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Monodevelop does not start on Linux Mint 17

I have installed Monodevelop using Software Manager in Linux Mint 17. It seems like all went okay but nothing was working. It turns out that missing dependencies was the culprit. To fix it do the following: $: sudo apt-get install mono-complete $: sudo apt-get install gtk-sharp3 Reference(s): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25791149/monodevelop-will-not-start-in-mint-17

Installing Linux Mint 12 on Virtualbox

Linux Mint 12 was released last 2011-11-12. The release made it to the top of the list in Distrowatch.com. Looking at the outside, Linux Mint 11 and Mint 12 are almost identical except for minor verbiage change. Linux Mint 12 comes with the following major software: kernel:  3.0.0-12-generic X Org:  1.10.4 GNOME: 3.2.1 Firefox: 7.0.1 Below is my configuration of the guest machine: General Name: mint12 OS Type: Ubuntu System Base Memory: 1024 MB Processor(s): 1 Execution Cap: 100% Boot Order: Floppy, CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk VT-x/AMD-V: Enabled Nested Paging: Enabled Display Video Memory: 12 MB 3D Acceleration: Disabled 2D Video Acceleration: Disabled Remote Desktop Server: Disabled Storage IDE Controller   IDE Secondary Master (CD/DVD): Empty SATA Controller   SATA Port 0: mint12.vdi (Normal, 20.00 GB) Audio Host Driver: Windows DirectSound Controller: ICH AC97 Network Adapter 1: Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (NAT) Serial Ports Disabled USB Device

Is it just me or GNOME 3 based distributions are getting buggy

Is it just me or GNOME 3 based distributions are getting buggy? I have tried Ubuntu 11.10, Linux Mint 12, Fedora 15 (I should update to Fedora 16 soon), but I can't help but complain about the performance of this latest distributions virtualized using VirtualBox. Or is VirtualBox that's getting really buggy??? :( Ubuntu 11.10 feels really slow, clicking on an application using Unity takes forever to bring up the applications main GUI (even gedit is slow). Linux Mint 12 while looks nice but also is problematic. Clicking on Mint Menu shows blank items ... and it only shows up the entries once I wiggle the mouse around. Picture speaks a thousand words, so see below. Figure 1. Mint Menu shows blank on the left side :( Another issue I have observed with Linux Mint 12 is that the menu gets out of sync. So like if select Internet it does not move focus to it. But the items to the right gets updated. Again, see below for a screen capture. Figure 2. Menus are out of syn

Linux Mint 11 Installation Screen Capture tour

Linux Mint 11 (Katya) was released 2011-05-26. As usual it comes with all the goodies but this time user can download an ISO without all the codecs. Below shows version numbers of the major packages. Release: Linux Mint 11 Code name: Katya Linux: 2.6.38-8-generic GNOME: 2.32.1 X.Org X Server 1.10.1 So here goes how the installation looks like. Figure 1. Boot screen, looks really nice and clean Figure 2. Linux Mint 11 Live CD desktop Figure 3. Install to hard drive, select English as language Figure 4. Preparing for installation Figure 5. Allocate drive space Figure 6. Erase disk and install Mint Figure 7. Select time zone Figure 8. Select keyboard layout Figure 9. Create user Figure 10. Install complete, ready to reboot Figure 11. Login screen Figure 12. Linux Mint 11 desktop

Linux Mint 10 screen capture tour

Linux Mint 10 (Julia) was released Nov 12, 2010 which feels like eons ago in Linux land. But hey I wanna play around with it before I jump to Linux Mint 11. Overall feel is good, installation was uneventful. The interface is pretty clean and well structured. This is what I like best with Mint. Anyway, this is old news but would like to keep a log of how the installation screen looks like. Below are the screen captures. Of course Linux distribution comes with thousands of utilities but I think the following are worth to mention: Linux kernel: 2.6.35 GNOME: 2.32.0 X org: 1.9.0 ~ts

Install LinuxMint 9 on VirtualBox

This is both a screen-shot tour and guest addition installation in Mint 9, GNOME edition. Installing Mint 9 (Isadora) is very easy. Easier than Windows 7 and please don't talk about installing Windows XP. Installing patches in Windows XP takes forever. Anyway, head to Mint 9 download site to grab Live CD (with GNOME DE). Create a VirtualBox guest machine for Linux Mint 9, see below for my configuration: General Name: mint9 OS Type: Ubuntu System Base Memory: 512 MB Processor(s): 1 Boot Order: CD/DVD-ROM, Hard Disk VT-x/AMD-V: Enabled Nested Paging: Enabled Display Video Memory: 64 MB 3D Acceleration: Disabled 2D Video Acceleration: Disabled Remote Display Server: Disabled Storage Storage Controller IDE Secondary Master (CD/DVD): Empty Storage Controller 1 SATA Port 0: mint9.vdi (Normal, 80.00 GB) Audio Host Driver: Windows DirectSound Controller: ICH AC97 Network Adapter 1: Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (Bridged adapter, Microsoft Loopback Adapter)