Linux Mint 9 LXDE released!
Written by Clem on
Sunday, July 18th, 2010 @ 5:04 pm | Main Topics
The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 9 LXDE.
Linux Mint 9 LXDE
New features at a glance:
- New LXDM Display Manager
- Improved PCManFM2 file manager
- New Software Manager
- 30,000 packages
- Review applications straight from the Software Manager
- APT daemon
- Visual improvements
- New Backup Tool
- Incremental backups, compression, integrity checks
- Backup/Restoration of the software selection
- Better look & feel
- Backgrounds
- Welcome screen
- Update Manager
- System improvements
- Windows installer
- Husse quotes
- Default software selection
- Local repository and Gnome-PPP
- Apt hold/unhold/held commands
- Project changes
- Community Website
- Community Editions
- Upstream improvements
- Faster boot
- Long Term Support
For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 9 LXDE“.
Known problems:
- Splash screen resolution
- Windows installer
- Moonlight
- Menu localization
- Applications in the file manager
- Menu launcher color
- CD ripping with Exaile
- Upstream issues
To get more information about these problems and their solution, read the “Known problems” section of the release notes
System requirements:
- x86 processor
- 192 MB of system memory (RAM)
- 3 GB of disk space for installation
- Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
- CD-ROM drive or USB port
Upgrade instructions:
- To upgrade from a previous version of Linux Mint follow these instructions.
- To upgrade from Linux Mint 9 LXDE RC, simply apply any level 1 and 2 updates (if any) available in the Update Manager.
Download:
Linux Mint 9 LXDE is available as a 32-bit liveCD, via Torrent and HTTP download:
Enjoy!
We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun with this new release!
July 18th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
wow
excelente trabajo Kendall. Veo que ya es una versión estable.
Linux Mint 9 LXDE released! (non RC)
July 18th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Downloading through torrent… Speedy, easy on resources, LTS, mono free (?)… What’s more to ask, looks like we have a winner here
July 18th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
it is a winner but with 192 ram if you have no video ram you need to make your page file 98
July 18th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
best for low ram low video computers and does more then gnome in some ways
July 18th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
I hate to be a spoiler but my firefox freezes at random times for no reason. This does not happen on the GNOME version.
July 18th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Thank you for the release!
When is the release for Linux Mint KDE? I prefer KDE.
sorry for my English, it isn’t good.
July 18th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Congratulations!!!!
July 19th, 2010 at 12:38 am
What about AMD64 version?
July 19th, 2010 at 1:57 am
Thanks for the hard work! My Pentium II IBM 600E runs pretty fast (that sounds like a joke for a Pentium II machine, but it is good for me for basic computing needs). Keep up the good work!
July 19th, 2010 at 2:44 am
Thank you Clem
July 19th, 2010 at 3:24 am
How easy is it to run this just in Ram?
July 19th, 2010 at 3:38 am
Nice, but I like the Mint Menu too much to use it instead of gnome.
July 19th, 2010 at 4:41 am
Is there a problem with installing to a flash drive with unetbootin 471? I have tried installing the iso to 2 different flash drives now, and after the initial menu and the 5 dots that “cycle” it seems to do nothing for some minutes (when the cycling dots disappear). This is on a Fujitsu Lifebook P5020 with 1 GB RAM. It has booted dozens of different Linux distros from USB flash drives. The downloaded ISO file works fine with VirtualBox.
TIA,
RO
July 19th, 2010 at 5:20 am
Great! How do I upgrade from the release version?
July 19th, 2010 at 7:21 am
Upgrade from RC. Hi many thanks for this, will software updates upgrade the Release candidate to the full version?
Cheers
July 19th, 2010 at 7:57 am
@Fnx
You can see the releases being tested.
http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1452
Once it’s been approved it can take 2 or more days to release.
July 19th, 2010 at 8:58 am
Is the in Lucid/Isadora so dreadfully broken Ralink WiFi driver RT2970.sta fixed in this latest release, so that wireless Internet access is finally possible again?
July 19th, 2010 at 9:21 am
Congratulations! I installed LXDE on my Ubuntu but seems there was no big improvement. I’ll try this distribution.
Does the wireless work well?
July 19th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Thank’s you guyz very much, i’m a Linux Mint fan since Mint 5, and i love it… Thanks again
July 19th, 2010 at 10:43 am
Congrats Kendall! Great work on this release!
July 19th, 2010 at 11:20 am
ill try it now for my old computer,
Q: can i install gnome on it easily?
July 19th, 2010 at 11:22 am
i forget, dose it support Arabic well?, because LXDE as i know is not that good in arabic!.
July 19th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Why would you want to install Gnome on LXDE-system?
Use the original, best-supported Mint/Gnome that was released 6 weeks or so ago. There you have Gnome in the best Mint-quality and best integration.
July 19th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Is the ugly splashscreen after GPU driver install fixed in this release?
July 19th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Slick! Congratulations to Kendall & the entire dev team!
July 19th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
why are not a iso, AMD64 version ??
July 19th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
How low in ram can this distro go?
What about 128?
July 19th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Linux Mint 9 Shutdown issue
Does anybody know why my GX100 won’t shut down completely. This is happening with this new LXDE as well as the original Gnome. It happens on several of the other new distros also (Kahel for one). In this LM-9-LXDE recent case, I can get the CD to boot into Live-Mode, where I poke around just a little. Then when I try to shut down, it works on it a little, but then just stops, with everything still powered-up, and 2 lights on the keyboard flashing, but unresponsive to any level of keyboard-pounding. The same thing happened with LM-9-Gnome, even after I installed it to hard-drive.
Thanks – Kurt
July 19th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
how to update from RC ?
