Linux Mint 12 “Lisa” released


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Linux Mint 12 comes with a brand new desktop, built with Gnome 3 and MGSE.

MATE is a fork of Gnome 2 which is compatible with Gnome 3. Thanks to MATE, you can run both versions of Gnome on the same system.

Linux Mint 12 features two new themes called Mint-Z and Mint-Z-Dark which are based on Mint-X and Zukitwo.

The new default search engine is Duck Duck Go.

Linux Mint 12 features the following upstream components: Ubuntu 11.10, Linux 3.0, Gnome 3.2.

What is new to Lisa is here.

Release notes can be found here.

Download from here.


Linux Mint Spirit Font Alpha release available for download


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Linux Mint’s own font has been introduced by Hirwen Harendal. According to him “Mint Spirit design rises in inspiration from Futura, Gillius, NeoGothis and Ubuntu fonts, keeping in mind the goal to obtain a clear, fresh, nice and modern typeface usable for text and screen rendering, based on the Linux Mint logo.”

Right now all the Mint Spirit fonts have a very basic Unicode coverage, the beta is going to cover Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Turkish alphabets, but also old-style figures and it’s going to have a more complete set of OpenType features. A web version of the font family is also planned. The license right now is GNU GPL V2 with font exception, but Hirwen says that it’s possible that the license will be changed to OFL.

The font family consists of 4 basic faces:

The font can be downloaded from here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Linux Mint signs a partnership with HELLOTUX


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Linux Mint signed a new partnership with HELLOTUX. The Linux clothes specialist produces the official Linux Mint T-Shirt and Pique Polo Shirt. The company ships Worldwide and gives $5 to our distribution for each shirt sold.

Both shirts are of very good quality and feature a simple yet elegant design, with the Linux Mint logo embroidered on the front:

Ongoing promotion : For the purchase of 2 or more products you can avail to a 5% discount by using the following promotion code: J4KB2KVN8X. This promotion lasts until Sat, 21 May 2011 23:59:59. Hurry Up  Buy Now


Linux Mint 11 “Katya” RC released!


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The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 11 “Katya” RC.

Linux Mint 11 “Katya” RC

Linux Mint 11 "Katya"

 

New features at a glance:

* Multimedia codecs and extra applications
* The Software Manager
* The Update Manager
* The Desktop Settings tool
* Artwork improvements
* System improvements
* Software selection

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 11“.

Known problems:

* Gnome theme failing to load
* Can’t edit mount point during installation
* Moonlight
* About me
* Adding PPA repositories
* Wrong medium name in isolinux
* Upstream issues

To get more information about these problems and their solution, read the “Known problems” section of the release notes.

System requirements:

* x86 processor (Linux Mint 64-bit requires a 64-bit processor. Linux Mint 32-bit works on both 32-bit and 64-bit processors).
* 512 MB RAM (1GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
* 5 GB of disk space
* Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
* CD/DVD drive or USB port

Bug reports:

Please report any bug you may find in Launchpad.

Download from here

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun testing the release candidate!