Linux Mint Rafaela Beta release

fwor

My internet search skills have failed me.

Does anyone know if the Linux Mint developers publish Beta testing releases of new versions and, if so, where they are available to download?

The reason? I have a new Intel NUC based on HD6000 graphics and the current version of Mint does not support it (even though the current version of Ubuntu does). Rafaela is due out at the end of the month, so - in theory at least - they should be Beta testing it by now?

tavernman

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=0&t=12853
But it's Elyssa all I can find :beer:

fwor

Thanks - I'd forgotten that they use the term Release Candidate.

Seems that the RC for Rafaela won't be out until the middle of the month, so perhaps I'll have to live with Ubuntu 14.04 for a few weeks, even though I hate the user interface!

John_Gray

tavernman wrote: »

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=0&t=12853
But it's Elyssa all I can find :beer:

26th May 2008?!

tronator

fwor wrote: »

Thanks - I'd forgotten that they use the term Release Candidate.

Seems that the RC for Rafaela won't be out until the middle of the month, so perhaps I'll have to live with Ubuntu 14.04 for a few weeks, even though I hate the user interface!

Just remove ubuntu-desktop and install xubuntu-desktop or gnome-desktop or ...

fwor

tronator wrote: »

or ...

or linux-mint-desktop?

You're right, I could change it quite easily to something less user-hostile, but I'm so used to Cinnamon now.

I confess I could probably handle the standard Ubuntu desktop - it's more the irritation factor of remembering where everything is than anything else...

Actually, having mentioned Cinnamon, it occurs to me that I probably ~could~ install it under Ubuntu 14.04 with just a small amount of messing about with repositories...

John_Gray

fwor wrote: »

I have a new Intel NUC based on HD6000 graphics and the current version of Mint does not support it...

Have you tried a non-Cinnamon version of Rebecca? I found all sorts of problems with my laptop screen with Cinnamon, not present with Mate...

fwor

John_Gray wrote: »

Have you tried a non-Cinnamon version of Rebecca? I found all sorts of problems with my laptop screen with Cinnamon, not present with Mate...

Yes, I've tried the Mate version and also the Debian edition but it's the lack of HD6000 hardware support in the drivers for the window manager. It will run Ok in software rendering mode but the NUC doesn't really have enough grunt to do that (very high CPU utilisation).

I think I'll have a go at getting the Cinnamon desktop running under Ubuntu and see how that works out.

Fightsback

fwor wrote: »

Yes, I've tried the Mate version and also the Debian edition but it's the lack of HD6000 hardware support in the drivers for the window manager. It will run Ok in software rendering mode but the NUC doesn't really have enough grunt to do that (very high CPU utilisation).

I think I'll have a go at getting the Cinnamon desktop running under Ubuntu and see how that works out.

Why not give Opensuse tumbleweed a spin, it's bleeding edge. You can also install the mate or desktop if you so choose.

https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Tumbleweed_installation

https://software.opensuse.org/package/mate-desktop

https://software.opensuse.org/package/cinnamon

fwor

Fightsback wrote: »

Why not give Opensuse tumbleweed a spin

If I'm honest, it's mainly laziness. There are loads of Linux distros out there that I ~could~ use but I have 2 desktops and 1 laptop that I use on a daily basis, plus a MythTV server and a couple of frontends which all need occasional attention, and I prefer to run the same distro on all of them - so I'm not always having to think about the specific quirks of the OS on each machine.

If it were not for Unity I would probably still be using native Ubuntu, but Mint seems to do everything I need it to (except, temporarily, support some of my hardware!).