Looking at the remaining bugs and considering the amount of testing needed I would say we’re about 1 week away from releasing Linux Mint 9. I know most operating systems and distributions stick to release dates and announce them well in advance but I see no reason not to release something once it’s ready and many reasons not to do so until it is. The release could be out a little earlier or a little bit later than expected. 21 bugs were fixed since the RC and there’s 11 more to be fixed. In the meantime, I’ll take this opportunity to thank all the people who helped us test the RC and registered bug reports on Launchpad and all the people who are helping out with the translations. Thanks for your patience and for your help.
Translations
Just a quick reminder about the translations for Linux Mint 9. You can monitor the progress of each individual language and contribute to the translation effort by visiting this link:
Linux Mint 9 “Isadora” RC released!
The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 9 “Isadora” RC.
New features at a glance:
- 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
- Menu improvements
- Editable items
- Transparent menu
- Always start with favorites
- “Add to” shortcuts
- Desktop settings
- Changes apply immediately
- Additional options
- Better look & feel
- Backgrounds
- Welcome screen
- Update Manager
- System improvements
- Windows installer
- Husse quotes
- USB Creator
- Default software selection
- Local repository and Gnome-PPP
- Apt hold/unhold/held commands
- Project changes
- Community Website
- CD & DVD
- Community Editions
- OEM installation disks
- USA/Japan distributors disks
- 32 & 64-bit
- 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“.
Known problems:
- Splash screen resolution
- Missing translations
- File Uploader not closing
- Editing items in the menu doesn’t take effect immediately
- Moonlight
- Upstream issues
To get more information about these problems and their solution, read the “Known problems” section of the release notes.
Important information:
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.
- Java and OpenOffice.org-base
- OEM disks
- Distributors disks for the USA and Japan
- Tomboy Notes
- Local repository and Gnome-PPP
To get more information, read the “Important information” section of the release notes.
System requirements:
- x86 processor (for both 32 & 64-bit versions)
- x86_64 compatible processor (for the 64-bit version)
- 512 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
Bug reports:
Please report any bug you may find in Launchpad.
Download:
Linux Mint 9 RC is available in both 32 & 64-bit as a 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 testing the release candidate!