The Linux Mint team announced the release of Linux Mint 8 Helena RC1. The 8th release of Linux Mint comes with numerous bug fixes and a lot of improvements.

Based on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, Linux 2.6.31, Gnome 2.28 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 8 "Helena" features a lot of improvements and the latest software from the Open Source World.

Featured improvements in this release: OEM installation, possibility to ignore updates, configurable menu places, multiple selection in the Software Manager, new system tray File Uploader with support for drag and drop and multiple files uploads.

Various upstream improvements in the gtk engines used by Linux Mint make widgets, and buttons in particular, look better than they did before, according to the Linux Mint developers.

You can download Linux Mint 8 "Helena" RC1 here: