• Hot nuggets of info buried in the monthly Mint stats report. (blog.linuxmint.com)

• Netrunner releases “Dryland” 4.1 in 32 & 64 bit versions. (netrunner-os.com) (dasublogbyprashanth.blogspot.com)

• Canonical pulls funding from Kubuntu. (itwire.com #1) (itwire.com #2)

• Sabayon 8 with a hint of Cinnamon. (sabayon.org)

• Is the UK Government ready to take open source seriously? (theregister.co.uk)

• Raspberry PI Boards Still on Schedule. (slashdot.org)

• Raspberry PI benchmarked. (linuxuser.co.uk)

• Have Kernel power issues finally been resolved? (h-online.com) (phoronix.com)

• Is Compiz dead? (phoronix.com) (techrepublic.com)

• Where the Linux jobs are. (pcworld.com)

• Apple vs Galaxy Nexus. (mashable.com)

• Stats Show Ubuntu Not Losing Ground to Linux Mint. (omgubuntu.co.uk)

Here’s another Mint utility… try:

search [arguments] [options]

arguments: "for text" or "in directory"

options:
-c | --case-sensitive
-s | --show-filenames-only

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• Linux Mint 12 KDE goes live. (blog.linuxmint.com) (update to KDE 4.8 – sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports)

• Android, Tizen, and the end of Java? (thepowerbase.com)

• Your Next Media Center, Raspbmc. (ubuntuvibes.com)

• Aaron Seigo answers your questions about the new Spark tablet. (aseigo.blogspot.com)

• ACTA Signed by 22 in the EU. (zdnet.co.uk)

• Why I switched to Duck Duck Go. (ghacks.net)

• Free Software Definition. (gnu.org)

• Open Source Definition. (opensource.org)

• “Cooperation is more important than copyright.” (gnu.org)

• United States Congressional Research Service . (unt.edu)

• Software Patent Debate. (wikipedia.org)

• The Copyright Alliance says… (copyrightalliance.org)

• FadeIn Pro. (fadeinpro.com)

• Overheard on the linuxmint-help IRC channel… To install new software from the command line you would normally type:
  “sudo apt-get install foobar”

• In Linux Mint, you can simply type:
  “apt install foobar”

• This works for any “sudo apt-get” command.

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• Things heat up in FS. (phoronix.com)

• Unigen’s Oil Rush Releases. (phoronix.com)

• KDE Plasma Active tablet, Spark, is on its way. (arstechnica.com)

• Fedora to roll with the best of them. (phoronix.com)

• Open Source gaining market share from Oracle/IBM. (infoworld.com)

• Open Source and Developers. (cio.com)

• Spain’s autonomous Extremadura state to move 40k PCs to Debian Linux. (softpedia.com)

• Gentoo Based Distro Toorox releases 01.2012 Gnome Edition. (toorox.de) (ostatic.com)

• Linux Mint 13, Back to Basics. (itworld.com)

• White House Speaks out about SOPA. (itworld.com)

• Oracle proposes Java respec. (itworld.com)

• The mintCast Live Stream Page. (mintcast.org)

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• More mathematical software…SageMath. (sagemath.org)

• Cinnamon 1.2 with Muffin/Mutter. (webupd8.org)

• First pics of Tizen on the Samsung I9500, or is it android cupcake? (sammobile.com)

• IPv6 Launch, for real this time. (arstechnica.com)

• Mandrive delays bankruptcy decision. (ostatic.com)

• The Internet is Safe, For Now… (osnews.com)

• NSA releases security enhanced SEAndroid. (computerworld.com)

• openSUSE Published Release schedule for 12.2. (opensuse.org)

• Android replacing iOS as dev platform of choice. (ostatic.com)

• Judge rejects Oracle’s proposition to speed up Android trial. (itworld.com)

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• Mathematical Software (both are Linux versions!) (Scilab) (Octave)

• Linux Mint 12 KDE RC released! (blog.linuxmint.com)

• Raspberry Pi released to manufacturing, available in weeks. (raspberrypi.org)

• Tizen project releases code, SDK preview – no longer vaporware. (phoronix.com)

• Corel introduces AfterShot Pro for Linux, Mac and Windows. (engadget.com)

• PulseAudio ported to Android. (phoronix.com) (arunraghavan.net)

• More reasons to dislike Microsoft:
• Microsoft Lobbying helps to swing UK Government on Open-Standards policy. (computerweekly.com)
• Microsoft uses UEFI to lock down ARM devices. (softwarefreedom.org)
• Microsoft is now being paid royalties on 70% of all US Android smartphone sales. (arstechnica.com)

• Linux Mint 12 Cinnamon. (cinnamon.linuxmint.com)

• DebEx-Mint 12 KDE. (forums.linuxmint.com)

• Dead Cyborg. (deadcyborg.com)

• Livrelux mintCast Review. (livrelux.com)

• Cinnamon… again. (cinnamon.linuxmint.com)

• KDE UserBase. (userbase.kde.org)

• On your KDE desktop, you can use krunner for more than just searching or launching applications. It can be used as a calculator, you can run bash commands directly in the krunner window, you can launch web pages and web shortcuts, you can control power management, use it as a unit converter, and other functions. Press alt + F2 to get started.
  (userbase.kde.org)

