Linux Mint Raises the User-Friendliness Bar
The latest release of the Linux Mint distribution offers up a clean, user-friendly desktop environment with a good assortment of applications to meet the needs of most any typical user. Linux Mint 6 is based on Ubuntu 8.10 with a number of additional utilities added for extra polish. Setup and configuration is painless and takes less than 15 minutes on most any computer manufactured in the last few years.
There's a well-organized wiki with links to help you get started and a good set of documentation. One really helpful page on the wiki is the HOWTO page with links to things like partitioning a hard drive, dual booting with XP, creating a Live USB and more. While the main distribution is based on the GNOME desktop, they do have a KDE-based download available as well.
User Friendly Administration
Installing additional software happens through the MintInstall program. This looks a lot like other Linux software managers with a few twists. One neat feature is the thumbnail image of the application along with a detailed description. There's also a list of reviewers and their ratings for the package, an overall average rating along with a list of views from the repository.
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