Linux Mint 11 "Katya" Ubuntu-based OS released

The Linux Mint development team has announced the release of version 11 of Linux Mint – the project's latest major release of its Ubuntu-based Linux distribution. Code-named "Katya", Linux Mint 11 is based on Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" and includes the 2.6.38 Linux kernel – Linux 2.6.39 was released one week ago.

I highly recommend Ubuntu Unleashed 2011 Edition: Covering 10.10 and 11.04 (6th Edition) for learning more about Linux Mint and Ubuntu.

Unlike the latest version of Ubuntu upon which it is based, the distribution features the GNOME 2.32 desktop environment, as well as the traditional Linux Mint desktop layout – Ubuntu uses Unity, developed in-house by the Ubuntu developers, as its default desktop. In an email, Linux Mint Founder and lead developer Clement Lefebvre previously told The H that the developers initially wanted to use GNOME 3, however, "With GNOME 2 we could rely on one of the most stable desktops available, full compatibility with GTK (on which most applications including our own tools are developed) and our current themes."

Linux Mint 11 features the GNOME 2.32 desktop environment, as well as the traditional Linux Mint desktop layout.

Other changes include a faster update manager with several user interface improvements, updates to the desktop settings tool, and a "much more polished" software manager. Software selection updates include replacing OpenOffice.org with the LibreOffice office suite, Banshee becoming the default music player and gThumb replacing F-Spot as the default photo application – Gwibber is no longer being installed by default.

Highlights of Linux Mint 11 :

• Based on Ubuntu 11.04
• Linux kernel 2.6.38
• No Unity shell
• GNOME 2.32.1
• One-click installer for multimedia codecs and extra apps
• Lots of improvements to The Software Manager tool
• Performance improvements to The Update Manager tool
• Various improvements to The Desktop Settings tool
• A new set of wallpapers
• mint-search-addon for Firefox 4, Chrome and Opera web browsers
• Removed Gwibber
• gThumb as default photo viewer
• Banshee as default music player
• LibreOffice 3.3 office suite
• Overlay scrollbars
• Updated Mint-X theme
• Added 'apt download' command
• Adobe Flash Player 10.2 plugin
• Lots of bug fixes

More details about the release, including a list of known problems, can be found in a post on the Linux Mint Blog, in the release notes and on the New features in Linux Mint 11 page. Linux Mint 11 is available to download as a CD or DVD ISO image file for 32- and 64-bit systems from the project's site. A user guide and upgrade instructions are provided. The OEM Edition provides the same features as the standard version, but without including proprietary software, patented technologies or support for restricted formats.

Linux Mint aims to be user friendly and to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including support for DVD playback, Java, plug-ins and various media codecs. It is currently the second most popular distribution on DistroWatch.com behind Ubuntu.

To learn more about Linux Mint and Ubuntu, the book Ubuntu Unleashed 2011 Edition: Covering 10.10 and 11.04 (6th Edition) is highly recommended.

(Article copied mostly verbatim from H Online announcement.)

Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" Linux OS Released

"Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created."
   -Ida P. Rolf

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.04, code-named "Natty Narwhal". 11.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

To learn more about Ubuntu, check out Beginning Ubuntu Linux book from Apress.

For PC users, Ubuntu 11.04 supports laptops, desktops and netbooks with a unified look and feel based on a new desktop shell called "Unity". This version supersedes Ubuntu Netbook Edition for all PC netbooks.

Developer reference images are provided for select Texas Instruments (TI) ARM platforms, specifically the "PandaBoard" and "BeagleBoard".

Ubuntu Server 11.04 has made it easier to provision servers, and reduce power consumption.   Ubuntu Server 11.04 for UEC and EC2 has a new kernel and improved initialization and configuration options.

Read more about the features of Ubuntu 11.04 in the following press releases:

 http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-transforms-your-pc-experience
 http://www.canonical.com/content/latest-ubuntu-offers-business-added-cloud-features-and-sleek-new-desktop-interface

 Standard maintenance updates will be provided for Ubuntu 11.04 for 18 months, through October 2012.

