Linux Mint 5.0 "Elyssa" Released!

[Istonian]

http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=13265


I am so excited about this release. I have already installed it and I love it.

The themes and wallpapers it comes with are nice.

Mint has been pretty awesome for me. I love how it is going to be as some say "sorta rolling"

[wolfen69]

ya beat me to it. yeah, downloading right now. i suggest everyone use torrent to get it. it's flying right now. Torrent (http://www.lintelligence.de/getdownload/d4dea8824f68598/1212974895/739) MD5-32c7172f92b37d27a92084e71b6f489b

cant wait to check it out.

Release Notes for Linux Mint 5 Elyssa: http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_elyssa.php

[Istonian]

Thanks for posting the right release notes. Yep, I am loving mint.

[danbuter]

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Mint has been pretty awesome for me. I love how it is going to be as some say "sorta rolling"

Now this is a great bonus.

[darco]

Downloaded and installed.....still very impressed. I no longer use Ubuntu (well its still on my laptop but that will change)....Thanks for the ride Ubuntu, I may be back (it wasnt for any serious issues)!!

darco

[shuttleworthwannabe]

Is this a live CD??

[swisscow]

Is this a live CD??

yep

[Midwest-Linux]

Thanks for the info, been waiting for the final release. My opinion is that Linux Mint is the best out there.

[Fred_E _krugar]

Yall reckon they will have a KDE version I have gotten the hang of this KDE stuff and I enjoy it more than gnome now.

[jrusso2]

Yes but it might be a wait for it. I just install the KDE right on the Gnome one.

[iamhugeinjapan]

I'm really impressed with how far Linux Mint has come. It's so very far from the "ubuntu with codecs" moniker of the early days.

[Istonian]

Yall reckon they will have a KDE version I have gotten the hang of this KDE stuff and I enjoy it more than gnome now.

Yeah, they usually do a KDE version later on down the road for all the kde fans.

[darrelljon]

Can't wait to download this. Kubuntu 8 supported my HD audio but stopped when I tried to add codecs. Never figured out adding DVD support either.

[trackrat]

Dam & blast, I am of on holiday and will have to wait till I get back to download and install it.:mad:

[kazuya]

It was a wonderful release. I am still using the last RC version of Linux Mint 5.0 Eyssa. It runs near flawlessly. I have done an update or upgrade all via their package manager, another front-end to synaptic, but nice looking and easy to use.

I really love the look snazzy feel, polish and beauty of the distro. The menu looks much better now, and I wont change much of a thing. There is better integration b/w icon sets even in firefox browser, etc. I'm sure Ubuntu is just as great when altered.

My question, is the KDe install on Mint going to be like Kubuntu-desktop install or is it different or customized for Mint. In all I give a whoping huge thumbs up to this distro. And a huge thank you to their base, Ubuntu - lets not forget credit to Debian as well.

[adityakavoor]

It is available for download the Linux version 5 Mint, ubuntu better than himself ubuntu.
http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_elyssa.php

[Robux the great]

Thanks for the heads up on the new release

I will definately checking it out

Regards

Rob

[madjr]

yea, nice release.

they fixed many stuff and has many new stuff

[damphoud]

Using the live cd atm, and I like it... very clean. Will install to play around with.

[K.Mandla]

Moved to Other OS Talk.

[danbuter]

I'm installing it now. The one thing that really is making me switch is that the LTS (this release) will have programs backported to it as they become available, unlike Ubuntu.

[adityakavoor]

Moved to Other OS Talk.

Sorry for the wrong section

[Istonian]

Nope, same repos as Ubuntu.

[iamhugeinjapan]

Mint uses Ubuntu repositories but they also have their own for Mint customised features.

[brjoon1021]

I have it downloaded, looking forward to installing it. Mint, PCLinuxOS and Ultimate (formerly Ubuntu Ultimate Edition) are the best unless you are a Slackware or Gentoo kind of user - I am not, I don't want to have to mess around at all -

[wolfen69]

i defy anyone to come up with a better distro that does more "out of the box" than mint. a case could be made for sabayon, but......

[Rui Pais]

i defy anyone to come up with a better distro that does more "out of the box" than mint. a case could be made for sabayon, but......

You are assuming that all users need all codecs installed by default...
And that default software installed on Mint it's the needed by anyone.

I never have all installed on any distro i have... and always need to uninstall a bunch of apps and install my ones.
For me it looks a lot OTB :)

The Out-of-the-box idea it's a myth that can only applies for a percentage of users and even that percentage it's high, it can't satisfy all needs never...

