Linux Mint 8 final released

Sunday, 29 November 2009 10:25

Linux Mint

Just 2 weeks after Release Candidate 1 was released, Linux Mint 8 final dubbed Helena version is available. This release comes with a lot of improvements & numerous bug fixes.

Highlights of Linux Mint 8 "Helena":

· Based on Ubuntu 9.10;
· Linux kernel 2.6.31;
· EXT4 filesystem;
· X.Org 7.4;
· GNOME 2.28.1;
· Improvements to the Menu;
· Improvements to the software manager;
· Improvements to the update manager;
· New Upload manager tool;
· Lots of bugs fixed.

On top of that, the Linux Mint team is proud to present the second edition of the Linux Mint Universal Edition, a customized version of Gloria, available as a Live DVD. The Universal Edition contains the following features:

· Available as a Live DVD;
· Installs all the available audio and video codecs;
· Offers support for English, Spanish, French, German, Swedish, Italian, Danish, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese/Pt, Portuguese/Br, Arabic, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Galician, Russian, Dutch, Polish, Japanese, Norwegian, Ukrainian, Slovenian, Romanian, Catalan, Czech, Greek, Slovak, Norwegian, Marathi, Croatian, Turkish, Bulgarian, Hindi, Hebrew, Finnish, Serbian, Belarussian, Bosnian and Basque languages;
· Text-based GRUB.

Recommended system requirements:

· A 32-bit processor;
· 512 MB of RAM;
· 2.5 GB free hard disk space (for installation);
· VGA video card capable of at least 800x600 resolution;
· A CD-ROM drive.

What is Linux Mint? Linux Mint is an elegant, easy-to-use, up-to-date, 100% free and comfortable Linux desktop distribution based on the very popular Ubuntu operating system. It offers paid commercial support to companies and individuals. Also, free community support is available from the forums and the IRC channel.

Download Linux Mint 8 right now

	Linux Mint 8 (ISO) [iso] [688 MB]
	Linux Mint 8 (torrent) [torrent1] [688 MB]
	Linux Mint 8 (ISO) Universal Edition [iso] [1 GB]

Head over here for the official release announcement.

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