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| 2012-04-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Linux Mint 201204 "Debian" |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of Linux Mint 201204 "Debian" edition: "The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 201204. This release features three of the best Linux desktops available at the moment: The traditional and functional MATE 1.2 desktop, the innovative and beautiful Cinnamon 1.4 and the lightweight and rock-solid Xfce 4.8. Both the MATE/Cinnamon and Xfce editions use the MDM display manager. MDM will look familiar to many people, as it brings back GDM 2.20 and all its features: Remote login, configuration tools, fast-user switching, theme-ability, language selection. Yahoo joins DuckDuckGo and is featured as default in the list of search engines which financially support Linux Mint." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots of the three desktop options. Download (SHA256) links: linuxmint-201204-mate-cinnamon-dvd-32bit.iso (1,243MB), linuxmint-201204-mate-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso (1,180MB), linuxmint-201204-xfce-dvd-32bit.iso (1,113MB), linuxmint-201204-xfce-dvd-64bit.iso (1,070MB).
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| About Linux Mint
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| Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and other components. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories.
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| 2013-05-29 |
Distribution Release: Linux Mint 15 |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the final release of Linux Mint 15, code name "Olivia": "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 15 'Olivia'. Linux Mint 15 is the most ambitious release since the start of the project. MATE 1.6 is greatly improved and Cinnamon 1.8 offers a ton of new features, including a screensaver and a unified control center. The login screen can now be themed in HTML 5 and two new tools, 'Software Sources' and 'Driver Manager', make their first appearance in Linux Mint. MDM now features 3 greeters (i.e. login screen applications): a GTK+ greeter, a themeable GDM greeter for which hundreds of themes are available, and a brand-new HTML greeter, also themeable which supports a new generation of animated and interactive themes." Read the brief release announcement and also the what's new page and release notes for further details. Download (SHA256): linuxmint-15-mate-dvd-64bit.iso (1,000MB, torrent), linuxmint-15-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso (915MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-05-16 |
Development Release: Linux Mint 15 RC |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced that the release candidate for Linux Mint 15 is ready for download and testing: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 15 'Olivia' RC. Linux Mint 15 is the most ambitious release since the start of the project. MATE 1.6 is greatly improved and Cinnamon 1.8 offers a ton of new features, including a screensaver and a unified control center. The login screen can now be themed in HTML 5 and two new tools, 'Software Sources' and 'Driver Manager', make their first appearance in Linux Mint. MDM now features 3 greeters: a GTK+ greeter; a themeable GDM greeter for which hundreds of themes are available; a brand new HTML greeter, also themeable which supports a new generation of animated and interactive themes." See the release announcement, release notes and what's new page for more details, known issues and screenshots. Download (SHA256): linuxmint-15-cinnamon-dvd-64bit-rc.iso (906MB, torrent), linuxmint-15-mate-dvd-64bit-rc.iso (985MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-03-22 |
Distribution Release: Linux Mint 201303 "Debian" |
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Eleven months after the last release, a brand-new version of Linux Mint "Debian" edition (with MATE and Cinnamon, but no Xfce this time) is out: "The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 201303. Highlights: Update Pack 6; MATE 1.4 and Cinnamon 1.6; installer improvements (graphical time zone and keyboard selection, support for installation on multiple hard disk drives, slideshow, webcam and face picture support); device driver manager; Plymouth splash screen. LMDE in brief: Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is a semi-rolling distribution based on Debian 'Testing'. It's available in both 32-bit and 64-bit variants as a live DVD with MATE or Cinnamon. The purpose of LMDE is to look identical to the main edition and to provide the same functionality while using Debian as a base." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots, additional notes and a FAQ. Download (SHA256) links: linuxmint-201303-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso (1,199MB), linuxmint-201303-mate-dvd-32bit.iso (1,274MB). |
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| 2012-12-23 |
Distribution Release: Linux Mint 14 "KDE" |
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Following the recent release of the "Xfce" flavour of Linux Mint 14, the project's latest "KDE" edition is now also available: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 KDE. KDE is a vibrant, innovative, advanced, modern looking and full-featured desktop environment. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of KDE 4.9 which features many improvements. Dolphin: back and forward buttons; ability to show metadata such as ratings, tags, image and file sizes, author, date; grouping and sorting by metadata properties; better Places panel; improved search support; synchronization with terminal location. Konsole: ability to search for a text selection using KDE web shortcuts; new 'Change Directory To' feature when a folder is dropped on the Konsole window...." Read the release announcement and visit the what's new page for additional details. Download (SHA256): linuxmint-14-kde-dvd-32bit.iso (1,047MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-kde-dvd-64bit.iso (1,045MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-21 |
