Linux Mint Newsletter Issue 27
From Linux Mint
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More news about Linux Mint
Great news - faster download
New mirrors and the use of rsync gives faster downloads with less delay after new releases.
This has admittedly been a problem, and we now hope is solved
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Development
The Daryna KDE community edition will soon be released. Only a few things remain to be done.
It may even be out when you read this
http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=114
Documentation
The documentation for Mint has already been made better with more prominent release notes
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We have now released a user guide for Daryna which covers Daryna extensively
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But it fails to mention that we have a wiki [6]
Updates
Firefox and Skype in new versions [7]
More news
The forum hs been "Mintified" with a green look on the new code base
The experimental Debian edition is almost ready
We’re testing internal BETAs of a miniCD Edition and a Fluxbox Edition.
2 new mint tools should be developed for Linux Mint 5.0:
- A tool to easily backup your home directory into a single file, with md5 checksum verification and easy restore capabilities.
- A tool similar to “Giver” to easily transfer files and folders from one computer to another on the same network.
And we’re probably among the top 10 operating systems used in the World and we’re definitely growing very fast.
More in the blog [8]
Editors comment
It's not easy to keep track of the rapid development in the computer world.
If you feel something is left out in the newsletter send a PM to husse in the forum and it may be included in the next edition
