Linux Helena's Here!

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Linux Mint 8 “Helena†released!

Written by Clem on Saturday, November 28th, 2009 @ 6:53 pm

The team is proud to announce the stable release of Linux Mint 8 Helena.

Quick steps:

* Download the ISO or the torrent.
* While it’s downloading take an overview of the new features and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
* After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5.
* Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy Linux Mint 8.

Introduction to Linux Mint 8:

The 8th release of Linux Mint comes with numerous bug fixes and a lot of improvements. In particular Linux Mint 8 comes with support for OEM installs, a brand new Upload Manager, the menu now allows you to configure custom places, the update manager now lets you define packages for which you don’t want to receive updates,the software manager now features multiple installation/removal of software and many of the tools’ graphical interfaces were enhanced.

This is just a summary of the new features coming with Linux Mint 8. For a complete overview of the new features, please read: “What’s new in Linux Mint 8 Helenaâ€.

Introduction to the Universal Edition:

The Universal Edition is a customized version of the Main Edition with the following differences:

* It comes as a liveDVD instead of a liveCD
* It comes with built-in support for English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese/Br, Portuguese/Pt, Arabic, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Galician, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Norwegian, Japanese, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovenian, Catalan, Greek, Czech, Slovak, Marathi, Norwegian [nynorsk], Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Hindi, Finnish, Hebrew, Serbian, Belarussian, Basque and Bosnian.
* It comes with no codecs, no support for restricted formats and no proprietary components.
* It features an extra item in the Sound & Video menu which launches the installation of all missing codecs via a built-in .mint file

The purpose of the Universal Edition is to bring a localized live system to non-English speaking users of Linux Mint and to facilitate the distribution of Linux Mint in countries where software patents are enforceable (USA, Japan).

System requirements:

A minimum of 512MB of RAM is recommended. Once installed the system works fine with as low as 256MB RAM. The installation process deals with 2.5GB of data compressed on a 700MB CD and it can hang or fail on systems with less than 512MB RAM. If you have between 256MB and 512MB RAM you may have to try to install several times.

Important information and known issues:

For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.

Upgrade instructions:

To upgrade from Linux Mint 7 “Gloriaâ€, read these instructions.

To upgrade from Linux Mint 8 “Helena†RC1, read these instructions.

Download Linux Mint 8:

You can download the Main and Universal editions of Linux Mint 8 via torrent or via HTTP:

Main edition:

* size: 688MB LiveCD
* MD5Sum: 06fc2f27f8352a2bac5516b86c020755
* Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8.iso.torrent
* HTTP download: Linux Mint 8 "Helena" - Main Edition - Linux Mint

Universal edition:

* size: 1GB LiveDVD
* MD5Sum: e297a2cdf1b1c6408ac6a6d76833933a
* Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8-Universal.iso.torrent
* HTTP download: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=45

Asia:

* Index of /pub/Linux/LinuxMint-ISO/stable/8 (Japan)
* Index of /pub/Linux/linuxmint/stable/8 (Japan)

Europe:

* GDS - http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linux/mint/isos/stable/8/ (Austria)
* Index of /iso/stable/8 (Bulgaria)
* Index of /linux/mint/stable/8 (Cyprus)
* Index of /ftp/linuxmint/stable/8 (Denmark)
* ftp://ftp.linuxmint-fr.org/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (France)
* Index of /stable/8 (Germany) *
* Index of /mirrors/linux/linuxmint/stable/8 (Greece)
* Index of /pub/linuxmint.com/stable/8 (Ireland)
* ftp://ftp.tpnet.pl/pub/linux/linuxmint/isos/stable/8/ (Poland) *
* http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Portugal)
* Index of /pub/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Sweden)
* Index of /linuxmint.com/stable/8 (UK)

Northern America:

* Index of /linuxmint/stable/8 (Canada)
* Index of /linuxmint/stable/8 (USA)
* Index of /linuxmint.com/stable/8 (USA)
* ftp://linuxfreedom.com/linuxmint/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (USA)
* Index of /linuxmint/stable/8 (USA) *
* Index of /stable/8 (USA)
* ftp://mirrors.secution.com/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (USA)
* Index of /linuxmint/stable/8 (USA) *

Rest of the World:

* Index of [url]http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint/stable/8/ - Updated daily[/url] (Australia) *
* ftp://mirror.unej.ac.id/pub/iso/linux-mint/stable/8/ (Indonesia) *

* Mirrors marked with a star weren’t fully synched when this announcement was made.

