14 DAY TRIAL // Clement Lefebvre, father of the Linux Mint project, unleashed a couple of minutes ago, January 11th, the Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux Mint 12 KDE operating system.
Linux Mint 12 KDE Release Candidate features updated applications, general improvements and new features, all to make your desktop experience more comfortable.
Being based on Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), Linux Mint 12 KDE comes with KDE Software Compilation 4.7.4, Linux kernel 3.0 and it is distributed as a Hybrid ISO image.
"This is the first release of Linux Mint using Hybrid ISO images. Traditionally, tools such as 'Startup Disk Creator' or 'UNetbootin' were needed to install Linux Mint via USB."
"With hybrid images, you can simply use the "dd" command or a graphical frontend to make a bootable USB stick with no efforts which acts exactly like a liveDVD." - was stated in the official release announcement.
Highlights of Linux Mint 12 KDE RC:
· Linux kernel 3.0; · Based on Kubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot; · KDE Software Compilation 4.7.4; · Hybrid ISO image; · Print to PDF; · Apturl; · Ctrl_Alt_Backspace; · mintDesktop; · Mint4Win; · Moonlight.
The following system requirements are recommended by the developers for Linux Mint 12 KDE installations:
· An x86 processor (32-bit or 64-bit); · Minimum 512 MB RAM (1 GB is recommended for a comfortable usage); · 5 GB of free hard disk space; · Video card capable of 800x600 resolution; · A DVD-ROM drive or USB port.
About Linux Mint
Linux Mint is and will always be an elegant, easy-to-use, up-to-date, 100% free and comfortable Linux operating system based on the very popular Ubuntu OS.
It offers paid commercial support to companies and individuals. Also, free community support is available from the forums and the IRC channel.
Download Linux Mint KDE 12 RC right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development release and it should not be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.