Codename Felicia

Nov 11, 2008 07:35 GMT  ·  By

Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint community proudly announced last night, on the official Linux Mint Blog, the first release candidate of Linux Mint 6 (dubbed Felicia), which will be followed by a second one in about two weeks. However, if everything goes well with the testing of this first development release, they will prepare a stable version of Linux Mint 6, instead of a second RC. And, as promised, the x64 edition will be released shortly after the launch of the x86 edition.

"The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 6 RC1. Congratulations and thanks to all the people who contributed to this release, to all the translators, to the upstream developers and projects which made this possible, and above all to the development team for their continuous support." - said Clement Lefebvre, developer of Linux Mint.

Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) is based on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), and is powered by the Linux kernel 2.6.27, GNOME 2.24 and X.Org 7.4. Among the features that will be introduced with the final release of Linux Mint 6, we notice:

· mintInstall 5 with a new offline interface, software versions information and support for multiple portals; · mintUpdate 3 with a revamped GUI, proxy support, updates history; · mintUpload 2 with support for FTP transfers; · mintNanny, parental control tool.

Linux Mint 6 will also be injected with some brand new and useful applications, such as:

· Giver (LAN transfer tool); · Gufw (Graphical user interface for ufw); · Flegita (A utility for scanners).

Recommended System Requirements:

To install Linux Mint 6, you will need minimum 512 MB of RAM (however, the system will work very well with 256 MB of RAM after installation). Be aware that the installation may hang if you have less than 512 MB of RAM. As a solution, you can try to repeat the installation process several times. Also, you must have at least 3 or 4 GB of free hard drive space.

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.

If you want to test Linux Mint 6 (Felicia), download it 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! Please report bugs to the Linux Mint 6 RC1 Bug thread on their forum.