I recently added Mint 13 to my former Vista Machine which now also runs Windows 7. Mint seemed to have installed fine and I was able to run the MDN ProfileManager for Firefox (still having issues getting it to work for Thunderbird, but not that big of a deal). Everything seemed fine until one night my wireless internet adapter was giving me troubles on my main Windows 7 machine. Since Linux does not support most wireless adapters I was going to boot into Windows on the other machine and see if I could get the adapter to work on that…
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Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open-source Linux distribution. Linux Mint 13 will feature an entirely new user interface, called Cinnamon. Earlier this week, the Linux Mint developers released a version of the shell. Previous editions of Linux Mint used a standard version of the Gnome environment….” Source: Computerworld Linux Mint 13 gets back to desktop basics
This is an old post but it still works for me on Mint and probably a lot of other versions. OS Novice: Increasing mouse scroll speed in firefox ↑Go get it↓
As I was getting Firefox setup on my newly setup Mint system, I needed to make a couple about:config tweaks to make the process a little easier. Enable the ‘Install Button’ (Firefox 3.6 and older) In a new tab, type about:config in the address bar and press enter (If needed) click the I’ll Be Careful button In the filter field enter extensions.hideInstallButton In the preference list double-click on extensions.hideInstallButton to change the value to False Note: Firefox 4 and newer the install button is available, albeit hidden in the ‘Gear’ Menu in the add-ons manager select Install Add-on From File…:…