Well and the Nvidia drivers were there, too. Wireless and Bluetooth worked without any problems. Layout, the same set of icons, plus the omnipotent, highly useful and practical Menu, which is very similar to The desktop theme in Isadora is very similar to the one used in the last release, Helena. You're greeted by the traditional Mint desktop, On the menu: live CD session, Wireless, Bluetooth, Samba sharing, webĬamera, multimedia, installation, applications, package manager, Compiz, performance, memory usage, suspendīooting into the live session was a fairly uneventful affair. Nvidia 9600GS, 64-bit dual core, 4GB RAM. Two laptops: T60p, with ATI card, 32-bit dual core, 2GB RAM, RD510, with However, as it turns out, Lucid Lynx is the best Ubuntu release yet. Little details and features that are not included in Ubuntu by default. That's the rule Linux Mint comes out a month after Ubuntu, pimped up with all the Second, Isadora has a daring task of beingīetter than its parent. Lucid Lynx, a Long Term Support (LTS) release, which will offer updates and patches till mid 2013 this isĪ good thing for people who do not fancy upgrading every six months. Why, you ask? Well, first, it is based on Ubuntu 10.04 Linux Mint 9 is a very important, very critical release. Helena. Today, I'll break the rule and have a go at Mint 9, codename Isadora. Though, for an unknown, cosmic reason, I have always tested the even-numbered Mint releases, Daryna, Felicia, Mint has shown good behavior and never fell short of the expectations.
It's Ubuntu with extra polish and more featuresįor new and less experienced people, making it friendly and usable out of the box. Linux Mint is a very popular, Ubuntu-based Linux distribution.