The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 7 x64 Gloria RC1.

Quick steps:

• Download the ISO or the torrent.
• While it’s downloading look at the videos and the overview of the new features in Linux Mint 7, read the User Guide and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
• After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5 (as described in the user guide).
• Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy testing Linux Mint 7 x64 RC1.
• Report bugs on the dedicated forum thread.

Introduction to Linux Mint 7 x64:

This x64 edition of Linux Mint 7 is almost identical to the Main Edition but compiled for 64 bit processors (Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad, AMD Athlon X2 64 and all x86-64 compliant processors). It comes with all the improvements featured in Linux Mint 7 Gloria Main Edition.

System requirements:

An X86_64 64 bit processor (Intel Core 2, AMD X2 64, etc…) .

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:

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.

The upgrade path from Linux Mint 6 x64 will be finalized for the stable release.

Feedback and bug reports:

Please report any bug you may find via the Linux Mint 7 x64 RC1 Bug Thread and give us your feedback on this release by posting a comment right here on the blog.

Download Linux Mint 7 x64 RC1:

You can download Linux Mint 7 x64 RC1 via torrent or via HTTP:

Size: 694MB LiveCD
MD5Sum: 2bbef299edcdbdc17f9ace19b5f8d24d

Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-7-x64-RC1.iso.torrent
HTTP download: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=41

Europe:

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

Northern America:

• http://linuxmint.sourcemirrors.org/testing/ (USA)
• http://mint.ez.by/linuxmint.com/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.

A call was made on the forums to all artists within the community. The goal is to produce promotional materials for Linux Mint:

Linux Mint is becoming an important project and so it’s time for it to get good promotional material and to give people the means to efficiently promote it. In comparison to other projects, we’ve made almost no efforts at marketing Linux Mint. I guess you’re all aware of the marketing campaigns lead by Microsoft and Apple, and we can also appreciate the quality of the material provided by projects such as Fedora and OpenSUSE. Our desktop is among the best available, we’re growing fast and it’s been done with people talking to people and our popularity slowly spreading from ear to ear […]

If you want to take part and help producing marketing/promotional materials, please visit this forum thread: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=26870