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Linux Mint 9 “Isadora” RC released!

Written by Mel Kham on May 4, 2010. Posted in News

Announced today by the LinuxMint team the release of LinuxMint9 codename

“Isadora”, this release comes with many new features

New features at a glance:

New Software Manager
- 30,000 packages
- Review applications straight from the Software Manager
- APT daemon
- Visual improvements
New Backup Tool
- Incremental backups, compression, integrity checks
- Backup/Restoration of the software selection
Menu improvements
- Editable items
- Transparent menu
- Always start with favorites
- “Add to” shortcuts
Desktop settings
- Changes apply immediately
- Additional options
Better look & feel
- Backgrounds
- Welcome screen
- Update Manager
System improvements
- Windows installer
- Husse quotes
- USB Creator
- Default software selection
- Local repository and Gnome-PPP
- Apt hold/unhold/held commands
Project changes
- Community Website
- CD & DVD
- Community Editions
- OEM installation disks
- USA/Japan distributors disks
- 32 & 64-bit
Upstream improvements
- Faster boot
- Long Term Support

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 9“.

Known problems:

Splash screen resolution
Missing translations
File Uploader not closing
Editing items in the menu doesn’t take effect immediately
Moonlight
Upstream issues

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

Important information:

As an RC (Release Candidate) this release is targeted at developers and beta-testers who want to help Linux Mint find and correct bugs before the stable release. Please do not use this release as your main desktop.

Java and OpenOffice.org-base
OEM disks
Distributors disks for the USA and Japan
Tomboy Notes
Local repository and Gnome-PPP

To get more information, read the “Important information” section of the release notes.

System requirements:

x86 processor (for both 32 & 64-bit versions)
x86_64 compatible processor (for the 64-bit version)
512 MB of system memory (RAM)
3 GB of disk space for installation
Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
CD-ROM drive or USB port

Bug reports:

Please report any bug you may find in Launchpad.

Download:

Linux Mint 9 RC is available in both 32 & 64-bit as a liveCD, via Torrent and HTTP download:

Enjoy!

[Via LinuxMint Blog]

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Mel Kham

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