[News] Linux Mint Gets Many Good Reviews
Roy Schestowitz
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Linux Mint 8 Installation Visual Walk Through – VirtualBox
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| Here’s a walk through of the Linux Mint 8
| Helena. You’ll notice a ton of
| similarities between the installation
| process of Linux Mint 8 and the base it’s
| built from Ubuntu.
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http://www.benkevan.com/blog/linux-mint-8-installation-visual-walk-through-virtualbox/
Linux Mint 8
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| Product: Linux Mint 8
| Web Site: http://www.linuxmint.com/
| Price: Free
| Pros: Software Manager & Update Manager upgrades,
| configurable places, Upload Manager & File Uploader
| added.
| Cons: Slightly less attractive default wallpaper, no bundled
| games, Chrome browser not available in software repositories.
| Suitable For: Beginner, intermediate or advanced desktop
| Linux users.
| Summary: Linux Mint 8 brings Linux Mint up to speed with Ubuntu
| 9.10 and adds some custom upgrades of its own. An excellent desktop
| distribution that any Linux user should consider using.
| Rating: 4/5
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http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2009/12/16/linux-mint-8/
Linux Mint Helena: C’est fantastique!
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| Having seen what the open source community
| can do to improve and support a product, I
| have to say I’m extremely impressed with
| the work they’ve done. Just last week I
| stated that I would probably run a dual
| boot with Windows 7 as my primary system
| and Mint or Ubuntu as my secondary system.
| Well, after installing and using Helena, I
| have to say I’m strongly considering
| sticking with Mint and possibly having
| Windows 7 as a secondary OS for
| compatibility issues. I can definitely say
| that I wasn’t expecting a free operating
| system to work as well as this one does.
| Bravo.
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http://thelinuxexperiment.com/guinea-pigs/sasha-d/linux-mint-helena-cest-fantastique/
Two other great Linux distributions: MEPIS & Mint
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| I also like the additional utilities, the
| so-called MEPIS Assistant programs. These
| take what can sometimes be complicated
| tasks on other Linux distributions, such
| as networking and X-Windows set-up, and
| make them simple. Last, but not least,
| MEPIS has always done an outstanding job
| of using the KDE 3.5x to good effect. In
| the upcoming MEPIS 8.5, he's using the
| brand-new KDE 4.3.4 for those who like the
| KDE 4.x series. But, for those who are
| still fond of KDE 3.5, and while I finally
| warmed up to KDE 4.x I also continue to
| like KDE 3.5x, he'll continue to support
| it in the MEPIS 8.x line.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/15269/two_other_great_linux_distributions_mepis_mint
Very recent:
Download Linux Mint 8 for 64-Bit Platforms
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| After the release of Linux Mint 8 back in
| November, Clement Lefebvre and the
| developers behind the Linux Mint community
| announced last evening (December 14th) the
| immediate availability for download of the
| 64-bit edition of Linux Mint 8. This version
| is exactly like the main edition of Linux
| Mint 8 but compiled for 64-bit processors,
| such as Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad
| or Athlon X2 64. Dubbed Helena, the new
| Linux Mint 8 operating system is based on
| the Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating
| system and it is powered by Linux kernel
| 2.6.31, X.Org 7.4 and the GNOME 2.28.1
| desktop environment.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Linux-Mint-8-for-64-bit-Platforms-129773.shtml
Fluxbox CE, resurrected
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| The Fluxbox Community Edition produced
| releases for Linux Mint 5 “Elyssa” and Linux
| Mint 6 “Felicia” and it became quite popular
| among Linux Mint users. But in 2009, due to
| personal circumstances Shane Joe Lazar, the
| maintainer of this edition, had to focus his
| attention elsewhere and so the Fluxbox CE
| was discontinued. During the release cycle
| for Linux Mint 7 “Gloria”, no Fluxbox
| edition was released.
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| Kendall Weaver recently stepped up from the
| community and worked on a new Fluxbox
| edition of Linux Mint. We had a conversation
| and I got the opportunity to test his
| preliminary ISOs. Today, I’m happy to
| welcome him within the development team as
| the new maintainer of the Fluxbox Community
| Edition.
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http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1189
Linux Mint 8-Helena
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| Running a Linux Mint 8 Live CD, I boot into
| an adorable Linux Mint logo that’s animated!
| Then the splash screen really grabs my
| attention. I understand Zwopper of the Mint
| community is to “blame” for this beautiful
| background. Nice Job!
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http://gnulinuxuser.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/linux-mint-8-helena/
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JeffM
>http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2009/12/16/linux-mint-8/
As always, good content from Jim Lynch.
This time he speads it out over SEVEN pages.
I never noticed the auto-refresh on pages before.
That's really annoying.
Roy Schestowitz
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____/ JeffM on Friday 18 Dec 2009 18:38 : \____
Many Indian sites do that for some reasons.
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