July 19th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Good work. Installed on Acer 1410 11.6″, takes 25-30 second to boot, pretty fast
July 19th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Downloaded and using since yesterday, really superb effort and best Mint variant until the Debian one arrives soon, nice work Kendall and the development team.
July 19th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
thats great news!
(how many days or weeks i was looking for this release… *g*)
thx guys!
July 19th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
A realy nice release….everything’s running smoothly…I did a fool install in 20 mins on a ThinkPad 600x(pentium II & 192 RAM)….a resurrection
@+
July 19th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
whats an lxde system/??
July 19th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Gracias amigo voy a provar esta version debe ser muy veloz!
July 19th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
“Patience is the mother of all virtues”.
GLAD!
Instead of quickly releasing some buggy distro, the team prefer to improve and to solve several issues *before* launching, AGAIN, an remarkable distribution!
It was worth waiting. Definitely.
Keep up the good work, guys!
July 20th, 2010 at 8:12 am
Awesome !!! Downloading now … \(^.^)/
July 20th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Thank you very much Kendall and team!
Liels paldies!
Огромное спасибо всей команде!
July 20th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
the another great release of linux mint. Already downloading…will try soon…thanks
July 21st, 2010 at 5:55 am
Is GMA500 supported natively or is there a long work around like there is on ubuntu?
July 21st, 2010 at 6:17 am
Great look and package – But I am having problems keeping my wireless connection going at home and work, something that does not happen with other LXDE distributions. The reason I would like this to work for me is because I am very impressed with the packages available in the repos and the community support, but if wireless is unreliable I will have to move back to the “radically simple” distro.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:16 am
I must be getting behind on my Linux news, but what is LXDE. I’ll have to do some research into that. Is it a fork of XFCE?
July 21st, 2010 at 10:40 am
WOW!
please give a reference to the x64 bit version!&
July 21st, 2010 at 2:50 pm
At last a LXDE LTS distro. The beauty of it is it is Mint, which is becoming my favorite distro with each passing day. This is a winner in my eyes. It’s fast, easy to use, and full of features. I love it!
Look for a contribution as soon as I get my Social Security money around the end of the month. I will support Mint 9 LXDE with contributions as I can afford it to show my appreciation and gratitude.
July 21st, 2010 at 7:54 pm
buen trabajo, lo termine de bajar y lo instale esta excelente.
July 21st, 2010 at 10:27 pm
OUTSTANDING!
July 22nd, 2010 at 12:45 pm
中文支持不是很好。
不过使用感觉还不错。
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Why no AMD64 version?
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:41 pm
doesnt work with nvidia drivers
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:55 pm
If I have already installed LXDE RC VER in the computer, do i need to fresh install? LXDE VER. is better than gnome, i like its simple and more fast
July 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Great Work Kendall
Congratulations!
Keep up the good work
Also wishing lucky for “Peppermint Linux”
Now…
What is up? Why?
Can anyone explain it to me?
Linux Mint 9 Gnome “Isadora” 32bit (laptop)
The web browser firefox when updated to a new version,
it changes my startup page (front page) and automatically
the browser goes to mozilla.org web site and make that website
as my default start page. I think Mozilla could not do
that without my permission. Intrusion, may i say that? Or
something wrong with the Mint Firefox 32bit re-branded?
This event has already happened twice.
Amd64 computer
For my Gnome 9 “Isadora” – x64 bit Gnome and KDE
firefox doesn’t change my startup Mint page (front page).
I did not check yet whether it happens with Lxde 9 Edition.
32bit because the other lap is with my sister. Anyone can check
it out please?
32bit LM 9 “Isadora”
To fix it: – firefox > edit > preferences > general > modify the
front page to (wwww.linuxmint.com/start/isadora)
July 23rd, 2010 at 5:08 am
My old Dell Inspiron 8000 with 500Mb RAM and Pentium III CPU has never run as well or looked as good as with Linux Mint 9 LXDE. I downloaded the correct Nvidia driver and the video performance is superb with the built-in VLC software.
I was using Puppy 5.01, which is an amazing distro, but Mint LXDE is sheer luxury and pretty much as fast!
A great achievement by the Linux Mint 9 LXDE team!
July 24th, 2010 at 2:09 am
It’s my favorite version of Linux Mint.
July 24th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
downloaded.
installed.
so far so good
minimal use of resources….liked
no network manager?…still looking
July 25th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
what is the difference between all these? (Linux Mint Xfce, Linux Mint LXDE, Linux Mint KDE RC, and Linux Mint 9)
July 25th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Nice! It works fast on my old PC, GIMP and VLC included, the printer is recognized, the internet connection is OK!
I’m happy! ^_^
July 27th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Great, but I can’t switch until a mintmenu lxpanel plugin gets written to replace that deplorable default menu. Somehow it reminds me of windows 3.0.
July 30th, 2010 at 11:10 am
Great, but I can’t switch until a mintmenu lxpanel plugin gets written to replace that deplorable default menu. Somehow it reminds me of windows 3.0.
July 30th, 2010 at 11:31 am
Great, but I can’t switch until a mintmenu lxpanel plugin gets written to replace that deplorable default menu.
July 30th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Nice! It works fast on my old PC, GIMP and VLC included, the printer is recognized, the internet connection is OK!
I’m happy! ^_^
July 31st, 2010 at 12:40 am
This is by far the best Linux distro I have used. I hate unnecessary eye-candy; and LXDE is prefect for my taste. Mint LXDE is probably the best looking LXDE distro there is right now. I use a pretty beefy machine, but I still like a very lightweight distro like Mint LXDE.
Great work guys! Keep it up!