14 DAY TRIAL // Today, September 9, 2016, Clement Lefebvre has proudly announced the release and immediate availability of the final version of the Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" KDE Edition operating system.
Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" KDE has been in Beta until today, but now the wait is finally over, and you can get the Live ISO images for either 64-bit or 32-bit hardware architectures, and install the operating system on your personal computer. The new version is based on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) distribution.
That means it will get security and software updates for 5 years, until 2021, and at the same time, that Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" KDE Edition inherits almost all of the core components of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, including the KDE Plasma 5.6 desktop environment, as well as the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel.
"Linux Mint 18 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2021. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. This new version of Linux Mint contains many improvements," reads today's announcement.
HiDPI support, artwork improvements, redesigned Update Manager
Of course, with the Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" KDE Edition operating system, you are also getting all the goodies that have been implemented in the main Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" series, such as the redesigned Update Manager tool, better HiDPI support, artwork improvements, support for the exFAT file system, Btrfs support, and more.
To make this edition of Linux Mint 18 even more user-friendly, the development team had to add SDDM as default login manager, as well as the Kubuntu Backports PPA (Personal Package Archive), so you can get the newest KDE Plasma 5 releases as they're being pushed upstream. Download Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" KDE Edition right now via our website.