The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 10. New features: install codecs and upgrade to the DVD edition from the welcome screen; the menu highlights newly installed applications and makes them easier to find; the menu finds and installs software from the repositories; addition of search engines to the menu’s search box; Software Manager with a better categorization of software and use of application icons; update manager can ignore updates and shows download size; upload manager improvements; new look and feel featuring a traditional light theme and dark background; various system improvements…

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>> Download Linux Mint 10 Julia (all versions)

Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution. Based on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, Linux 2.6.32, Gnome 2.30 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 9 “Isadora” features a lot of improvements and the latest software from the Open Source World. Read up on all the changes here.

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>> Download Linux Mint 9 Isadora

Clem and the others from the Linux Mint team are hard at work getting the first release candidate of Linux Mint 9 out the door. Linux Mint 9 is based on Ubuntu 10.04. Read more for the whole kebab. Continue reading →

Based on Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, Linux 2.6.31, KDE 4.3.4 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE CE features a lot of improvements and the latest software from the Open Source World. You can read about what’s new here. Continue reading →

Based on Linux Mint 8 Main Edition, Linux 2.6.31, Fluxbox 1.1.1 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox CE features a full desktop experience while remaining low on resource usage. This release has been built with the emphasis on a lightweight and yet fully functional desktop centered on the Fluxbox window manager. Linux Mint Fluxbox CE is easily configurable to run on lower-spec hardware with the tools needed for doing so readily available.

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>> Download Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox rc1

This is hot off the press: the first release candidate for the KDE edition of Linux Mint 8 is out! No word yet on the website, but you can already download it here (slow atm). Even better, download and share the .torrent (much better speeds atm)!

This x64 edition of Linux Mint 6 is almost identical to the Main Edition but compiled for 64 bit processors (Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad, AMD Athlon X2 64 and all x86-64 compliant processors). It comes with all the improvements featured in Linux Mint 6 Main Edition.

There are a few differences however:

* java is using openjdk instead of sun
* openoffice.org-base is absent

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>> Download Linux Mint 6 Felicia x64 rc1

Based on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, Linux 2.6.27, Gnome 2.24 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 6 “Felicia” comes with a brand new “Software Manager”, FTP support in mintUpload, proxy support and history of updates in mintUpdate, mint4win (a Windows installer), tabbed browsing in Nautilus and a lot of other improvements. For a complete list of new features read: What’s new in Felicia? This is the Linux distro I’ve been running myself for the past months.

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