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Linux Distribution: Linux Mint
Url: http://linuxmint.com/
This release is based on Ubuntu 6.10 and uses the Ubuntu installer. The desktop is GNOME 2.16.1 and the kernel is 2.6.17. Barbara comes with the following plugins: Macromedia Flash 9 beta, Sun Java 1.5 Update 9, RealPlayer 10. Support for MP3, Windows and |
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| Linux Mint 6 has been released |
| Introduction to Linux Mint 6
Based on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, Linux 2.6.27, Gnome 2.24 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 6 ?Felicia? comes with a brand new ?Software Manager?, FTP support in mintUpload, proxy support and history of updates in mintUpdate, mint4win (a Windows installer), tabbed browsing in Nautilus and a lot of other improvements. |
What's new in Linux Mint 6 Felicia?
- mintInstall 5, the "Software Manager"
Highlights: New offline frontend, support for multiple portals, versions information
The content of the Linux Mint Software Portal can now be browsed offline and directly from the desktop thanks to a brand new frontend developed for mintInstall.
- mintUpdate 3, a brand new Update Manager
Highlights: New GUI, history of applied updates, proxy support, improved stability
The Linux Mint Update Manager "mintUpdate" was refactored and its graphical interface was redesigned from scratch.
- mintUpload 2, with FTP support
MintUpload is the little tool which pops up when you right-click on a file and select ?upload?. Until now mintUpload was mostly used as a way to share files by uploading them to a public place somewhere on one of Linux Mint?s servers and by sending the corresponding URL to friends and family members (or to anybody really..).
- mintNanny - Minimal parental control
One of the features Mint has been lacking as a family desktop is the ability for parents to prevent their children from accessing certain websites.
- Command line goodies - search, apt content and apt contains
A new command called "search" was introduced to let you search for files containing a particular keyword. The command searches recursively, it highlights the results in red with their corresponding filenames and line numbers and it can even search through binary files.
- mint4win - A Windows installer for Linux Mint
If you run Microsoft Windows, insert the liveCD and a program called mint4win will launch automatically. This program is an installer for Linux Mint which runs on Windows. It installs Linux Mint within a file on one your partitions and it doesn't touch your existing partitions.
System requirements and known issues:
A minimum of 512MB of RAM is recommended for the liveCD. Once installed the system works fine with as low as 256MB RAM. The installation process deals with 2.5GB of data compressed on a 700MB CD and it can hang or fail on systems with less than 512MB RAM. If you have between 256MB and 512MB RAM you may have to try to install several times.
For Download
Click here to download: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php |
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