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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 Release Details: |
| Linux Mint 3.0 Beta 2 is available |
| This is the second beta release of Cassandra. All known bugs have been fixed, mintMenu and mintInstall are now stable. The artwork features a new logo but the mintArt team is still working on improving the look and feel. Notes: Pidgin was added and now replaces Gaim; Sunbird might be added in the stable release. Important new features in Cassandra: GNOME 2.18 (speed improvements); kernel 2.6.20 (better hardware support); OpenOffice.org 2.2; Thunderbird replaces Evolution as the default email reader; Compiz, Beryl and Emerald installed by default.... |
Notes
1. Pidgin was added and now replaces Gaim.
2. Sunbird might be added in the stable release.
Important new features in Cassandra (already in BETA012)
1. Gnome 2.18 (speed improvements)
2. Kernel 2.6.20 (better hardware support)
3. Ubuntu Feisty innovations (restricted-manager, desktop-effects, windows migration assistant, avahi)
4. OpenOffice 2.2 (complete suite)
5. Thunderbird replaces Evolution as the default email reader
6. the Gimp is installed by default
7. Gnome-control-center replaces mintConfig as the default control center application
8. Both mintDisk (for internal drives) and NTFS-Config (for external drives) are present for NTFS support
9. Support for Gnome Templates in mintDesktop
10.mintInstall replaces gnome-app-install
11.Drag & Drop support in mintMenu with many other improvements
12.Sun Java 6 replaces Sun Java 5
13.Compiz, Beryl and Emerald installed by default
For Download
Click here to download: http://linuxmint.com/download.html |
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