Linux Mint 7 is out

tbz_ck · 28 May 2009 at 13:13

....and it looks and feels excellent.

Better than Ubuntu 9.04 on which it is based in my opinion, and certainly what I shall be installing on friends machines that are wanting rid of MS.

http://www.linuxmint.com

theheyes · 28 May 2009 at 15:54

Nice, I'm liking the wallpaper.

The menu layout looks a lot cleaner than 6 too.

pingwing · 28 May 2009 at 17:17

Ah cool, wasnt mint 6 out fairly recently though?!?!?!

zzzJonny · 28 May 2009 at 17:45

pingwing said:
Ah cool, wasnt mint 6 out fairly recently though?!?!?!

About 6 months ago.

yashiro · 28 May 2009 at 18:21

The 64bit build lags behind the 32bit version with this distro.
This sometimes leads to two release announcements in the news.

bledd · 28 May 2009 at 18:44

they should call the blue (kde?) one peppermint

I love the style of linuxmint, I know it's linux for noobs, but I am a noob with linux

link to the torrent

http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-7.iso.torrent

use that insteaed of the http links, easier on the mirrors

installing now, the insataller for ubuntu puts MS to shame!

trackrat · 28 May 2009 at 19:05

I have used Linux for a few years now and anyone with a 17" or 19"monitor with a native resolution of 1280 x 1024, is going to be dissapopinted as that resolution is not in the standard ones.
Other than that it is a vast improvement over v6.

Bob Wya Jnr · 28 May 2009 at 21:10

trackrat said:
I have used Linux for a few years now and anyone with a 17" or 19"monitor with a native resolution of 1280 x 1024, is going to be dissapopinted as that resolution is not in the standard ones.
Other than that it is a vast improvement over v6.

Nah I wouldn't say so. If you have an old CRT monitor hooked up via a VGA connector there will be plenty of GNU/Linux support available to anyone via the online community!! Especially since Mint is just an offshoot of Ubuntu. Probably just need to tweak your xorg.conf file I guess...

Bob

trackrat · 28 May 2009 at 23:07

Bob Wya Jnr said:
Nah I wouldn't say so. If you have an old CRT monitor hooked up via a VGA connector there will be plenty of GNU/Linux support available to anyone via the online community!! Especially since Mint is just an offshoot of Ubuntu. Probably just need to tweak your xorg.conf file I guess...

Bob

Yes you can alter the xorg.conf file, (and I did) but to someone new to Linux using the CLI, is hassle that is not welcome.

If Mandriva, PCOS, Fedora & Opene SuSe can do it, why cant Ubuntu/Mint.

pingwing · 28 May 2009 at 23:38

Well thought id give it a quick raz, and wow im pretty impressed! (last one couldnt cope with my laptop's graphic card)

Might be my laptop os for a while...

Lightnix · 29 May 2009 at 00:06

bledd. said:
I love the style of linuxmint, I know it's linux for noobs, but I am a noob with linux

I think the fact that it's "Linux for noobs" honestly shows that it's one of the better distributions in terms of usability which is ultimately the one main areas Linux falls down in a general sense. A chain's only as strong as its weakest link and all that.

Mint's my favourite distro to be honest. I'll be giving this a go some time next week.

gam3r · 29 May 2009 at 01:56

Woot!

da_mic_1530 · 29 May 2009 at 19:45

any differences between this and 6? Love 6 but wondering wether it's worth upgrading...

trackrat · 29 May 2009 at 23:48

There are a few differences, but not enough to upgrade from 6 for, IMO.