Bangalore – The city of “compulsive shoppers”

The first thing to notice when you reach Bangalore is the vibrancy. The city is full of young souls. Once you get the hang of it, you will definitely fall victim to the compulsion to splurge. Not joking, really, I am serious!

Talking of happening places, one of the more vigorous portions of the city is the M.G. Road and the Brigade Road section. Both these places have interesting stories associated with them. For example, M. G. Road, for the last 50 years, housed some of the biggest brands in Bangalore. Think of Adidas, Reebok, and Nike in sports apparel and you will definitely get them here.

If you are coming from the Southern part of Bangalore then you will come across Trinity Square (named after the Trinity Church in the vicinity). From there, the M.G. Road starts. In both side of the road you shall find lots of big buildings and shops. Nalli – one of premier shops in Bangalore renowned for their large collection of sarees can also be found here. You will also come across the office of World’s No. 2 search engine – The Yahoo.

En route, on the right hand side (going from Trinity Square following the M.G. Road) you shall come across the Dickenson road. A bit further, there are Bangalore Central and Garuda Mall – two happening shopping malls in Bangalore, with Garuda mall being the largest. Further up, you will come the M.G. Road – Brigade Road crossing, and there you shall find all a magnitude of shops and camping places waiting for you.

Well, what are you waiting for, go inside!!

Linux Mint 7 and USB installation

Linux Mint is an operating system for personal computers. While Linux Mint is mostly based on (and compatible with^[1]) Ubuntu, the design of the user interface differs. Design differences include:

• A distinct user interface, including the custom Mint menu.^[1]
• The Mint Tools, a collection of system tools designed to make system management and administration easier for end users.

Linux Mint is available for download in the form of ISO images, which can be used to create Live CDs or Live USBs.

Linux Mint 7 “Gloria” XFCE RC1 released!

Written by Clem on Saturday, July 18th, 2009 @ 3:01 pm | Main Topics

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 7 “Gloria” XFCE Community Edition RC1.

Quick steps:

• Download the ISO or the torrent.
• While it’s downloading look at the overview of the new features and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
• After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5.
• Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy testing Linux Mint 7 XFCE RC1.
• Send us your feedback and submit your bug reports in the dedicated bug thread.

Introduction to Linux Mint 7 XFCE:

The XFCE Community Edition aims to provide a version of Linux Mint which uses the XFCE desktop.

For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 7 XFCE, please read “What’s new in Gloria XFCE?“.

System requirements:

A minimum of 3GB of free space and 256MB RAM are needed. For a comfortable experience we recommended to have at least 512MB RAM and 10GB of free space.

How to make a USB drive?

USB Linux Mint 7 persistent flash drive creation. In the following tutorial, we show you how to use Windows to create a Portable Linux Mint 7 USB flash drive. Linux Mint 7 Gloria is based on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope and is compatible with it’s current repositories. Originally launched as a variant of Ubuntu with integrated media codecs, Linux Mint has developed into an elegant Linux distribution. Currently maintained by Clement Lefebvre, more information about Linux Mint can be found at the Official Linux Mint site.

Note: The persistent feature works just as it does in Ubuntu 9.04, allowing you to save and restore most of your changes.

Linux Mint 7 Gloria Screenshot:

USB Linux Mint 7 Flash Drive creation essentials:

• 2GB or Larger USB Flash Drive (Fat32 formatted)
  
• Linux Mint 7 Gloria ISO
  
• fixmint7.exe

Linux Mint Flash Drive creation process:

1. Download and run USBMint7.exe extracting the contents to your desktop, a USBMint folder is created
2. Download the LinuxMint-7.iso and copy it to the USBMint folder on your desktop
3. From the USBMint folder on your desktop, run fixmint.bat and follow the onscreen instructions
4. Reboot your PC and set your system BIOS or Boot Menu to boot from the USB device, save your changes and reboot booting from the USB memory stick

Upon reboot, you should have a successful launch of USB Linux Mint (Portable Linux Mint 7) from your flash memory stick.

Persistence size: The default casper-rw loop file that becomes the partition for saving changes is only 1GB. If you have room and would prefer to use more space for saving changes you can download one of the following zip files and extract the new casper-rw file to your USB device, replacing the old one.

• 2GB casper-rw loop file
• 3GB casper-rw loop file
• 4GB casper-rw loop file

You will lose any saved changes by replacing your casper-rw file with one listed above!

Courtesy: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-linux-mint-7-flash-drive-creation-windows/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint