UPDATE: This technique no longer works on Linux Mint 17 Qiana. Please see Enable Synaptic Mark All Upgrades Button in Linux Mint 17 for the latest technique. I recently reviewed Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon Edition and one reader pointed out in the comments that the Mint team removes functionality from the Synaptic Package Manager. Specifically, …
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Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Linux 13.04. Mint is intended to be easy to install and easy to use for desktop users who prefer a traditional desktop layout. It is available in for both 32 bit and 64 bit Intel architectures. It’s also available with two different desktops; the …
Continue reading Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon: Ready For Prime TimeHandBrake is a program for transcoding video files. By default it transcodes video to H.264 format, so the files get compressed to a reasonable size while retaining high audio and video quality. There are versions available for Windows, OSX, and Linux. In this post I’m going to show how to install it in Linux Mint …
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Why Install LAMP on Ubuntu? Why should you install LAMP on Ubuntu? When working on web development, I prefer to work within the privacy of my own development environment located on my computer. I’d rather make the majority of my mistakes where no one else can see them rather than out in the wild of …
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I’ve shown previously how to install a LAMP server in Ubuntu. If the purpose of your LAMP installation was to set up your own web development environment, then you may want to do some further configuration to your system. This Apache howto is not intended to cover Apache configuration in depth. This is just some …
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