The head of the Linux Mint project Clement Lefebvre said in a blog post that the Linux Mint website had been hacked and that the hackers were modified Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon ISO with a backdoor on Saturday 20th, February.To check if your ISO is compromised, just check its MD5 signature.
The valid signatures:
Linux Mint 15 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?
Based on Ubuntu 13.04.
Linux 3.8 kernel.
MDM now features 3 greeters.
New tool MintSources.
New MintDrivers.
Cinnamon 1.8
MATE 1.6
improved Update Manager.
Artwork improvements.
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Linux Mint 14 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?
MATE 1.4
Cinnamon 1.6
MDM now supports legacy GDM 2 themes and 30 of them are installed by default.
Software Manager
System Improvements
Artwork Improvements
Upstream Components
MintStick replaces USB-ImageWriter
Gedit 3
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LinuxMint 13 (Maya) is now available for download in two editions, MATE and Cinnamon. This is an Long Term Support release and it will be supported until April 2017.
What’s new in this version?
MATE 1.2
Cinnamon 1.4
MDM – new Display Manager
Artwork improvements
Yahoo as the default search engine for the USA, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.
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HandBrake is a free multithreaded video transcoder for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.
To know more about HandBrake click here
To install HandBrake on linux mint
1.Open terminal.To open terminal in linux mint, click Menu button and select terminal or type terminal in the search field and click terminal.
2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
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FreeFileSync is an Open-Source folder comparison and synchronization tool.
To know more about FreeFileSync click here
To install FreeFileSync on linux mint 12
1.Open terminal.To open terminal in linux mint, click Menu button and select terminal or type terminal in the search field and click terminal.
2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freefilesync/ffs
3.Type your linux mint password if needed.
4.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.
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0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. It is a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of Western civilizations, focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D.
To install 0 A.D. on linux mint 12
1.Open terminal.To open terminal in linux mint, click Menu button and select terminal or type terminal in the search field and click terminal.
2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
Sugar is a free gnome shell theme for linux mint.
Requirements for this theme:
Gnome Shell 3.2
gnome-shell-extension-user-theme
gnome-tweak-tool
Move-Clock-Extension
To install sugar gnome shell theme on Linux Mint 12
1.Download your Sugar gnome shell theme. Download link
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OS: Linux Mint 12
Difficulty: Beginner
Estimated Completion Time: 1 Minute
Download your favorite gnome shell theme.
example theme:Gnome Shell – Ice Crean Sandwich Download link
1.Open Advanced settings. To open advanced settings, click Menu button and select Advanced settings or type Advanced settings in the search field and select Advanced settings.
2.Then select theme option and click Shell theme None button.
3.Browse and select your theme and click open.
4.After the successful installation of your themes, select it from Shell Theme Menu. If the changes doesn’t appear instantly then hit Alt+F2 and type r (and press Enter to reload the shell theme).
cheese is a free webcam software to use your webcam for take pictures or record videos and it applies fancy special effects. It uses GStreamer to apply fancy effects to photos and videos.
To install cheese on linux mint 12
1.Open terminal.To open terminal in linux mint, click Menu button and select terminal or type terminal in the search field and click terminal.
2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.