Linux Mint 9 Isadora - You betrayed me, dear!
Linux Mint is a very popular, Ubuntu-based Linux distribution. It's Ubuntu with extra polish and more features for new and less experienced people, making it friendly and usable out of the box. For me, the general sentiment has always run true. Mint has shown good behavior and never fell short of the expectations. Funny though, for an unknown, cosmic reason, I have always tested the even-numbered Mint releases, Daryna, Felicia, Helena. Today, I'll break the rule and have a go at Mint 9, codename Isadora.
Linux Mint 9 is a very important, very critical release. Why, you ask? Well, first, it is based on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, a Long Term Support (LTS) release, which will offer updates and patches till mid 2013; this is a good thing for people who do not fancy upgrading every six months. Second, Isadora has a daring task of being better than its parent. That's the rule; Linux Mint comes out a month after Ubuntu, pimped up with all the little details and features that are not included in Ubuntu by default. Now, if Ubuntu 10.04 were a bad release, this would be an easy task. However, as it turns out, Lucid Lynx is the best Ubuntu release yet.
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