Linux Mint7 codename “GLORIA” is the latest Ubuntu 9.04 derived OS and is unleashed now for free download and usage.
To get complete knowledge over it you must check the official website , but still to get a sneak peak over it, iTechnoBuzz.com snatched some of the features that needs preferable attention.
New Theme and fresh artwork
Gloria got a new and better theme. The colors over panel and window border are a bit darker now. As before Gloria is Murrina engine new and better manipulations make widgets and buttons sleeker than before and it looked quite improved. The default wallpaper got the Liunx Mint icon with water droplets over 3D effects, and believe me, it look really awesome.
Improvements in mintMenu
The new feature added in the mintMenu is “Suggestions” and this menu shows a set of suggestions for the searched query and also whenever the filtering gives no result.
It gives an option to install it from the package which make it quite handy. The menu can be opened using the keyboard keys (left control key and left super key(Windows key) ) by pressing them simultaneously.
Improved mintInstall
The mintInstall frontend now comes pre-filled with all the data required to browse and install software, with the exception of the screenshots. Compared to the older versions of mintInstall this means you don’t actually need to refresh the application to be able to use it.
The GUI layout was improved. The main window now shows less information and the once called “Versions” button was replaced with “More info”.
OtherSmall improvements:
- “apt purge” was fixed.
- “apt source” now runs in user mode.
- All Mint tools are now launchable from the command line.
- All Mint tools now detect their environment and adapt to it. In particular they know whether to use gksu or kdesudo. The consequence of this is that packages like mintupdate-gnome or mintupdate-kde are not needed anymore, and the same package is now compatible with all desktop environments.
- All Mint tools using an about dialog now show their own version number.
You can download and use Linux Mint7 codename “GLORIA” from the official website (http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php)
LinuxMint7 could be a great hit in near future, if you are using it or any other Linux OS , tell us about your experiences using the comment box.
I tried almost 10 or 12 Linux distros and found out that Mint is the best
it should be offered instead of Windows on retail PCs.What is the best way to contact Dell and others and let them know about this GEM.
thanx for your wonderful reply Mustaf..
let m tell you.. Dell is providing Windows with retail PCs, but its all optional, if you dont want to buy windows with your syste, you could simply cancel it from your configuration and the price would come subtracted…
moreover, if you doesnt take any of the paid OS. Dell provide you with UBUNTNTU, there is not that much difference between the two . ^_^
When my laptop battery failed in the middle of booting Windows XP, XP somehow broke itself rather than trying to repair it or worse reinstall, I turned to Linux Mint and am loving it.
Well Well.. as per Linux, I started with Red Hat, than went for Fedora, thn after, Ubuntu which I was loving for the best user iterface and now am on GLORIA (Linux Mint7) and for me it comes out to be the most user friendly Linux OS. I recommend it to all my readers to try it atleast once.