Linux Mint 7 Love
It’s been almost a year since I switched to Arch Linux, an elegant and simple Linux distribution. I had a Windows XP install on the other partition. I didn’t like this combination. Felt kind of like shoving the trash under the sofa instead of throwing it into the bin. I finally decided it’s time to scrap both. For what?
I heard about Linux Mint numerous times and even tried out a few releases. The major “selling” point of Mint is its main focus: to provide a ready-to-go, user-friendly desktop.
Mint is built on Ubuntu. As a consequence, upgrading to a new version of Mint will bring you new Ubuntu features. Alongside the basic Ubuntu setup and some proprietary components, Mint also ships with some different applications and front-ends, which you can see in the gallery. Here are some notable ones.
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- 1349 reads
- PDF version
More in Tux Machines
- Highlights
- Front Page
- Latest Headlines
- Archive
- Recent comments
- All-Time Popular Stories
- Hot Topics
- New Members
digiKam 7.7.0 is releasedAfter three months of active maintenance and another bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.7.0 of its open source digital photo manager. See below the list of most important features coming with this release. |
Dilution and Misuse of the "Linux" Brand
|
Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future TechThe metaverse is expected to uproot system design as we know it, and Samsung is one of many hardware vendors re-imagining data center infrastructure in preparation for a parallel 3D world. Samsung is working on new memory technologies that provide faster bandwidth inside hardware for data to travel between CPUs, storage and other computing resources. The company also announced it was partnering with Red Hat to ensure these technologies have Linux compatibility. |
today's howtos
|
Recent comments
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago
1 year 11 weeks ago