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The Linux Mint developers, the KDE edition of version 12 of the popular Ubuntu have released offspring. Linux Mint is considered to be very user friendly and is considered by the news portal to Distrowatch most popular Linux distributions.

Linux Mint 12 KDE is based on Ubuntu 11:10 and a 3.0 kernel. The Gnome edition appeared in late November last year. The system provides the December published desktop environment KDE 4.7.4 . According to the developers, it is this version of Linux Mint is the first that comes as a hybrid ISO image. Users can operate the system not only on CDs and DVDs, but also without any helper applications using the Linux tool kit dd transferred to a USB stick.
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The Linux distribution Linux Mint has started a fork of Gnome Shell under the name Cinnamon. Cinnamon is to preserve the look of Gnome 2, but not to prevent new developments.

The Gnome-Shell was undoubtedly the most controversial part of Gnome 3, which in March 2011 appeared was. Many experienced users exerted massive criticism of the awkwardness of the operation, including Linux initiator Linus Torvalds , who, like some other kernel developers to Xfce desktop was changed or another. With the release of Gnome 3.2 However, the criticism was much softer. The community had become self-help and numerous extensions developed for the Gnome shell, including those that optimize the operation, or restore the old behavior of Gnome 2 again. Since early December also approved extensions are officially offered by Gnome.
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In a step that corresponds to the first glance the approach of Canonical in February 2011, Linux Mint has been diverted by Banshee on the Amazon store revenue generated on their own.

The procedure of Linux Mint was one article on OMG! Ubuntu! known project, and shortly afterwards by Clement Lefebvre confirmed . The measure of Linux Mint is a small patch for Banshee, which changes the affiliate code, which is in the Amazon plugin of Banshee. Strictly speaking, there is no new patch, but a modification of the patch that was introduced in Ubuntu.
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The decision to give up Ubuntu’s “Unity” desktop Linux Mint brought many fans. Now Mint founder Clement Lefebvre has announced on his blog that the next versions will also rely on Gnome third But other projects to keep an eye on.

So far, Gnome would not have been ripe for it, but version 3.2 is still much more mature, which explains Mint project manager in his blog post . The development will span several issues but surely, other projects such as the desktop-Mate were not happening outside.
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Updated images of the live DVD distro Linux Mint Debian version to 201 109.

Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) – this version of the popular distribution Mint, which uses the model continuously updated (rolling release). LMDE is based on Debian testing and compares favorably with the version of Ubuntu-based Mint in terms of performance.

Short list of changes:

• Added functionality Mint 11;
• Improvements to the installer (new versions of the layouts and localization, bug fixes);
• In fstab now uses UUID by default;

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Linux Mint is a GNU / Linux based on Ubuntu, which inherited the considerable amount of software available, thanks to the support of the DEB package format. It also features many of the tools that enabled Ubuntu to become one of the most popular distributions. Oriented mainly to use in desktop environments, is distinguished by its elegance and intentions of the developers was to create a distribution can be easily used even by novice to this end, there are numerous multimedia codecs, a good support to the view DVD and JAVA applications and other instruments not commonly spread to other distributions.

What’s new in Linux Mint 9 relate to many essential tools for system management: a new Software Manager to install / uninstall programs, Backp a new tool for saving data and subsequent restoration, and a fresh, new look Windows installer.

Safety: based on Ubuntu, which in turn is based on Debian, does one of its security weaknesses: the developers have done an excellent job, making it stable and reliable Linux Mint.

Simplicity: Linux Mint is a distribution of course is not particularly complicated to use and configure: it has an excellent support for most hardware on the market, and adapts to the needs of even the less experienced, with configuration tools that simplify these tasks.

Supplied software: One of the reasons that often force users to get close to Mint is certainly the park software: supporting DEB package format and repositories of Ubuntu and Debian, the amount of software for this distribution is certainly one of the largest and latest in circulation.

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