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The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 11 “Katya”.


Linux Mint 11 “Katya”

New features at a glance:

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 11“.

Release notes:

  • Known issues
    • Gnome theme failing to load
    • Compiz Fusion
    • Battery status indicator
    • Moonlight
  • Important information
    • Overlay scrollbars
    • Black splash screens
    • CD images
    • Distributors and magazines in the USA and Japan
    • Local repository and GnomePPP
    • Windows installer

To get more information about these problems and their solution, read the “Release notes”.

System requirements:

  • x86 processor (Linux Mint 64-bit requires a 64-bit processor. Linux Mint 32-bit works on both 32-bit and 64-bit processors).
  • 512 MB RAM (1GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
  • 5 GB of disk space
  • Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD/DVD drive or USB port

Upgrade instructions:

  • To upgrade from a previous version of Linux Mint follow these instructions.
  • To upgrade from Linux Mint 11 RC, simply apply any level 1 and 2 updates (if any) available in the Update Manager.

Download:

Md5 sum:

  • DVD 32-bit: 010bad6bf2bb58f61fea8e437366576c
  • DVD 64-bit: 773b6cdfe44b91bc44448fa7b34bffa8
  • CD no codecs 32-bit:  b68ffed453e8d64e683bca5c041c3208
  • CD no codecs 64-bit: f7ba8582b319eeda33636bf2b39546a3
  • OEM 32-bit: c8d1d0b9eaef8b1f1b1b38b65f9c144e
  • OEM 64-bit: 635879235d2c7a450331c53b767f1e0e

Torrents:

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit DVD ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit DVD ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit CD No codecs ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit CD No codecs ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit OEM ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit OEM ISO:

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun with this new release!

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The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 11 “Katya” RC.


Linux Mint 11 “Katya” RC

New features at a glance:

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 11“.

Known problems:

  • Gnome theme failing to load
  • Can’t edit mount point during installation
  • Moonlight
  • About me
  • Adding PPA repositories
  • Wrong medium name in isolinux
  • 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 (Linux Mint 64-bit requires a 64-bit processor. Linux Mint 32-bit works on both 32-bit and 64-bit processors).
  • 512 MB RAM (1GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
  • 5 GB of disk space
  • Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD/DVD drive or USB port

Bug reports:

Please report any bug you may find in Launchpad.

Download:

Md5 sum:

  • CD no codecs 32-bit: bcd4bea438f1d705bb58913e39b9f673
  • CD no codecs 64-bit: 219aba17b3a6b7a480b349fbfb3a142d
  • DVD 32-bit: 71c1a1fb01c52954853ce05455100fbe
  • DVD 64-bit: 60c639e4e9c5cc1cf3634cd8e1bbf2d4

Torrents:

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit CD No codecs ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit CD No codecs ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit DVD ISO:

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit DVD ISO:

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun testing the release candidate!

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Donations & Sponsorships:

Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:

Donors:

  • $1000 (3rd donation), Anonymous
  • $282, Weiland und Shmykov GbR aka “Docjones“
  • $138, Mika K.
  • $100 (2nd donation), Edgar B. C.
  • $100 (2nd donation), Philip C. Freytag aka “phil”
  • $100, Joshua W.
  • $100, James S.
  • $100, Jerry F.
  • $100, Desiree G.
  • $82.8 (7th donation), Orlando M. M.
  • $70.5 (5th donation), Wolfgang P.
  • $69, Matthias B.
  • $62, Richard B.
  • $60, Trenton I.
  • $55.2 (5th donation), Laurent P.
  • $50 (3rd donation), David Gagne aka “davidgagne80”
  • $50 (2nd donation), Carlos H. G.
  • $50, Georgene N.
  • $50, Gregor M.
  • $50, Jan C.
  • $50, Martin K.
  • $50, Ryan M.
  • $50, Andreas S.
  • $50, Aaron C.
  • $50, Yuan C. L.
  • $50, Steven Z.
  • $35.25 (13th donation), Marco R.
  • $30 (17th donation), Pete Molina aka “pmolina”
  • $30 (3rd donation), Terry Gillett
  • $30, Fergus M.
  • $28.2 (19th donation), Manuel F.
  • $28.2 (2nd donation), Reiner K.
  • $28.2, Alexandros T.
  • $27.6 (14th donation), Olli K.
  • $27.6 (3rd donation), Pasi K.
  • $27.6, Karol M. R.
  • $25 (7th donation), Kenny Hendrick aka “NprComputers“
  • $25 (4th donation), Michael L. aka “ddavid123“
  • $25 (2nd donation), A Webb aka “allen9013”
  • $25 (2nd donation), Norman B. D.
  • $25, Vernon H.
  • $25, Rebecca S.
  • $25, Gregg M.
  • $25, Larry P.
  • $25, Renee M.
  • $25, Frank K.
  • $25, Douglas J. B.
  • $25, Gerald L.
  • $20.7 (2nd donation), MartinF aka “badwolf9”
  • $20.7 (2nd donation), Joseph R. aka “killinjoe”
  • $20 (13th donation), Matthew M.
  • $20 (10th donation), Antonio M. aka “Rob Brill’s book-keeper”
  • $20 (6th donation), Brian G.
  • $20 (5th donation), Henry W.
  • $20 (3rd donation), Trevor H.
  • $20 (2nd donation), Daniel J.
  • $20, Rikstation
  • $20, Gerald S.
  • $20, Bruno Eduardo Ramos aka “BeoR”
  • $20, Christopher C.
  • $20, Kevin S.
  • $20, Jeffery S.
  • $15 (3rd donation), Adriano R. aka “drr00t”
  • $15, Dylan R. aka “Hiro“
  • $15, Tomas Ciagadlak
  • $15, Herbs and Helpers
  • $14.1, Thomas S.
  • $14.1, Jens G.
  • $14.1, Mattias S. aka “DynamicMan”
  • $14.1, Anastasios Kontogiannis aka “tasosoulis“
  • $13.95, Stefan W.
  • $13.8 (12th donation), Paco C.C. aka “kannabix”
  • $13.8, Peter T.
  • $13.8, Ivan Bulychev aka “vanyok”
  • $13.8, Farid F. F.
  • $10.35 (4th donation), Ronald T.
  • $10.18, Renan L.
  • $10 (4th donation), Kiril Sotirov
  • $10 (3rd donation), George238
  • $10 (3rd donation), Ralf H.
  • $10 (3rd donation), Siniša Majstorović
  • $10 (3rd donation), Clemens N.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Haydn P.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Kim H. aka “grhdtj“
  • $10 (2nd donation), Timothy C.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
  • $10, Paul K.
  • $10, Nicholas M.
  • $10, Kenneth M.
  • $10, Alexey Z.
  • $10, Artem G. aka “shrewmus”
  • $10, Reilly B.
  • $10, Debra R.
  • $10, Tushar T.
  • $10, John H.
  • $10, Amir M.
  • $10, Jake Basile
  • $10, Dale B.
  • $10, Juan V. A.
  • $10, Jaroslav L.
  • $7.05 (2nd donation), Ralf Schmidt
  • $7.05, Caner Cuhac
  • $7.05, Salvatore S.
  • $7.05, Michael S.
  • $7, Alexander M.
  • $6.9, Camiel D.
  • $6.9, Kevin D.
  • $6.67 (2nd donation), Maxx Hogan
  • $6.67, Maxx Hogan
  • $5.52, Purushottam D.
  • $5 (6th donation), Michael Gstettenbauer
  • $5 (5th donation), Miljenko D.
  • $5 (4th donation), Jose P.
  • $5 (3rd donation), Kelley J. aka “Kelley Green”
  • $5 (2nd donation), Nebojsa R.
  • $5 (2nd donation), Michael C.
  • $5, Ashoka P.
  • $5, Terry W.
  • $5, Ihor H.
  • $4.14 (7th donation), Ulf S. aka “MonteDrago”
  • $2.07, Jere H.
  • $2 (3rd donation), StuzzHosting.com
  • $2 (2nd donation), Bhupendra Kumar Singh aka “B K Singh”
  • $2 (2nd donation), Javier C.
  • $1.92, Meine K.
  • $1.04 (10th donation), Inga Muste aka “TokRa“
  • $1 (12th donation), Cool Computer Tricks
  • $1, Alejandro U.
  • $0.25, Korbin B.

Sponsors:

Money raised in April:

* Donations: $4409.91 (129 donors)
* Sponsors: $1180.61 (118 sponsors)

http://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php
http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

User Stats:

Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

  • Linux Mint 10 Julia: 52.19%
  • Linux Mint 9 Isadora LTS: 22.22%
  • LMDE: 8.70%
  • Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 7.60%
  • Linux Mint 8 Helena: 5.28%
  • Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2.23%
  • Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 1.11%
  • Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 0.66%

Web Stats:

  • Visits: 2,796,004
  • Unique views: 3,511,885
  • Pageviews: 4,473,833
  • Page impressions: 2,649,639
  • Search queries: 7,775,406
  • Forum users: 36,308
  • Forum posts: 398,706

Rankings:

  • Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1958 (2nd)
  • Distrowatch (traffic share): 3.9% (2nd)
  • Alexa (website ranking): 13,843th

Events:

Summary:

  • The mintCast project continues on it success and is quickly becoming one of the most popular Linux podcasts available to listeners. Check it out if you haven’t already done so. The mintCast team is also often present on IRC where it’s easy for them to keep in touch with both their audience and the Linux Mint development team.
  • A lot of development and bug fixes were done in April for the upcoming Linux Mint 11. The Update Manager in particular was greatly improved and made its way to both the Mint 11 and LMDE repositories. The Software Manager received many improvements too, though these weren’t revealed yet.
  • We received a $1,000 donation this month. Although it’s his 3rd donation to Linux Mint, the Canadian donor wants to remain anonymous. This important donation had a positive impact on our monthly stats, April being the last month in our release cycle and traditionally a quiet period from a financial point of view. Our overall daily income went down by 4%.
  • I apologise for releasing these statistics a little late. The RC release for Linux Mint 11 should be here in a few days, 2 of its 4 ISOs already passed QA. The stable release should be available in the end of May. We’ll also be working on a special magazine edition of the Linux Identity Kit for Linux Mint 11 which will promote the release and guide users through its use and installation in the USA.