Enjoy!

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I prefer Mint over Ubuntu as I like the interface much more and also the out of the box multimedia playback. This is great news for me as I was impressed by Karmic Koala. Putting it on download now. Will test later and may even write a review. Sad thing is that the x86_64 edition is not yet released and it is the one I prefer. I am new here and I am not sure why there is no mention of Linux Mint in terms of separate threads. Is this against rules or something?
 
since most of the linux users are DYI ppl default ubuntu setup suits them best compared to mint and mint is more of newbie linux distro :P
 
Mint is great, and convinient. Along with Mandriva and Sabayon, one of the few distros with codecs out of the box, that you can install and expect your parents to handle. The extra tools that Mint gives you is great, especially for the office environment (send files to network location), and although Ubuntu 9.10 looks great, Mint amps it up a bit. One of my favorites really.
 
Mint is goood for newbies and for demonstration. It seems bloated and slow when compared to others that's why I don't like it as a main distro (maybe that has changed from the last version I tried i.e. Ming 6) :P

But for me Mint is far from being a main distro for me. I would rather configure linux from scratch then using something from the likes of Mint :P But nonetheless its a great distro for newbies.
 
awww... it has those small touches that make it stand out... like the jokes in the command line that don't scare you away every time you bring up the console, great thing to help you relax when you have to copy paste some troublesome commands from a complicated looking online tutorial... and it is one of the few distros that makes gnome look good, having a rep for a good looking distro and sticking to gnome, that must have been a challenge.
 
linuxtechie said:
^^ He he he :D, nope none of that, mostly prefer Ubuntu and then there is darky who is crazy after the magician...

+LT
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Magician = Mandriva? ;)

archish said:
since most of the linux users are DYI ppl default ubuntu setup suits them best compared to mint and mint is more of newbie linux distro :P
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Mint Universal gives ample opportunity for DIY, doesn't it? I prefer the green mint over ubuntu's dull orange-ish.

Uriel said:
Mint is great, and convinient. Along with Mandriva and Sabayon, one of the few distros with codecs out of the box, that you can install and expect your parents to handle. The extra tools that Mint gives you is great, especially for the office environment (send files to network location), and although Ubuntu 9.10 looks great, Mint amps it up a bit. One of my favorites really.
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I agree with you.

Dark Star said:
Mint is goood for newbies and for demonstration. It seems bloated and slow when compared to others that's why I don't like it as a main distro (maybe that has changed from the last version I tried i.e. Ming 6) :P

I found it fast enough, however it doesn't really matter on an 8GB RAM machine, does it? :bleh:

But for me Mint is far from being a main distro for me. I would rather configure linux from scratch then using something from the likes of Mint :P But nonetheless its a great distro for newbies.
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Mint is a blessing for us newbs.

Uriel said:
awww... it has those small touches that make it stand out... like the jokes in the command line that don't scare you away every time you bring up the console, great thing to help you relax when you have to copy paste some troublesome commands from a complicated looking online tutorial... and it is one of the few distros that makes gnome look good, having a rep for a good looking distro and sticking to gnome, that must have been a challenge.
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+1

Helena has no Wubi. :@ What a mess. It wont install on my OS HDD either. I had to install it in my backup HDD.
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Techalomaniac said:
Mint Universal gives ample opportunity for DIY, doesn't it? I prefer the green mint over ubuntu's dull orange-ish.
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as i said most linux peeps are DIY, mint theme can be had on any linux distro :P
 
mint is a great distro to start with.

but not so great when it comes to customizing and updating.

you generally have to wait for apps and packages to be supported by mint channel, although you can very well include ubuntu repos, but those are not tested for mint.

customizing is possible after you get rid of mint's panel, splash but that is what defined mint to the people in the 1st place.

so after playing with mint until it's next release...when you start to realize that what mint offers is something which can be had in ubuntu with only a little more efforts without having to compromise on regular packages etc.

mint really was charming to to me and my friends who were relatively new to linux when we came across it. :)
 
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