Thanks to the efforts of the global translation community, Ubuntu is available in 43 languages.  For a list of available languages and detailed translation statistics for these and other languages, see:

 http://people.canonical.com/~dpm/stats/ubuntu-11.04-translation-stats.html

Ubuntu 11.04 is also the basis for new 11.04 releases of Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu:

       Kubuntu  http://kubuntu.org/news/11.04-release
       Xubuntu  http://xubuntu.org/news/11.04-release
      Edubuntu  http://edubuntu.org/news/11.04-release
     Mythbuntu  http://mythbuntu.org/11.04/release
 Ubuntu Studio  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/11.04release_notes

To Get Ubuntu 11.04

To download Ubuntu 11.04, or obtain CDs, visit:

 http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

Users of Ubuntu 10.10 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 11.04 via Update Manager. For further information about upgrading, see:

 http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/upgrade

As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of charge.

We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues.  They are available at:

 http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes

 Find out what's new in this release with a graphical overview:

 http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/whats-new
 http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/features

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't sure, you can try asking in any of the following places:

 #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net
 http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
 http://www.ubuntuforums.org/
 http://askubuntu.com/

Helping Shape Ubuntu

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at:

 http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

About Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, netbooks and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases.  A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional services including support are available from Canonical and hundreds of other companies around the world.  For more information about support, visit:

 http://www.ubuntu.com/support

More Information

To learn more about Ubuntu, check out Beginning Ubuntu Linux book from Apress.

You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this release on our website:

 http://www.ubuntu.com/

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's very low volume announcement list at:

 http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce/

Kate Stewart,
on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team

(copied mostly verbatim from Ubuntu announcement)

KDE 4.6 Graphics Glitches / Screen Refresh Bug Fix for Intel/GMA VGA Card

The redraw of many widgets when using the KWin doesn’t work correctly:

1. In Firefox if I scroll down the page, the page is not redraw correctly. I have to move the mouse all over the page to remove the broken text.
2. Shell window is not updated properly

If you have experience these symptoms with KDE 4.6 under Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat with an Intel graphics card, then there is a quick fix:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glasen/intel-driver sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

It fixed it for me at least.
My intel graphics card on Asus U35JC:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)

Sources:
KDE Forum

Ubuntuku.org

Copied Verbatim from KDE 4.6 screen refresh bug fix for intel graphics card!

How to Upgrade to Firefox 4.0 for Ubuntu

To upgrade Ubuntu to Firefox 4.0, click Applications > Accessories > Terminal then type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade

Enjoy!

Fixing "(EE) Intel(0): No kernel modesetting drivers detected" on Intel GMA 945G

A computer in one Tuneeca muslim fashion office is a Intel i945 system with Intel GMA 945G (Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) ) graphics card that doesn't work out-of-the-box in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.

X window system / desktop crashes/cannot start with the /var/log/Xorg.0.log log file as follows:

[     6.966] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[     6.966] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[     6.966] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[     6.966] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[     6.967] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[     6.967] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     6.967]    compiled for 1.9.0, module version = 0.0.2
[     6.967]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[     6.967] (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
[     6.986] (EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected.
[     6.986] (II) UnloadModule: "intel"
[     6.986] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[     6.986]
Fatal server error:
[     6.986] no screens found

It's possible to skip the problem by using vesa Driver. However there is a much better solution.

After trying many things, from boot options: i915.modeset=1, i915.modeset=0, nomodeset. It turns out the problem is ACPI.

Solution is adding acpi=force to the GRUB2 boot options.

Edit /etc/default/grub by running:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

and change:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

into:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=force"

Then run:

sudo update-grub

Restart and now X desktop should work, and the PC is much faster (than with ACPI disabled).

References:

• http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10438656&postcount=6
• http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10438660&postcount=4
  
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/661645/comments/9

The lspci output:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

Fixing org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown KDE applications error on Ubuntu

Lately I've been frustrated by ALL of my KDE applications not working on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.

