• Gimp 2.8 Released (ArsTechnica)

• Linux.com chooses Mint 12 as the best Desktop Linux distro (Linux.com)

• What is going on at Barnes & Noble? (Endgadget)

• …and (Techdirt)

• Google vs Oracle (ITWorld)

• …and (Groklaw)

• …and (Techdirt)

• Motorola wins injunction against Microsoft in Germany (CNet)

• Ubuntu 12.04 vs Windows 7 Sandy/Ivy Bridge benchmarks (Phoronix)

• Fedora 18 to be code named Spherical Cow (H-Online)

• The Document Foundation has announced a certification program for LibreOffice (Muktware)

• News

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• Mint is conducting a poll on Desktop Environments. (blog.linuxmint.com)

• Linux Mint named one of the 5 best Linux distros over at lifehacker. Some surprises at the other distos included. (lifehacker.com)

• Mark your calendars: Texas Linux Fest 2012 will be held Aug. 3-4 at the Norris Conference Center in downtown San Antonio. (texaslinuxfest.org)

• LO vs OO. (itworld.com)

• XFCE releases version 4.10. (xfce.org)

• Vivaldi is nearly here. (aseigo.blogspot.com)

• linuxfestnorthwest.org

• All things Vivaldi. (makeplaylive.com)

• Our tip this week comes to us from Michael Torrie in response to Rob’s complaints about after-the-fact installs of desktop environments that weren’t very minty.

If you install XFCE using the software manager or aptitude you don’t get the nice Mint-flavored XFCE configuration. Instead you just get the stock config. I found that the Mint XFCE setup magic is provided by mintdesktop-xfce package and it’s all in /etc/skel. Thus if you start with LMDE XFCE edition, when your home directory is first created, the Mint XFCE configs get copied from /etc/skel into your home directory. If you add XFCE after the fact, your home directory has already been created, and so these files don’t get copied. If you create a new user, however, you’d find the new user has the Mint XFCE settings.

Here’s a formula for installing XFCE and making sure your existing account has the config files:

1. Install XFCE:
- sudo aptitude install mintdesktop-xfce
- sudo aptitude install xfce4-session

2. update files:
- rm -rf ~/.config/xfce4 #for good measure
- cp -a /etc/skel/.config/xfce4 ~/.config/
- cp /etc/skel/.gtkrc-xfce ~/

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• Linux Mint 13 gets a name. (blog.linuxmint.com)

• MATE 1.2 released. (mate-desktop.org)

• Install MATE in Ubuntu. (webupd8.org)

• There is now a PPA for Cinnamon themes, extensions and applets. (webupd8.org)

• Linus Torvalds nominated for Millenium Technology prize, and link to TechCrunch interview. (theregister.co.uk) (techcrunch.com)

• Canonical not interested in Linux Kernel development? (theinquirer.net)

• Big things coming next week for the Linux desktop. (phoronix.com)

• LinuxFest Northwest is a free annual event produced by the Bellingham Linux Users Group and volunteers from other open source user groups. It is held on the campus of Bellingham Technical College.

• The Fest features Linux and open source experts and aficionados sharing their experience and enthusiasm with a wide variety of free and open source technologies. This generally means that there will be a lot of smart people who come with something to share and a desire to learn. This is a free+cheap event that’s held on a weekend, so there are also folks who don’t usually go to commercial conferences. All in all, it’s a lot of fun with fresh faces on eager people.

Featured Website: LinuxFest Northwest

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• Blue Systems sponsors Kubuntu. ( h-online.com)

• Samba Patch: Linux users should apply immediately. (informationweek.com)

• The expanding need to protect innovation in Linux. (zdnet.com)

• Say Goodbye to Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ‘Maverick Meerkat’ (and LM 10 Julia). (pcworld.com)

• Linux Mint Debian 201204 RC (MATE/Cinnamon & Xfce) released! (linuxmint.com)

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• Mageia 2 Final Release Postponed

• Matthew Garrett Speaks on UEFI

• LMDE Update Pack 4

• EU Wants Strict Punishment for Hackers

• Ongoing OSI Reforms

• Debian becomes an OSI Affiliate
  
• Attack of the Cloud
  
• Big Pharms Back OS
  
• OS Helping India Dev New Drugs

• We Has No News For You

• No Web Sites Either

• Go and Find Some On Your Own

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• Gnome 3.4 released (Arstechnica)

• Gnome 4.0 beta (ha ha) (Distrowatch)

• Linux alive and well (PCWorld)

• Limux good for Munich (PCWorld)

• Is Gimp 2.8 finally coming? (The Powerbase)

• Linus Torvalds – Patent buster (Wired)

• Ubuntu for eyewear (Ubuntu)

• Fuduntu 2012.2 available for download (Fuduntu)

• Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

• Gnome.org (www.gnome.org)

• How to install Gnome 3.4 on Ubuntu 12.04 (NoobsLab)

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• LibreOffice to release cloud and Android versions in coming months (The Register)

• LMDE Update Pack 4 and alternatives to Gnome 2 (Linux Mint Blog)

• More news on the Vivaldi tablet (Muktware)

• Iceland pushes towards open source (ZDNet UK)

• Miguel De Icaza announces the first release of Mono in over a year (H-Online)

• XBMC 11.0 Eden released (LinuxNov.com)

• Girls-Can!

• Girls Can! (Girls Can website)

• Hall of The Mountain King (performed by Apocalyptica) (YouTube)

• How to disable nepomuk, strigi and akonadi in KDE 4.8 (My-Guides.net)

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• Cinnamon 1.4 released by Mint Team (Cinnamon Blog)

• Linux share of worldwide factory revenue grew in 2011 (ZDNet)

• Anonymous-OS causes concern in the community (H-Online)

• The Humble Indie Bundle for Android 2 is now available (Humble Bundle)

• KDE Spark tablet renamed (OStatic)

• Ken Starks, leader of the HeliOS project, on fighting for survival (LXer)

• Linux Mint 12 LXDE

• Download Linux Mint 12 LXDE

• Forum post for Tuning LXDE (Linux Mint Forums)

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• Mint 12 LXDE goes gold (LinuxMint Blog)

• Nvidia joins the Linux Foundation (ZDNet)

• Raspberry PI News: Official O/S, Fedora PI remix available for download… (OStatic)

• …and Production hits snag causing delay in delivery (Raspberry PI)

• Cotton Candy is now available (ComputerWorld)

• Recent Developments in Oracle vs Google (ITWorld)

• Profits are immoral? (ITWorld)

• Linux Mint 12 KDE vs Netrunner 4.1 Dryland

• Download Linux Mint 12 KDE

• Download Netrunner 4.1

• The Frugal Computer Guy (www.thefrugalcomputerguy.com)

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• How to install Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad (CyanogenMod 9 Alpha). (liliputing.com)

• The Mint team has made the RC for Mint 12 LXDE available for download. (blog.linuxmint.com) (What’s New) (Release Notes)

• Phoronix benchmarks ext4 vs btrfs on the 3.3 kernel. (phoronix.com)

• Interesting benchmark measuring impact of desktop effects. (openbenchmarking.org)

• Linus rants against OpenSUSE. (muktware.com)

• Raspberry PI pre-orders sell out plus more PI info from Linux User & Developer. (bgr.com) (pcworld.com) (linuxuser.co.uk)

• Centrify announces Active Directory support for Linux Mint 12. (centrify.com)

• SolusOS announces RC1. (solusos.com)

• SolusOS. (solusos.com)

• Great posting on using the ‘date’ command on Linux, specifically Mint and Fedora boxes. (openlogic.com)

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