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Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” RC released!

February 6, 2020May 17, 2013 by Darryl Dias

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” RC. Linux Mint 15 is the most ambitious release since the start of the project. MATE 1.6 is greatly improved and Cinnamon 1.8 offers a ton of new features, including a screensaver and a unified control center. The login screen can now … Read more

How to disable auto suspend when laptop lid is closed in Fedora 18/17

September 14, 2021May 16, 2013 by Darryl Dias

I don’t prefer my laptop to switch to suspend state when my laptop lid is closed. So I found an easy way to disable suspend when lid is close. Here is how is it done: Now the logind.conf file will open in Gedit text editorset the variable “HandleLidSwitch” to “ignore”, as in the example below: … Read more

Install/Upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.9.2 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

February 6, 2020May 16, 2013 by Darryl Dias

**Linux Kernel 3.9.2** this is the second release of the Linux Kernel 3.9 and here are some changes in this latest release taken from the [changelog ](http://goo.gl/lmMdH)of Linux 3.9.2: drm/gma500: fix backlight hotkeys behaviour on netbooks PCI: Delay final fixups until resources are assigned Btrfs: fix extent logging with O_DIRECT into prealloc NFSv4.x: Fix handling … Read more

Install/Upgrade to Linux 3.9.1 for Ubuntu/Linux Mint

February 6, 2020May 10, 2013 by Darryl Dias

**Linux Kernel 3.9.1 **brings various bug fixes and improvements. Here are some of them as shown in the changelog: ** ext4: fix Kconfig documentation for CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG** ** ext4: fix online resizing for ext3-compat file systems** ** ixgbe: fix EICR write in ixgbe_msix_other** ** wireless: regulatory: fix channel disabling race condition** ** ACPI: … Read more

Debian 7.0 Wheezy released!

April 10, 2021May 6, 2013 by Darryl Dias

Debian GNU/Linux 7.0, a new stable version of the world’s largest Linux distribution, has been released: “After many months of constant development, the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 7.0. This new version of Debian includes various interesting features such as multi arch support, several specific tools to deploy private clouds, an improved installer, and a complete set of multimedia codecs and front-ends which remove the need for third-party repositories.