Linux Mint Inks Another Hardware Deal

The Ubuntu-based Linux Mint distribution have announced a new tie-up with small American hardware reseller ThinkPenguin.

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[ubuntu] pc boots to Win 7 or Linux Mint, but not newly installed Ubuntu 12.04

My pc has previously installed Win 7 and Linux Mint 12 OS. I just now installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a 20GB partition. The installation proceeded smoothly and then requested a re-boot. Upon re-booting the previous Grub from Linux Mint appeared and booted normally – without any option to boot to Ubuntu.

How can I get an option to boot to the new Ubuntu installation?

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Linux Mint 12 RC1 adds GNOME 2.x-like extensions to GNOME 3.2

Linux Mint 12 (“Lisa”) RC1 was released, based on Ubuntu 11.10 and Linux 3.0. RC1 offers GNOME 3.2 — but augments it with “MGSE” extensions designed to let users customize a GNOME 2.3x-like desktop environment — and Mint also supplies a GNOME 2.x clone called MATE.
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Linux Mint 12 ships as distro’s popularity soars

The Mint project released the final Linux Mint 12 (“Lisa”), which offers “MGSE” extensions to GNOME 3.2 that let users create a more GNOME 2.3x-like environment. Based on Ubuntu 11.10 and Linux 3.0, Linux Mint 12 features upgrades to Firefox 7.0, LibreOffice 3.4.3 and Thunderbird 7.0.1.
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Linux Mint 12 will keep Gnome 2

Linux Mint 12 (based on Ubuntu 11.10) will be released next month and will keep Gnome 2 as it develops its own improved version of Gnome 3. They are also looking long-term at keeping Mate (Gnome 2 fork) as a UI option! :)

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/it…s-1362441.html

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How To Install VMware Player On Ubuntu 11.04/Linux Mint 11

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Player on an Ubuntu 11.04 or Linux Mint 11 desktop system. With VMware Player you can create and run guest operating systems (“virtual machines”) such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. on your desktop, i.e., you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money. Read more here

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