Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint community proudly announced on Saturday, February 6th, the final release of the Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition operating system. Based on Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), the new version is now powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31 and built on top of the KDE Software Compilation 4.3.4. Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition also comes with many improvements in various areas of interest.

"Community editions now use their own repositories and are now able to pin packages from the main edition. Dependencies were simplified and the Mint tools were made more modular. In particular they can now be installed on Ubuntu without any configuration. The branding used in the Mint tools was removed to make it easier for other distributions to use them and to give a more professional look to the desktop. An OEM installation can now be launched from the liveCD boot menu." - was stated in the official release notes.

Highlights of Linux Mint 8 KDE:

· Based on Kubuntu 9.10;
· Linux kernel 2.6.31;
· EXT4 filesystem;
· X.Org 7.4;
· KDE SC 4.3.4;
· OEM installation;
· Improvements to the Menu;
· Improvements to the software manager;
· Improvements to the update manager;
· New Upload manager tool;
· Lots of bugs fixed.

The Linux Mint 8 KDE developers recommend the following system requirements:

· A modern 32-bit processor;
· 512 MB of RAM;
· 10 GB of free hard disk space (for installation);
· VGA video card capable of at least an 800x600 resolution;
· A CD-ROM drive.

What is Linux Mint? Linux Mint is an elegant, easy-to-use, up-to-date, 100% free and comfortable Linux desktop distribution based on the very popular Ubuntu operating system. It offers paid commercial support to companies and individuals. Also, free community support is available from the forums and the IRC channel.

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