxmint.com/torrent/linuxmint-debian-201012-gnome-dvd-amd64.iso.torrent
- loads sugar correctly