Distribution Release: Linux Mint 14 "Xfce" |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of Linux Mint 14 "Xfce" edition: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 Xfce. Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment which aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of an Xfce 4.10 desktop. It comes with some of the popular applications found in other Linux Mint editions such as Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, GIMP, Banshee, Pidgin and XChat, but it also replaces many aspects of the desktop with more lightweight Xfce alternatives: Thunar is the default file browser; Xfce Terminal is the default terminal application; Xfburn is the default CD/DVD burner application; Ristretto is the default image viewer; Blueman is used by default for Bluetooth support." Read the release announcement and visit the what's new page for further information. Download (SHA256): linuxmint-14-xfce-dvd-32bit.iso (872MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-xfce-dvd-64bit.iso (875MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-11-20 |
Distribution Release: Linux Mint 14 |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the final release of Linux Mint 14, code name "Nadia", in MATE (version 1.4) or Cinnamon (version 1.6) editions: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 'Nadia'. For the first time since Linux Mint 11, the development team was able to capitalize on upstream technology which works and fits its goals. After 6 months of incremental development, Linux Mint 14 features an impressive list of improvements, increased stability and a refined desktop experience. We're very proud of MATE, Cinnamon, MDM and all the components used in this release, and we're very excited to show you how they all fit together in Linux Mint 14." For more information please visit the following pages: release announcement, what's new and release notes. Download (SHA256) links: linuxmint-14-mate-dvd-32bit.iso (966MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-cinnamon-dvd-32bit.iso (884MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-mate-dvd-64bit.iso (968MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-cinnamon-dvd-64bit.iso (881MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-11-11 |
Development Release: Linux Mint 14 RC |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the availability of the release candidate for Linux Mint 14 - in the usual MATE and Cinnamon flavours: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 Nadia RC. For the first time since Linux Mint 11, the development team was able to capitalize on upstream technology which works and fits its goals. After six months of incremental development, Linux Mint 14 features an impressive list of improvements, increased stability and a refined desktop experience. We're very proud of MATE, Cinnamon, MDM and all the components used in this release, and we're very excited to show you how they all fit together in Linux Mint 14. New features: MATE 1.4 comes with numerous bug fixes, Bluetooth and mate-keyring are now functional and caja features support for Dropbox...." Read the release announcement, release notes and what's new page for more information, known issues and screenshots. Download (SHA256): linuxmint-14-mate-dvd-32bit-rc.iso (966MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-mate-dvd-64bit-rc.iso (961MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-cinnamon-dvd-32bit-rc.iso (879MB, torrent), linuxmint-14-cinnamon-dvd-64bit-rc.iso (873MB, torrent). |
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| 2012-07-23 |
Distribution Release: Linux Mint 13 "KDE" |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of the "KDE" edition of Linux Mint 13: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 13 KDE. KDE is a vibrant, innovative, advanced, modern-looking and full-featured desktop environment. This edition features all the improvements from the latest Linux Mint release on top of KDE 4.8. The highlight of this edition is the latest KDE 4.8 desktop, which features the following improvements: Kwin optimizations; redesign of power management and integration with Activities; the first QtQuick-based Plasma widgets have entered the default installation of Plasma Desktop; new display engine in Dolphin; new Kate features and improvements; functional and visual improvements in Gwenview." Read the release announcement and check out the what's new page and the release notes to learn about the new features and known issues. Download (MD5): linuxmint-13-kde-dvd-32bit.iso (915MB, SHA256), linuxmint-13-kde-dvd-64bit.iso (892MB, SHA256).
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| 2012-07-22 |
Distribution Release: Linux Mint 13 "Xfce" |
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Clement Lefebvre has announced the availability of the Xfce edition of Linux Mint 13, codename Maya. From the what's new page: "The highlight of this edition is the latest Xfce 4.10 desktop, which features the following improvements: online documentation; application finder; multiple rows and deskbar mode in the panel; actions plugin; MIME type editor; single-click operation, automated background image cycling and thumbnail rendering on the desktop; edge-tiling in the window manager. In the past, the xfapplet plugin made it possible for Xfce users to run GNOME applets within the Xfce panel. After talking to the MATE and Xfce developers, we updated this plugin and it now supports MATE applets. Among the many MATE applets that can now run in Xfce, mintMenu is probably the most popular. Improvements were made to mintMenu so that it could support Thunar, the Xfce Settings Manager and other aspects of the Xfce desktop...." See the release announcement including upgrade instructions, and check the release notes for known issues. Download: linuxmint-13-xfce-dvd-32bit.iso (811MB, MD5, torrent), linuxmint-13-xfce-dvd-64bit.iso (795MB, MD5, torrent).
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