The second build of the upcoming Linux Mint 5.0, codename Elyssa, was announced last evening by Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint Team. Dubbed Linux Mint 5.0 RC2, this version is based on Daryna (Linux Mint 4.0) and is compatible with Ubuntu 8.04 and its repositories. So guess what? Linux Mint 5.0 RC2 brings you the brand new Firefox 3.0 RC1 and Adobe's Flash Player 10 Beta!

Also in the release announcement, Clement Lefebvre revealed the release date for Linux Mint 5.0 Final: "This time I would like to thank not the team but the community itself. You've been great at reporting bugs and describing issues and annoyances with RC1 (BETA 032). The quality of your feedback was outstanding and it really helped us making Mint 5 better. Have fun with this better Elyssa and don't hesitate to send us comments and feedback. The Stable release should come in a week or two and after that we should be looking at the first x64 or KDE ISOs."

Linux Mint 5.0 RC2 (Elyssa) can be downloaded today from Softpedia.

Remember that this is a beta release and should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only. Please report bugs to the Linux Mint Bug Tracker.

Linux Mint is a Linux LiveCD based on the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. Its purpose is to produce an up to date, comfortable and elegant GNU/Linux distribution.