:)

[fiddledd]

Well I've been using it for a couple of days on the Laptop, and I think it's great (up to now :)). It even recognized my Freecom DVB Stick (yes I know that's probably the kernel and not Mint, but it was a pleasant surprise). It all seems polished, responsive and stable. I hope they are not famous last words. :)

[ShodanjoDM]

I tried Linux Mint last year, and was blown away because on supported hardware specs, it can ran compiz from the live-CD.

Simply awesome :)

[themuddaload]

wow... i have like 55(286) seeds

[mivo]

I tried Linux Mint last year, and was blown away because on supported hardware specs, it can ran compiz from the live-CD. Simply awesome :)

Well, that's just a result of including binary drivers, which is a bit of a gray area. For the end user this aspect is of little relevance, but for an actual company like Canonical it is a little tricky. Mint has an advantage here.

Mint's very sexy looking. It's only visuals and Ubuntu's default look is easy to change, but first impressions are important.

How can the distro be "sorta rolling" if they relay on Ubuntu's repositories, though?

[myusername]

i personaly think that the release candidate 2 (rc2) was faster and more stable than the final product

[jrusso2]

Well, that's just a result of including binary drivers, which is a bit of a gray area. For the end user this aspect is of little relevance, but for an actual company like Canonical it is a little tricky. Mint has an advantage here.

Mint's very sexy looking. It's only visuals and Ubuntu's default look is easy to change, but first impressions are important.

How can the distro be "sorta rolling" if they relay on Ubuntu's repositories, though?

I don't know, the Linux Mint page says there are no binary drivers in it.

[vprasaj]

Running here with 2.6.24-18-generic kernel. Everything works great. I still think of it as spicy ubuntu.

Without ubuntu linux mint would'n exist. Everything from repos works. Envy comes by default. What I dislike is Firefox google search engine. But it can be changed in

/usr/share/firefox/searchplugins ##firefox 2
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins ##firefox 3

(google.xml file)

It is my favorite distro. (2. is pclos - fast mandriva :))

[K.Mandla]

Similar threads merged.

[Istonian]

Well, that's just a result of including binary drivers, which is a bit of a gray area. For the end user this aspect is of little relevance, but for an actual company like Canonical it is a little tricky. Mint has an advantage here.

Mint's very sexy looking. It's only visuals and Ubuntu's default look is easy to change, but first impressions are important.

How can the distro be "sorta rolling" if they relay on Ubuntu's repositories, though?

Updates and stuff for newer programs for future OS's will get backported to Elyssa. So it updates with the newer versions.

[kpkeerthi]

How can the distro be "sorta rolling" if they relay on Ubuntu's repositories, though?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=815869
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=819226

[MONODA]

just installed it, it works great, but my wireless doesnt work, it is a kernel bug, it happens with all distros. I can usually be fixed but my usual fix didnt work sadly :'(

[Nessa]

Thanks for posting this. Will give it a try. :)

[darco]

Running here with 2.6.24-18-generic kernel. Everything works great. I still think of it as spicy ubuntu.

Without ubuntu linux mint would'n exist. Everything from repos works. Envy comes by default. What I dislike is Firefox google search engine. But it can be changed in

/usr/share/firefox/searchplugins ##firefox 2
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins ##firefox 3

(google.xml file)

It is my favorite distro. (2. is pclos - fast mandriva :))

I see the google.xml file but what do I need to do to change it back to google instead of LM?
thxs
darco

[Antman]

Without ubuntu linux mint would'n exist.
Not completely true. Mint had a test/preview version that was based on Debian, so if Ubuntu died tomorrow and the Mint devs wanted, they could just base it off of Debian.

[Nessa]

Downloading a 2nd time. The first iso I got wasn't so great. Hopefully I'll be able to try it soon.

[MissionImpossible]

Important Security Notice - mintAssistant 2.4 in Elyssa!

Postby clem on Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:51 pm
A very important bug has been found in mintAssistant 2.4 which was released as part of Linux Mint 5 Elyssa.

Explanation

When the root password is not set the root account is still active, and rather than this consequently preventing any root login, it actually means you can login as root without any password at all.

Cause

This regression is due to a change in behavior in passwd from Gutsy to Hardy and a request from the community after RC1 was released not to lock the root account (so that "sudo su -" is still possible).

Solution

[....]

http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=13459&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=d7af2cfea2a4165c3d84ae4677770279

Clem: "...The ISO images for both the Main and Light Editions will be rebuilt to include this fix...."

[Nessa]

Posting from Mint 5. :-D I've yet to explore...

