Mint team's leader Clement Lefebvre have just announced the new name of the upcoming Linux Mint 15. Its going to be called "Olivia". The Latin meaning of the word is "olive tree". It's the symbol of "fruitfulness, beauty, and dignity".On April, we will get Ubuntu 13.04. Then, Linux Mint 15 will be released on May, which will be based on Ubuntu 13.04. Currently, there are no big changes planned for Mint 15 like the previous releases of Mate, Cinnamon and Nemo. But, with …
How To Install The Latest Nautilus 3.6 in Ubuntu and Linux Mint
You might already know that Gnome made some big changed to Nautilus 3.6 which made it hard to integrate with distributions like Ubuntu. The new changes will work perfectly with their own Gnome Shell. But under Unity and Cinnamon, it might be difficult to use. Here are the new features introduced on Nautilus 3.6 :Monochrome icons on the sidebar Removal of the top menu bar (Replaced by a cog menu on the right) Recent files A new searching system Simple and a …
How to Completely Remove a Package From Ubuntu With Configurations
Simple question... If you wanted to remove a Software from a Debian based system like Ubuntu or Linux Mint, what will you do? Go to Synaptic, right-click and Mark for Removal? Or, use apt-get remove? Do you think they will remove the whole package using these two methods? Think again... In Windows, we use special software uninstallers to get rid of the whole software without leaving any trace. Windows doesn't have a special feature to remove them completely. If the …
How To Install Nvidia Optimus Drivers in Ubuntu or Linux Mint
If you have a notebook with a Nvidia GPU (which might have Nvidia Optimus), you might find it difficult to install the correct proprietary drivers on Ubuntu or Linux Mint. Thats because we still don't have enough support for the Nvidia Optimus technology on Linux. Nvidia will soon start to support our systems but until then, we need to use Bumblebee. It's a separate program built to provide support for Nvidia Optimus on Linux. The Nvidia Optimus technology helps you to use …
How To Install the Latest Nvidia Beta Drivers in Ubuntu and Mint
After being criticized by Linus Torvalds and with the introduction of Steam for Linux, Nvidia have started to pay more attention to their Linux drivers. Recently, they have released a lot of new updated which increase the performance by great amounts... The default Nvidia driver in Ubuntu is 304. This is very old. The current stable driver version in Nvidia's website is 310.19. Recently, we showed you how to install the 310.14 driver in Ubuntu. This driver is stable but …
Speed-Up Ubuntu and Linux Mint With Preload
Starting from Windows XP, Microsoft introduced a new feature called the prefetcher which load frequently used programs into the memory during the boot. Then, those programs will load much faster the next time we open them. Not only for Windows, for Linux also we have such a feature... For Linux, (Not only for Ubuntu and Mint), we have a package called Preload which does a similar thing to speed-up our machines. It will run in the background and monitor the applications that …
How To Increase The Volume in Ubuntu and Linux Mint Beyond 100%
When comparing the sounds of my Windows system and the Linux system, I can feel a difference. Windows is a bit louder than Ubuntu. Most of the time, this is ok. But there are some occasions where we need more volume... In media players like VLC, we can easily increase the volume up to 200%. So, no issues. But what if your media player doesn't have such a feature or what if you are watching an online video (for example, a YouTube video) ? Then its sorry.com! Is it? No... In …
The Final Stable Linux Mint 14 “Nadia” Is Released! Download Now!
Last weekend, we saw Linux Mint 14's stable ISO images appearing in the mirror sites. But we warned you not to download them because they can change at the last moment. The best thing is to wait till the final official announcement. Now, it's officially announced and you can finally download the final stable images of Linux Mint 14! This new release is based on Ubuntu 12.10 and like the previous versions, its heavily customized to give a better user experience. Nadia …
Linux Mint 14 Stable ISO Images are Here! But Don’t Download Now!
Linux Mint 14 final stable ISO images have started to show up in their mirrors. These images ave been approved for release 3 days ago. But I recommend not to download these images now. Linux Mint haven't officially announced the release so they can take out these images and make final adjustments. It happened once! So, wait till its officially announced! We'll let you know! …