Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Open Source, Beta
Linux Mint rolls out an impressive version 7 RC of its own
by Lee Mathews May 8th 2009 at 11:00AM
Not familiar with the distro? It's based on Ubuntu - the Mint v7 core is Jaunty Jackalope, which Canonical recently freed from its cage. Apart from providing a solid foundation, that also means you can install Mint from within Windows using Mint4Win (Wubi, modified) (quick update: this is not working in the RC, but will be ready to go in the stable release).
For Windows users looking to try out a Linux distribution, Mint is a nice choice. The Gnome interface is set up Windows-style, with a taskbar along the bottom and menu button in the left-hand corner.
Apart from the obvious visual updates, Mint has introduced a few core features that have improved ease-of-use. The MintMenu system now offers a more intuitive search box (similar to the one in Vista and Windows 7). If Mint can't find an exact match for your query, it will provide suggestions. Results appear in an flash, and sugegstions are generally spot-on.
Mint Install and Update have also been improved, and they make adding applications and keeping your system current a breeze. Screenshots offer a welcome visual preview before you download - especially handy if you want to check out some the dozens of available games - including great ones like Wormux, FreeCiv, Nexuiz, and Warzone 2100.
Mint is a great distro, and the version 7RC is very enjoyable to use. Don't want to install it? Mint plays well with VirtualBox and VMware, and you can also run it as a LiveCD.
I'm enjoying the new release so far, and look forward to seeing it evolve into its final form.
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Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
rothgar said 12:30PM on 5-08-2009
+1 for Linux Mint
And a shameless plug for the Linux Mint podcast (aka mintcast)
http://mintcast.org/
Enjoy the release guys!
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Pakito_C said 1:58PM on 5-08-2009
Mint 7: the best linux distro ever! My Dell XPS 1530 works perfect now.
Congratulations!! Good Job!!
Abdo said 6:50AM on 5-17-2009
What are the minimal requirements to run Linux Mint? I can't find any info on the wiki...
rothgar said 12:26PM on 5-17-2009
To be honest I couldn't find it either, but I know they are the same as Ubuntu:
minimum
# 300 MHz x86 processor
# 64 MB of system memory (RAM)
# At least 4 GB of disk space (for full installation and swap space)
# VGA graphics card capable of 640x480 resolution
# CD-ROM drive or network card
recommended
# 700 MHz x86 processor
# 384 MB of system memory (RAM)
# 8 GB of disk space
# Graphics card capable of 1024x768 resolution
# Sound card
# A network or Internet connection
Maher said 12:31PM on 5-08-2009
Mint is a wonderfull distro.
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NyaR said 12:45PM on 5-08-2009
I'll pass this up for the new fedora coming out later this month, and dualboot that with 7
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alex1jam said 2:54PM on 5-08-2009
Can some one tell me if this is going to have intel chip regression like Ubuntu 9.4??
Mint is the best :)
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genry said 3:35PM on 5-08-2009
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I have a computer in 1992.
It has been all DOS and windows. The latter is so poorly organized and overpriced(?) that I looked to Linux, which became better and better. I try them a little, I mention the best from my point of view:
XPress, BSD, Zenwalk, LinuxMint - KDE. The latter is on my computer now
dual booting with XP SP2. Many of the properties
listed like Linux - you can
them without installing, or just install, it looks nice, is not very demanding of resources, just go in with
applications. Mint was the only distro that connected to my Internet, and this
won my respect. Heinrich.
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Computer Planet said 7:51AM on 5-10-2009
Great operating system that i've used on a lot of stable computer systems.
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laero said 2:53PM on 5-09-2009
Used Mint for a while but as my knowledge of the commadn line increased I replaced my GUI with a CLI +Openbox and replaced Mint with a minimal ubuntu setup (tried Arc but ended up with something very similar to an ubuntu installation.)
With that said, Mint was a great distro to start with. User friendly, printer/network friendly.
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Asok said 7:09PM on 5-11-2009
Great distro, I'm on 6 (Felicia) right now, going to update to 7 when it releases. Definitely worth checking out for Linux newbies.
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juvenal mena said 10:15AM on 5-14-2009
hi, if i install linux mint 7 rc1, i can update to the final release when go out ? (sorry i speak spanish)
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Martin said 3:53PM on 5-29-2009
Hi Juvenal,
from 'http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=847':
Upgrade instructions:
To upgrade to Linux Mint 7 from Linux Mint 7 RC1, launch mintUpdate, enable the “dist-upgrade” option in the preferences window and refresh the list of upgrades. Make sure to apply all level 1 and level 2 upgrades. Among level 3 upgrades make sure to select gtk2-engines-aurora, gufw, smplayer, and nautilus-sendto.
Greetings from Martin.
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