The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 9 KDE RC.
New features at a glance:
- KDE Network Manager
- New applications
- 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
- Better look & feel
- Backgrounds
- Welcome screen
- Update Manager
- System improvements
- Windows installer
- Husse quotes
- Default software selection
- Local repository and Gnome-PPP
- Apt hold/unhold/held commands
- Project changes
- Community Website
- Community Editions
- 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 KDE“.
Known problems:
- Localization (keyboard layout)
- Linux Mint branding in mint4win and Plymouth’s text theme
- Ubuntu branding in Software Sources
- Splash screen resolution
- Moonlight
- 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
- 512 MB of system memory (RAM)
- 5 GB of disk space for installation
- Graphics card capable of 800√ó600 resolution
- CD-ROM drive or USB port
Bug reports:
Please report any bug you may find in Launchpad.
Download:
Linux Mint 9 KDE RC is available as a 32-bit liveDVD, via Torrent and HTTP download:
Enjoy!
We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun testing the release candidate!
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