#linux mint 19.2

Linux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon Edition – Ships With Cinnamon 4.2 and Uses Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Package Base

Linux Mint 19.3 “Tricia” – 發佈測試版本

重點項目 (共用)：

系統報告

 將會提示系統缺少的部份

語言設定

可以設定環境與地區以及時間格式系統報告

HiDPI 支持

Celluloid 將取代 Xplayer 為預設媒體播放程式，改善播放效能

Gnote 取代 Tomboy 為預設筆記程式

Drawing 取代 Gimp

XApps 優化

XApps 圖示支援自訂

Linux Mint 19.3 “Tricia” 套件版本：

Cinnamon 4.4 或 Mate 1.22 或 Xfce 4.14 (依照實際選擇桌面環境提供)

Linux kernel 5.0

Ubuntu 18.04 package base

支援時程：

Linux Mint 19.3 提供安全性更新至 2023 年

參考資料：

New features in Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

下載點：

https://linuxmint…

In this post, I set up my Epson Stylus NX230 printer for use on Linux Mint 19.2. The printer needs to either be already installed into your network or physically connected to the computer by cable for this.

Select Printers from the Mint menu in the bottom left of the desktop.

The Printer Setup utility starts, informing us that no printer has been configured. That’s precisely what we’re here to fix, so click OK.

Next, we’re presented with a dialog prompting us to select a device to configure. This printer is integrated into my home network, so I click the arrow by Network Printer. I select my printer from the drop down list, in this instance, the Epson Stylus NX230. As for the Connection  list to the right, I left that set at the default, and clicked Forward.

Printer Setup searches for drivers...

...and after a moment, finds a driver provided by Epson. Since this is proprietary software, I have to accept the license agreement. I do actually want to use the printer, so I accept, then click Forward.

Printer Setup prompts me to select the printer manufacturer, which is Epson, in this case...

...and then asks for the printer model. The only entry listed is the Stylus NX215. My model is the NX230. Ordinarily, with hardware drivers, I’d say close doesn’t count. The driver and the hardware need to match. Except in this case, close does count. That driver will work my printer. As its already selected, I click Forward to continue.

Printer Setup then prompts for a description of the printer. I did consider entering “Black Boxy Thing That Prints Stuff”, but settled on “Epson Stylus NX230.” This is the printer name that will appear in the print dialog of programs that offer printing as an option.  I’ll be using this printer at home, so I just entered Home  as the location. Clicking Apply, you’re given the option of printing a test page.

In this post, I will be enabling the proprietary NVIDIA graphics drivers on Linux Mint 19.2.

Start the Driver Manager application from the Administration submenu of the “Mint” menu located at the bottom left of the desktop.

The Driver Manager performs a quick update.

The nouveau open source driver is currently loaded. This works, but I want 3D acceleration, so...

Select one of the NVIDIA drivers. I chose the latest driver offered, which was 4.35. Click the “Apply Changes” button to, uh, apply the changes.

It’ll take a minute or two, but once the changes are applied, you’ll need to restart the computer.

Once you’ve rebooted the computer, you can use the NVIDIA XServer Settings app to confirm that the NVIDIA driver has been loaded. You can find this app in the Administration submenu of the "Mint” menu.

In this post, I’ll be installing Linux Mint 19.2 on an aging, though not obsolete, PC. This is an Dell XPS in an obviously custom case which is in no way overcompensating for anything. The CPU is a 4th generation Intel Core i7 with 24 gb of ram installed. Aging, but plenty powerful enough for my purposes here. I’ll be doing all the preparatory work from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The steps shouldn’t be different for any version later than that. I first attempted this on OS X Tiger, which failed to recognize the image file I downloaded. It doesn’t seem to have been a corrupted file, as I copied it over to a Mac running Leopard, and everything worked fine.

The first step is to grab the Linux Mint installer by navigating your web browser to the downloads page of the linuxmint.com website. You’ll now want to choose the 32 or 64 bit version of the OS, along with the desktop environment you want as your default GUI. No worries. You can always set up other desktop environments once you have the system installed. Anyway, I’ll be running this on 64 bit hardware, and I like the Cinnamon desktop, so…

...I selected those, and chose a mirror site to download from. Then save the file. And go have some coffee. Or surf the web. The 1.9 gb download took just under 20 minutes on my very middle of the road DSL connection.

So, the file has been downloaded (and moved to my desktop.) It’s an ISO file, which is a CD/DVR image file. If I wanted to burn this to a DVD, I could use Mac OS X’s Disk Utility. I really don’t need a permanent copy of the installation disk since I can simply archive the ISO file, so I’m going to prepare an installation USB stick. Unfortunately, you can’t just copy an ISO file to a USB stick and call it done. You’re going to need a disk image format compatible with USB sticks, and that format is IMG. Also fortunately, Mac OS X comes with all the software you need to convert ISO files to IMG format. For Windows users, there is an application called ImgBurn which can be used to perform this conversion, but as I’m doing this from a Mac, I won’t be able to cover that from here. A quick web search should get you pointed in the right direction.

