Mint 12 is officially released

Hello mack_guy911,

Greetings!

A couple of questions for you:

1. How do I set up or configure Oracle Virtual Box after I install it?

2. How do I run or simulate, say for example, Mint 12 in this Virtual Box? Do I need to go to the directory that has Mint 12 iso then run Virtual Box?

3. How do I get the arrows that used to be on both sides of the scrollbar? I found them useful for fine-tune (or slow) scrolling.

Thanks in advance.

 

Collection of Mint 12 tips. Some of them seem quite useful for GNOME 3 systems in general.

 

in general set OS name and type (just a formality )

on system : set ram and cpu dual or one (up to you)


it depends the amount of ram you want if you have 2 gb ram then set it for 1 gb on live mode or 700 atleast

if you have 4 gb ram set it from 2 gb ram

as far graphic out of 128 i set to 64 its upto you

you can enable 2d acceleration if you using unity .....etc

on storage

give path of disk iso you want to run

here you can add cd device or harddisk device ....etc

please there many options

for screen when you running a machine click on on view or Ctrl + F for full screen same for small screen with scroll bar


many things i guess you should read

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualbox-3.html

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualbox-guest-addons.html

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualbox-4.html


please search virtualbox in dedoimedo you get everything

examples of virtual box in youtube

virtual box 3 i put here you give you some idea also watch second video its base of virtual bot 4 latest which is pretty easy to configure you get entire idea after watching both videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C_HYPuF6Hc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRsg1wGESIk

 

Wow, that's a treasure trove.


Thanks.

 

Mate seems to be under: Applications->Configuration Editor->desktop->mate

 

I'm more interested in knowing how people relate to the other one, MGSE. If a tiny team can come up with the goods, there's no reason, other than obduracy, for other distros not to have such things.

from: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/11/23/#ubuntu-classroom.html/B]

 

Installed mint 12 and finally done the hectic task of doing things after installing OS.

Installing Nvidia driver was really frustrating. Finally its working.

 

it was real easy with jockey-gtk.

maybe worth a try next time?

 

Loving mint 12. I have it installed with windows on dual boot via mint4win. Its kind of sluggish at times and takes little while to boot. Maybe thats because I have it installed in windows. Not sure. Loving it anyway.

 

@ kjdemuth

I do not think dual booting with Windows would make Mint sluggish; it could be something else. I think it would be best to go to their forums and convey your experience and maybe someone there if not Mr. Lefebvre himself would help you with troubleshooting.

I'm running LinuxMint 12 as my only operating system and my experience has been a positive one thus far. Mint boots fast, very responsive and no crash. I really cannot complain. I'm very happy... .

Thanks.

 

I installed the 200+ updates last night, played for about an hour after that, and things went well. No freezeups this time, but it just doesn't "feel" as snappy as earlier versions of mint. Also, does anyone know how to get under the hood to modify compiz effects?

 

I really like how Mint is coming along. I tried out the new version and liked it. It is what Ubuntu should have been imo.

 

kj is not dual-booting but running Mint from inside Windows presumably by using Mint4Win. There will be a knock on performance.

 

Thanks vasa. yeah I kinda figured that would be the issue. I'm still getting used to partitioning and such. I haven't had time to play around with it yet. Hopefully I can get around to it. I would love to do a dual boot.

 

Well, that's the problem with the "Read all about it" first approach

One link leads to another and another and another and there are invariably some conflicting opinions. Enough to numb the soul!

 

in case you dont want bottem panel you can do that

some more tips

http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/685

also installing theme most easy way check post 729

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=232753&page=30

 

So If I want to update from Linux Mint 11 to 12 I have to go through the task of reinstalling everything over again?

 

a very good review on Youtube:
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yE3Z46QquU

 

How does one change the default boot loader back to windows. When I the dual boot I have what I'm assuming is grub. It has linux mint as the default boot. How do I go about changing the boot order on that menu?

 

for getting back windows MBR , use Easy BSD software

to change boot sequence of linux,

use start up manager in Linux

 

Maybe you mean EasyBCD, of which the latest version is no longer free -http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/ ...the older versions should be.

If you partition your drive, ideally with an extended one for installing your Linux into, ensure to install Grub (probably Grub2) to the Linux root partition, then from Windows 7/Vista using EasyBCD, you can add the Linux Grub to the Windows boot menu, and EasyBCD allows you to arrange your boot entries in any order you want, set the default O/S of your choice, and set the boot timeout as well.

 

I wonder if there's a simpler way to alter the GRUB menu order and the time delay even with a very standard newbie "install alongside" your current OS.

There should be no need to install further software. While the alteration to the default GRUB settings can't be done at the time of installation, I strongly feel that there's a simple way to do it later.

Edit:
In other words, one just has to go click, click, click at the time on install and not choose a custom install or do something else.

I just Googled for "changing boot order in grub2" and came up with a lot of hits.

And for people just trying out Linux via dual boot, my humble suggestion is to KISS and avoid a lot of the fancy stuff going around.

 

If you or someone knows of an easier way, please fill us in Personally, I find EasyBCD makes it a breeze.

 

You can read this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2. It most probably applies to Mint as well.

 

Fedora 16 has just changed to GRUB2:
http://www.learnbydoingit.org/2011/11/changing-boot-sequence-in-grub2/
http://www.hackourlife.com/change-default-boot-order-sequence-for-grub2-in-fedora-16-verne/
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3107328.0

for starters. All these refer to a standard install and the GRUB menu can later be modified by editing a text file.

I may come across as getting hyper over these things but a lot of well-meaning folks (even over here and no sarcasm is intended) seem to have forgotten the complexities of being a newbie

For you guys, playing with GRUB maybe the easiest thing in the world and you guys may be totally fine with trouble-shooting GRUB when the GRUB prompt appears

I don't think custom-localising GRUB comes under Linux 101.