Release: Linux Mint 8 Released!

February 7th, 2010 ADD COMMENTS Share This Release: Linux Mint 8 Released!

The Linux Mint team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 ‘Helena’ KDE Community edition. The KDE Community edition aims to provide a version of Linux Mint which uses the KDE desktop. This edition is based on Kubuntu 9.10, Linux 2.6.31, X.Org 7.4 and it comes with the latest KDE 4.3.4 and Amarok 2.2.1. Featured improvements in this release: OEM installation, possibility to ignore updates, multiple selection in Software Manager. Software Manager’s graphical interface is now easier to use and it shows more content. The layout was changed and by putting the screenshots in the corner of the application you can now see more software and more reviews at once. You don’t need to manually refresh Software Manager anymore. When new data is available you get notified by Update Manager.

Read more details at release announcement, release notes and what’s new pages for further details.