[kamitsukai]

I've never tried Linux mint assuming it was just another one of these "Ubuntu based distro's with codecs pre-installed" as someone else put it, but reading the comments I'm intrigued to try it out, it probably wont work with my USB Wifi dongle out of the box though... is there a DVD version? so I can install Ndiswrapper or can I just use the ubuntu DVD? (As it's primarily based off it)

[kamitsukai]

OK I'm now seriously considering ditching Ubuntu for Linux mint! it's so much more well rounded and faster! I'm totally agreeing with "from freedom came elegance".
Running it off the live CD is just as fast as my Ubuntu install! everything works out of the box just like it says *Shocked* when did Linux get this good?

[jrusso2]

OK I'm now seriously considering ditching Ubuntu for Linux mint! it's so much more well rounded and faster! I'm totally agreeing with "from freedom came elegance".
Running it off the live CD is just as fast as my Ubuntu install! everything works out of the box just like it says *Shocked* when did Linux get this good?

Ubuntu could learn something from them.

[Pinoy915]

I have tried it. For me, there really isn't anything Mint has to offer in order for me to switch from Ubuntu. It does look nice though.

[knavarathna92]

Clem: "...The ISO images for both the Main and Light Editions will be rebuilt to include this fix...."

they fixed this, all you have to do now is download the revision 1 .iso or if you already have mint 5 installed, update mintassistant to 2.5

[tdrusk]

I'm using it now. It works great.

I'm so glad they made a workaround for the Firefox Flash crash.

[knavarathna92]

my only issue with mint 5 is that the GDM login screen has a low resolution that doesn't cover my entire screen but there has been a lot of GDM login issues in the known bugs section so I'm sure this will be promptly addressed.

[Istonian]

my only issue with mint 5 is that the GDM login screen has a low resolution that doesn't cover my entire screen but there has been a lot of GDM login issues in the known bugs section so I'm sure this will be promptly addressed.

I have the same issue, but it does not bother me because I enable automatic login.

[Morty007]

I was having problems with Ubuntu and made the switch to Mint. Everything works out of the box for me. I feel at home here. :popcorn:

[Nessa]

Did they move their website? linuxmint.com

[Zero Prime]

Did they move their website? linuxmint.com

Nope. It's still www.linuxmint.com

[Morty007]

Are the mint forums down? Whenever I click on a link it's just a blank page.

[swisscow]

I was having problems with Ubuntu and made the switch to Mint. Everything works out of the box for me. I feel at home here. :popcorn:

Funny enough, I had the opposite experience. Suspend wasn't working, flash not showing cnn videos and a few other bits. Switched back to Ubuntu, followed a couple of stickies and now everything is even better than before.

[darco]

Funny enough, I had the opposite experience. Suspend wasn't working, flash not showing cnn videos and a few other bits. Switched back to Ubuntu, followed a couple of stickies and now everything is even better than before.

Supposedly all that was fixed in the Final.No probs here w/flash. Dont give up!

darco

[Nessa]

I was able to access their site a few hours ago. It's gone again.

[T2manner]

is linux mint a lot different than ubuntu?

[knavarathna92]

not totally different, linux mint was originally based on ubuntu and thus uses ubuntu repos but mint offers a little extra. It's a little faster, has a neat way to install software with a search function to search getdeb, aptget and the software portal. The software portal contains .mint files which easily install software (1-click) on to your computer. I've installed frostwire, google earth, gdesklets and skype this way. Incidentally, Frostwire didn't work on any ubuntu version for me. The updates are also divided into levels of safety from 1-5 with 1 being the safest. Less problems FTW. Finally, You've probably already gathered that it works with essentially all types of media out of the box.

[wolfen69]

well, linuxmint failed me for the first time tonight. i was doing a job for someone and wanted to take a shortcut on the install time. it wouldnt run correctly. so i popped in regular ubuntu and bam! perfect install.

but mint still has a pretty good track record with me though.

[perlluver]

I installed Linux Mint, about two weeks ago, and Flash wasn't working, nor was Firefox 3 for that matter. Too much stuff I didn't really like, so I am back to Slackware.

[vprasaj]

Not completely true. Mint had a test/preview version that was based on Debian, so if Ubuntu died tomorrow and the Mint devs wanted, they could just base it off of Debian.

You are right. I agree. But at the moment... That's what I meant... or I'm just trying to pull myself off...? :lolflag:

[L815]

Mint was very nice except it's a bit behind in video support compared to ubuntu for intel integrated graphics, even with compiz off it's not that great.

OpenSuse so far has the smoothest video play for my laptop except it doesn't work with compiz yet.

[squidmaster]

downloading now
has a ton of awesome features from the screen shots I saw.

[ingvildr]

I dont know what they did if anything at all, but Mint is less buggy and takes up less RAM from boot. For me Mint uses 160mb on boot, ubuntu was in the 200's. Strange when you consider Mint's menu alone takes up 20mb i good chunk more then the default gnome menu.