14 DAY TRIAL // One day after the announcement for Linux Mint 6 Fluxbox CE RC1, Clement Lefebvre and the community behind the Linux Mint project announced today the immediate availability of the first release candidate of Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) KDE Community Edition: "I think I can speak for the team when I say we’re all really excited about this release. It’s new, it looks fantastic and it’s our first ever KDE4 release. I would like to congratulate Boo for the excellent work he’s done on this edition, and I’m proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 6 KDE RC1."
Indeed, these are fantastic news for all Linux Mint users, especially for the KDE fans, as this first release candidate of Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) KDE Edition is based on Kubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) and it is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.27, X.Org 7.4 and KDE 4.2. Without any further introduction, let's take a look at the main highlights of Linux Mint 6 KDE Community Edition:
· Linux kernel 2.6.27; · X.Org 7.4; · KDE (K Desktop Environment) 4.2; · Amarok 2.0; · mintInstall 5, the brand new "Software Manager"; · mintUpload 2 with support for FTP transfers; · mintUpdate 3 with support for history and proxies; · mintNanny, parental control tool; · mint4win, Linux Mint installer for Microsoft Windows users, based on Wubi; · The GIMP 2.6, with a very nice interface; · ClamAV antivirus; · search, apt contains and apt content command-line utilities.
What are the minimum system requirements for Linux Mint 6 KDE?
· A 32-bit processor; · 256 MB of RAM for the Live DVD; · 512 MB of RAM for the installation; · 4 GB free hard disk space (for installation); · VGA video card capable of 800x600 resolution or more; · A DVD-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.
Download Linux Mint 6 KDE CE RC1 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is an unstable release and it should not be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only! Please report bugs to the Linux Mint 6 KDE CE RC1 Bug thread on their forum.
The final version of Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) KDE Community Edition will be available in two weeks from today.