KNode, K3b, Dolphin, nothing.... All of those apps do not work on my laptop.

The error messages are very similar:

$ knode
<unknown program name>(6965)/: Communication problem with  "knode" , it probably crashed.
Error message was:  "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown" : " "The name org.kde.knode was not provided by any .service files" "

After searching through the Internet (and found nothing), I found the solution:

sudo rm -rf /var/tmp/kdecache-*

This will remove all folders beginning with '/var/tmp/kdecache-'

Now my KDE apps start just fine. :-)

It probably was a permission problem. :-P

Ubuntu Repository List for Indonesia (IIX)

When you’re in Indonesia and wanted to update your Ubuntu linux, sometimes it is necessary to get the updates from a Local repository since it’ll be much faster.

You can edit the repository from the terminal by typing command :

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.lst

Or just use whatever text editor you like using the root / superuser privileges to edit/etc/apt/sources.lst

So, here is an IIX (Indonesia Internet Exchange) repository list for Ubuntu and its descendants.

### Kambing University of Indonesia (Telkom, Indosat, OpenIXP, INHERENT)
deb http://kambing.ui.edu/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://kambing.ui.edu/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://kambing.ui.edu/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://kambing.ui.edu/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://kambing.ui.edu/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://kambing.ui.edu/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse

### CBN Mirror (OpenIXP)
deb http://ubuntu.cbn.net.id/Ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://ubuntu.cbn.net.id/Ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ubuntu.cbn.net.id/Ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://ubuntu.cbn.net.id/Ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ubuntu.cbn.net.id/Ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://ubuntu.cbn.net.id/Ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse

### Komo VLSM (OpenIXP)
deb http://komo.vlsm.org/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://komo.vlsm.org/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://komo.vlsm.org/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://komo.vlsm.org/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://komo.vlsm.org/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://komo.vlsm.org/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse

### IndikaNet (OpenIXP)
deb http://ubuntu.indika.net.id/ karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://ubuntu.indika.net.id/ karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ubuntu.indika.net.id/ karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://ubuntu.indika.net.id/ karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ubuntu.indika.net.id/ karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://ubuntu.indika.net.id/ karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse

### ITB (Network ITB & Inherent) – FTP only
deb ftp://ftp.itb.ac.id/pub/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src ftp://ftp.itb.ac.id/pub/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb ftp://ftp.itb.ac.id/pub/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src ftp://ftp.itb.ac.id/pub/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb ftp://ftp.itb.ac.id/pub/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src ftp://ftp.itb.ac.id/pub/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse

### UGM (Inherent)
deb http://repo.ugm.ac.id/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://repo.ugm.ac.id/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://repo.ugm.ac.id/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse

### FOSS-ID (Telkom)
deb http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://dl2.foss-id.web.id/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse

### ITS (Inherent)
deb http://mirror.its.ac.id/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirror.its.ac.id/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirror.its.ac.id/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse

### Buaya (Inherent)
deb http://buaya.klas.or.id/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://buaya.klas.or.id/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://buaya.klas.or.id/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse

### UNEJ (OpenIXP, Telkom)
deb http://mirror.unej.ac.id/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.unej.ac.id/ubuntu karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirror.unej.ac.id/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.unej.ac.id/ubuntu karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirror.unej.ac.id/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.unej.ac.id/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse

You don’t need to use all of them, and honestly, you’d better not use all of them. Use the most stable, up to date, and closest to you since it will be faster that way. For later use, you may write down everything on your sources.lst though, and put comment to the lists that you don’t use.

And don’t forget to update your apt after the change.

sudo apt-get update

Many thanks to these mirror providers, I hope more will follow to spread the delicate of freedom :
Kambing, CBN Net, Komo, Indika Net, ITB, UGM, FOSS-ID, ITS, Buaya, UNEJ

Contact us if one of the mirror is broken without us noticing. We’ll make the updates accordingly.

source : insomnity

Taken from: RubahNakal