Linux Mint 11 “Katya” released

[Jojoyee]

Usually about one month after the release of the Ubuntu version, Linux Mint will launch a new version.

Following the release of Ubuntu 11.04 end of last month, Linux Mint 11 is now officially launched and available for download.

http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1760

[bibzgi]

Thanks for the news, Jojoyee! With a name like "Katya", it has to be good.

[Jojoyee]

Downloaded Mint 11, installed to a partition and tried to boot it up.

Upon booting, the screen showed "Input Not Supported" instead of the boot menu. This happened also to Ubuntu 11.04 when I tried it last month.

But this round there's a solution to it.

Used a liveCD to boot into the system
Locate the Mint partition
In terminal, enter gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub
Removed "#" in front of this line GRUB_GFXMODE=640X480, then save the file.
In terminal, enter sudo update-grub

Rebooted the PC and the boot menu appeared.

[Jojoyee]

Same as Ubuntu 11.04, Linux Mint 11 has the Aero Snap feature.

The Thunderbird Mail Notification seems no more available from the "Indicator Applet Complete" in this new release.

[Jojoyee]

This list of "Tips and Tricks for Linux Mint after Installation" has now been updated to work with the latest release of Mint 11.

Certain features such as Rotate Cube needs to be removed from the list as it's conflicting with other modules in the system.

[wdhpr]

Hi Jojoyee
I've reading your posts regarding Mint 11 and can't help but think this version is buggy. In your honest opinion is Mint 11 better than Mint 10? Or is the developers trying to hurry up and get their distro out to keep up with the others. I realize Mint is a fork of Ubuntu and this may be the driving factor.

I'm still using Ubuntu 10.10 because I'm not sure if upgrading is going to make my operating system more productive or enjoyable. I've tested 10 operating systems lately and I'm still not sure if a want to switch. Decisions Decisions

Anyway I truly appreciate the dedication you put into keeping us updated.

Cheers
Wdhpr

[bibzgi]

I just installed Katya (Mint 11) from fresh again.

I installed it from a thumb drive via Unebootin. I like to download an operating system myself instead of letting Unebootin do it.

I installed it twice, the first installation with home folder encryption and password protection, the second installation for users in my household with no encryption, booting without password, and name/password being simply the small letter "z'.

The installation order is important. The most recent installation of an os comes up at the top of the grub list with a countdown of seconds for automatic choice. I don't expect the others in my household to know how to choose which os version to choose so I have Katya set to load up after some seconds to the non-encrypted one.

There were a couple of bugs when I installed Katya. I forget what they said. "The module for this is not available so do you want to keep it or loose it" something like that. I recommend keep it. One module was for time. When I previously opted to loose it, the nice date and time display went poof.

I gather that Mint is a tweaked Ubuntu with some added stuff. I personally like Mint and yes the latest one called Katya. But if my 'puter goes haywire, I'll eat my words ha ha.

[Jojoyee]

Linux Mint 11 has some new features, basically following what's been introduced such as Aero Snap, Overlay Scrollbars, etc., in Ubuntu 11.04, plus some other new features Mint added on. It's new and as stated on its website, it has some known problems need to be fixed.

IMO, if you don't need the new features and prefer a more stable version at this moment, Mint 10 is a still good choice.

[wdhpr]

Originally Posted by Jojoyee

Linux Mint 11 has some new features, basically following what's been introduced such as Aero Snap, Overlay Scrollbars, etc., in Ubuntu 11.04, plus some other new features Mint added on. It's new and as stated on its website, it has some known problems need to be fixed.

IMO, if you don't need the new features and prefer a more stable version at this moment, Mint 10 is a still good choice.

I must have missed the new features section.
Very nice to see they have made codecs even easier to handle than before. The upgrade to the Software Manager looks good as well. But I will take your advice and wait till they work out the bugs.