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Idea #3785: Linux Mint alike tools



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Written by El_Tate the 7 Mar 08 at 19:26. Category: Accessibility.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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There are some amazing tools in Linux Mint, that should be in ubuntu.
For example, mintDesktop, it gives the possiblity to Add/Remove the desktop icons, without running the gconf-editor.

Another usefull tool is mintUpdate, which gives to the user the possibility to choose the updates by rating. I mean, a kernel update is highly rated (as critical), and some firefox plugin lowly.

mintInstall allows to search a package in diverse sites like getdeb, the APT repositories, and (in a future) Linspire/Freespire's CnR. That's usefull when you don't find an App in the Add/Remove menu or via Synaptic.

mintWifi, to configure a Wireless lan

Another great thing is the possibility of uninstall an aplication by right-cliking it. Like mintMenu will have in the next Linux Mint release.
Tags: mint

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neon wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 19:54
Heheh, this is exactly why I use it. ;)

maybeway36 wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 20:32
mintMenu works in Debian. I tried :)

LostOverThere wrote on the 14 Mar 08 at 07:57
Almost all of the mint tools (mintInstall, mintMenu, mintDesktop at least) work in Debian/Ubuntu. Obviously seeing Linux Mint is based off Ubuntu anyway.

xvedejas wrote on the 25 May 08 at 04:26
I fully support this idea! The mint tools are amazingly great, Ubuntu would benefit if it used some (if not all!) of these.

bianchins wrote on the 29 Jul 08 at 09:10
All mintTools are very good. I support this idea :-)
I want them in Ubuntu 8.10!!


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