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• Mint signs partnership with Blue System. (blog.linuxmint.com)

• Is Mandriva finished? (ostatic.com)

• NASA opens its open-source code doors. (zdnet.com)

• Did your system take a dive with Linux 3.2? (phoronix.com)

• Sean Haas of Dreckig OS releases another version with the makings of a GUI. (code.google.com)

• More SOPA? (pcworld.com)

• The Religion of File Sharing. (itworld.com)

• Fedora? Mint? openSUSE? Ubuntu? Which Linux Distro is for you? (computerworld.com)

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• Did the LHC just find the Higgs? (discovery.com)

• Linux Mint adds a bit of Cinnamon to their mix! (cinnamon.linuxmint.com) (pcworld.com) (h-online.com) (blog.linuxmint.com)

• Android remerges with the Linux kernel. (h-online.com)

• The Dreckig OS. (osnews.com)

• Will Gnome 3.4 save the linux desktop? (internetnews.com)

• Open Sourcing Medicine. (ucsf.edu)

• Suicide Linux – for those who like to live on the edge. (qntm.org) And a related topic for those who don’t. (archlinux.org)

• Vector Linux – #27 (vectorlinux.com)

• Sabayon – #13 (sabayon.com)

• Netrunner Linux – #90 (netrunner-os.com)

• Zorin OS – #17 (zorin-os.com)

• Semplice – #98 (semplice-linux.sourceforge.net)

• Bodhi – #19 (bodhilinux.com)

• The Cinnamon Desktop (cinnamon.linuxmint.com)

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• Where the Linux jobs are. (oregonlive.com)

• HP to open source WebOS. (news.yahoo.com)

• Linux Mint and a Banshee debacle? (omgubuntu.co.uk)

• BluRay Support comes to Linux. (phoronix.com)

• FCC Sides with Google, in Google Wallet debacle on the Nexus Prime. (abcnews.go.com) (fcc.gov)

• New hosts for mintCast

• Debian 6

• The death of IPv4

• The Linux takeover of Stock Exchanges

• Ubuntu vs Banshee

• Red Hat’s new obfuscated kernel

• New members join the Linux Foundation (Panasonic, Toyota, etc…)

• Red Hat’s billions

• The Canterbury Project

• Novell’s big patent sale

• OpenSUSE decides on a numbering scheme that no one understands

• Humble Bundles

• Oracle abandons OpenOffice to the Apache Foundation

• Unity as the default Ubuntu 11.04 shell

• Gnome 3

• Attachmate lays off their Mono devs

• Xamarin

• Microsoft buys Skype for A LOT of money

• Duke Nukem gets released, and is instantly panned as horrendous

• 3.0 Linux Kernel

• IPV6 day

• Adobe drops Linux support for Air

• mintCast is named one of top three podcasts by Linux Format magazine.

• Power regressions in Linux Kernel

• LMDE Update packs

• Google buys Motorola

• Linux turns 20, Debian 18, KDE 15

• Linux Foundation & Kernel.org get hacked

• Microsoft strong-arms Android vendors into licensing agreements

• Windows 8 Secure boot – death to booting Linux?

• Meego becomes Tizen (maybe)

• Passing of Steve Jobs, Dennis Ritchie

• and of course, the Higgs Boson

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• Mint team releases an important fix for MATE and needs your feedback. (blog.linuxmint.com) (desktoplinuxreviews.com)

• eUKHost provides Mint with an additional server. (blog.linuxmint.com)

• Are DuckDuckGo’s Bing ties problematic for Linux Mint? (itworldcanada.com) (arthur-schiwon.de)

• Linus starts liking Gnome3 while the Gnome project launches a site for extensions. (muktware.com) (gnome.org) (muktware.com)

• Red Hat’s proposed changes to the file system and syslog: Good for Linux? (itworld.com)

• Gimp 2.7.4 due by Christmas, 2.8 to follow within 30-60 days. (gimpusers.com)

• Gnome Shell Extensions (extensions.gnome.org)

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• Mint 12 is released twice. (zdnet.co.uk)

• Clem on the topic in the comments. (blog.linuxmint.com) (What’s New) (Release Notes)

• What is the most popular distro? (tuxmachines.org) (omgubuntu.co.uk)

• The French are doing something right, with open source. (h-online.com)

• Proposed UI changes for LibreOffice also Gnome 3 mockups in Nautilus. (muktware.com) (clickortap.wordpress.com)

• The Humble Introversion Bundle is now available. (humblebundle.com)

• SOPA Endangering US Internet Supremacy?! (arstechnica.com)

Desktop:

• Newsbeuter (newsbeuter.org)

• hpodder (github.com/jgoerzen/hpodder/wiki)

• Podracer (podracer.sourceforge.net)

• Banshee (banshee.fm)

• Amorok (amarok.kde.org)

• Rhythmbox (projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox)

• Miro (www.getmiro.com)

• PenguinTV (penguintv.sourceforge.net)

• gPodder (gpodder.org)

Android:

• CarCast (market.android.com)

• DoggCatcher (www.doggcatcher.com)

• Stitcher (stitcher.com)

• Pony Express (launchpad.net/ponyexpress)

• The Podcast Directory (podcastingnews.com)

• Automate podcast downloads with gPodder (maketecheasier.com)

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