The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 6 Fluxbox Community Edition. Linux Mint Fluxbox Community Edition is based on Xubuntu 8.10 Intrepid, Linux 2.6.27, Fluxbox 1.0.0 and Xorg 7.4. Included is an all-new menu system, Mint-FM2, Slim as a display manager, Live CD features that should make it easier to install on low-end machines, a brand new “Software Manager”, FTP support in mintUpload, proxy support and history of updates in mintUpdate, mint4win (a Linux Mint installer for Microsoft Windows), and much more minty goodness. For a complete list of new features read: What’s new in Felicia Fluxbox CE?

System requirements and known issues:

• x86 processor
• 128 MB of system memory (RAM)
• 2 GB of disk space for installation
• VGA graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
• CD-ROM drive

As an RC (Release Candidate) this release is targeted at developers and beta-testers who want to help Linux Mint find and correct bugs before the stable release. Please do not use this release as your main desktop. For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.

Feedback and bug reports:

The testing will last for 2 weeks. Please report any bug you may find via the Linux Mint 6 Fluxbox RC1 Bug Thread and give us your feedback on this release by posting a comment right here on the blog.

Download Linux Mint 6 Fluxbox RC1:

You can download Linux Mint 6 Fluxbox RC1 via torrent or via HTTP:

Size: 623MB LiveCD
MD5Sum: ba7bda91a26b72bbbe621cece56bf485

Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.de/downloads.html
HTTP download: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=35

Europe:

• http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/linuxmint/testing/ (Portugal)
• http://mirrors.cytanet.com.cy/linux/mint/testing/ (Cyprus)
• http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/linuxmint.com/testing/ (UK)
• http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/testing/ (Ireland)
• http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/linuxmint/testing/ (Denmark)
• http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/linuxmint/testing/ (Greece)

Northern America:

• http://mirror.amarillolinux.com/linuxmint/testing/ (USA)
• http://linuxmint.secsup.org/testing/ (USA)
• ftp://mirrors.secution.com/linuxmint.com/testing/ (USA)
• http://linuxmint.sourcemirrors.org/testing/ (USA)

Rest of the World:

• http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint/testing/ (Australia)
  

Enjoy!

Have a lot of fun testing this release candidate and let’s all hope it will help us make a great stable release.

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 6 XFCE Community Edition. Based on Xubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, Linux 2.6.27, XFCE 4.4.2 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 6 “Felicia” XFCE CE comes with a brand new “Software Manager”, FTP support in mintUpload, proxy support and history of updates in mintUpdate, mintDisk and a lot of other improvements. For a complete list of new features read: What’s new in Felicia XFCE CE?

Introduction to the XFCE Edition:

The Linux Mint XFCE Community Edition comes with an XFCE desktop and provides most of the functionality found in the Main Edition while taking less resources. This edition is ideally suited to laptop users with 512MB RAM or less as it represents a very nice compromise between a full-featured desktop and a fast and light operating system.

System requirements:

You need 128MB RAM to run the Live CD or 192MB RAM to install. To install, you need a minimum of 3GB of free space on your hard disk. Once installed, Linux Mint 6 XFCE CE can run with 192MB RAM, but it is strongly recommended to have at least 256MB RAM.

Order Linux Mint 6 XFCE on CD:

You can order the Linux Mint 6 XFCE live CD for $10 from our partner on-disk.com:

http://on-disk.com/product_info.php/cPath/28_153_277/products_id/665

For each CD sold, on-disk.com contributes $5.41 back to our distribution.

Download Linux Mint 6 XFCE:

You can download Linux Mint 6 XFCE via torrent or via HTTP:

Size: 694MB LiveCD
MD5Sum: 9af0b708d9489867de77bbebbbade689

Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.de/downloads.html
HTTP download: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=34

Europe:

• http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/linuxmint/stable/6/community/ (Portugal)
• http://mirrors.cytanet.com.cy/linux/mint/stable/6/community/ (Cyprus)
• http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/linuxmint.com/stable/6/community/ (UK)
• http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/6/community/ (Ireland)
• http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/linuxmint/stable/6/community/ (Denmark)
• http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/linuxmint/stable/6/community/ (Greece)

Northern America:

• http://mirror.amarillolinux.com/linuxmint/stable/6/community/ (USA)
• http://linuxmint.secsup.org/stable/6/community/ (USA)
• http://linuxmint.sourcemirrors.org/stable/6/community/ (USA)

Upgrade from Linux Mint 6 XFCE RC1:

To upgrade from RC1 to the stable version, open a terminal and type the following command:

apt install firefox-defaults-xfce fusesmbtool mint-artwork-xfce mint-meta-xfce mintconfig-xfce thunar-custom-actions-xfce thunar-shares xfcemint-default-settings xfcemint-doc

Make sure your users have the right privileges:

Click on “Menu” –> “Users and Groups” –> “Unlock” –> choose a user –> Click “Properties” –> “Users Privileges” tab. Make sure these are enabled:

• Capture video from TV or Webcams, and use 3d acceleration.
• Connect to Internet using a modem
• Mount user-space filesystems(FUSE)
• Share files with the local network
• Use audio devices
• Use modems

Have fun!

Enjoy this XFCE edition and don’t hesitate to send us your feedback. Congratulations and thanks to the maintainer, Merlwiz, for the excellent work done on this release.

Discussions about Linux Mint 7 Gloria XFCE CE have already started, so if you find anything you’d like to see improved in this current release don’t hesitate to join in and participate: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=110&t=22498

Have a lot of fun and thanks for using Linux Mint.