The software I’m going to use to convert the ISO file to an IMG file and then burn it to a USB stick is all console based, so fire up the terminal. Navigate to the folder where you downloaded that ISO file. The command to perform the conversion is hdiutil, and the format for this command looks like: hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o converted_filename.img source_filename.iso In this instance, the command was hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o linuxmint-19.2-cinnamon-64bit.img linuxmint-19.2-cinnamon-64bit.iso Successful execution of this program results in the output pictured above.

For some reason, OS X likes to tack on the dmg extension to the converted file. Weird, but fixable with the mv  command. Execute mv linuxmint-19.2-cinnamon-64bit.img.dmg linuxmint-19.2-cinnamon-64bit.img, changing the filename to reflect the name of the file your working with.

If you haven’t already, go ahead and insert the USB stick into an available USB port on the Mac.

To actually burn the disk image to the USB stick, we need to get the USB stick’s device node. Once again, the terminal provides. Execute diskutil list. This command generates a list of the storage devices connected or otherwise installed to the Mac, as pictured above. My USB stick is named ITSAUSBSTICK.  It’s device node is on the first line of the listing for ITSAUSBSTICK, and it’s in the format /dev/diskn, with the n at the end of disk representing a number. The device node of ITSAUSBSTICK is /dev/disk2.  Now execute diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk#, replacing # with the number from the device node of the USB stick we’re working with, in this case, 2. The command here is diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2.

We’re now ready to burn that IMG file to the USB stick. For this, we’re going to use the dd command. This requires super user privileges, so we’ll also be using sudo. The command will look something like this: sudo dd if=diskimage_file.img of=device_node_of_disk_to_burn_image_to bs=1m. So in this case, the command would be sudo dd if=linuxmint-19.2-cinnamon-64bit.img /dev/dusj2 bs=1m. Since you’re using sudo, you’ll be prompted for your password, which should just be the same password you use to log into your Mac.

DD doesn’t really give you any feedback while it’s running, so be patient. I was running this on a PowerMac G5, so it took a little time on such old hardware. Anyway, when it’s done, dd spits a couple of lines out to show its done it’s job and returns you to the command prompt. Your Mac will almost immediately attempt to mount the USB stick and throws out this mildly alarming error dialog informing you it can’t read the USB stick and would you like to Initialize, Ignore, or Eject. You don’t want to choose initialize, as this will erase the USB stick, so just choose eject. You can now insert the USB stick into an available USB slot on the powered off  PC you wish to install Linux to.

You may (probably will) have to set up the PC to boot from the USB stick. You can do this from the computer’s bios setup utility. Every bios setup is a little bit different, but somewhere in there will be boot options that let you set what order to have the computer check potential boot devices for an operating system. Set the computer to check the USB device first, then choose the bios setup utility’s option to save and restart the system. After a few moments, you’ll see this splash screen.

Your computer will boot into the Linux Mint Live Installation desktop. (Sorry I didn’t grab a picture of it.) This is sort of a trial mode that lets you try out Linux Mint before committing to installing it. Just be aware that no settings or documents you create in this mode are saved. Once you power off the computer, they’re gone.

On this desktop, you’ll see an icon that looks like a CD titled “Install Linux Mint.” If you’re ready to commit to doing that, double-click the icon.

This begins the Linux Mint installation. I installed Linux Mint as the computer’s sole operating system, so I pretty much just followed the onscreen prompts. If you’re installing Linux alongside another operating system such as Windows or Mac OS, there are some additional steps, and that’s a subject for another post.

The installer does it’s thing, copying files to the hard disk. It’ll let you know when it’s done, offering you the chance to continue using the Live Installation (with the warning that nothing created on a Live Installation is actually saved) or reboot the computer into the new actual for real Linux installation. Select reboot. You’ll be prompted to remove the installation media (the USB stick) and press Enter.

The computer reboots. If you set Linux Mint to require you to enter a password for login, you’ll be taken to this login screen. Enter the password and...

Linux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon Released. Here’s What’s New

Linux Mint releases latest version 19.2 with Cinnamon flavor.

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How to Upgrade Linux Mint 19.1 (Tessa) to Linux Mint 19.2 (Tina)?

Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” was released on Aug 02nd 2019, it is a long term support release, which is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver).

It will be supported until 2023. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.

Linux Mint 19.2 features with Cinnamon 4.2, Linux kernel 4.15, and Ubuntu 18.04 package base.

Note:

Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” – 發佈測試版本

重點項目 (共用)：

更新管理員

可在 Linux Kernel 間更快速的進行切換

提供自動刪除舊的 Kernel

更新管理背後運作的優化

UI 的優化與改進

軟體管理員

重新整理時會擁有螢幕提示

支援低解析度的螢幕

其他優化，新增兩個按鈕

加入遺失金鑰

刪除重複來源

系統報告

mintreport 移植到 systemd-coredump，並不再使用 Ubuntu’s apport，以利與其他發行版本相容

重點項目 (Cinnamon)：

Cinnamon 4.2

降低記憶體使用量

透過 Muffin window manager 優化

開啟或關閉 VSYNC 時，不再需要重啟 Cinnamon

Menu

當應用相同時。會顯示其更詳細的資訊分辦其差異

滾動軸設定

釘選功能

分享檔案

支援 Samba

XApps 優化

系統優化

外觀及主題優化

Linux Mint…