Updating Linux Mint9 from Mint8:
(Our purpose is to develop an ongoing method for updating new Linux distros.)
- Back up of user files (both data and program preference options)
- Installing updated or new distro
- Restoring the backup created above
- Adding additional applications
- Adobe PDF Reader
- Audacity audio editor
- Google Chrome Browser
- Krdc VNC Utility
- Microsoft TrueType Fonts
- Non-Free Multimedia Codecs
- Skype Communications
Article Links:
So much news, so little time. We didn’t discuss them all at the meeting but view current open source and operating system articles:
- 75 Open Source Tools to Replace Apps You Use Every Day
- Speed up Open Office!
- Dumb and Dumber PC problems
- Kanotix 2010
- Parted Magic 5.0 Screenshots
- LiveUSB Drives: Why, How-to, and Where At
- Windows 8 Details Leaked On Internet
- Suit Over Faulty Computers Highlights Dell’s Decline
- The fall and rise of Mandriva Linux