The Linux Mint team has announced the beta of version 3 of its distribution, named “Cassandra”. It runs kernel 2.6.20, with GNOME 2.18 as the default desktop. Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution aimed at ordinary Linux users.
Here are just some of the changes in this release:
GNOME 2.18 optimised for speed
Ubuntu “Feisty Fawn” improvements
OpenOffice.org 2.2
Thunderbird replaces Evolution as the default email client
GIMP is now installed by default
GNOME Control Center replaces mintConfig
Drag-and-drop support and plenty of improvements in mintMenu
Sun Java 6 replaces Sun Java 5
Compiz, Beryl and Emerald are installed by default
The Linux Mint team has announced the beta of version 3 of its distribution, named “Cassandra”. It runs kernel 2.6.20, with GNOME 2.18 as the default desktop. Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution aimed at ordinary Linux users.