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Post by elvisuk on May 13, 2010 11:09:21 GMT
Latest news from the Linux Mint blog
Linux Mint 9 ETA
Mon, 10 May 2010 14:03:18 +0000
Looking at the remaining bugs and considering the amount of testing needed I would say we’re about 1 week away from releasing Linux Mint 9. I know most operating systems and distributions stick to release dates and announce them well in advance but I see no reason not to release something once it’s ready and [...]
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Post by mikkh on May 18, 2010 17:18:01 GMT
Better late than never - it's arrived today!
First impressions, it's much bigger than the release candidate which fitted on a CD. This is a 100 MB bigger and now requires a DVD if you want to 'burn' it.
I used a virtual CD tool so I didn't need to burn it and just used the 'mint4win' installer inside Windows 7.
It now comes with the latest Sun Java pre-installed (it was missing from the RC) and has the latest Adobe Flash too, so it's all good to go on the internet via the latest 3.63 Firefox.
Look for a folder called 'host' inside the 'file system' folder if you want access to the other files on the Windows partition btw.
Usual software already installed like OpenOffice, Gimp and Pidgin, but also includes VLC media player which is not a normal default application. Can't really see where the rest of the 100MB has been used because I know Sun Java isn't that big, but it's looking good so far.
It has 'software manager' as a dumbed down version of Synaptic, but includes Synaptic as well for those who want more control
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Post by elvis on May 25, 2010 18:16:58 GMT
H! Mikkh,
Yes it sounds very good i will download it and let you now what i think ;D
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Post by elvisuk on May 27, 2010 18:22:17 GMT
H! Mikkh,
I have downloaded Mint 9 and i installed it Wednesday had a look it seems much the same as V.8 but i have not gone into it much yet i still have to install my programs on to it but i am in no rush yet, I will still be using Mint 8 fore a bit yet ;D
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