Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna

[Zeus_Hunt]

This is Linux Mint 4.0, codename Daryna, based on Celena and compatible with Ubuntu Gutsy and its repositories.

Daryna is using Gutsy's package base (kernel 2.6.22, Gnome 2.20, OpenOffice 2.3, Thunderbird 2.0...etc).

What's new in Daryna

• mintUpdate
  
• mintInstall & the Software Portal
  
• mintDesktop improvements
  
• Liberation Fonts
  
• Compiz Fusion
  
• Upstream improvements
  
• New repository structure
  

What makes Daryna ideal for the desktop?

• Out of the box multimedia support
  
• Microsoft Windows Integration (Dual-boot, NTFS read/write support, Migration Assistant)
  
• One-Click install system (Linux Mint Software Portal, mintInstall)
  
• Easy file-sharing (mintUpload)
  
• Desktop features, Control Center, mintMenu
  
• 3D Effects
  
• Great configuration tools
  
• Great selection of default applications (OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp, Pidgin, XChat, Amarok..etc)
  
• Solid package base (Google Earth, Picasa, Skype.. a lot of important software present in the repositories or in the Linux Mint
  
• Software Portal, compatibility with all Ubuntu Gutsy repositories and most Debian packages)
  

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A grand overview of popular desktop distributions (by Baris Paraskeva)

Amid the vast range of Linux distributions available today you will find varying complexity; from the simplistic Ubuntu to the much bigger and more system resource hungry distributions like Sabayon or openSUSE. Some distributions require the user to have a fairly detailed knowledge of Linux in order to perform basic functions; others are targeted to the Windows user, aiming to provide a familiar environment for web browsing, document editing, and other common tasks. Most computer users, from those who only use a computer to check e-mail once a week, to those who have over a decade of development experience, should be able to find a Linux distribution that suits their specific needs.

My intention here is to provide a brief summary of the Linux distributions that I have installed on my own system recently. The purpose of these reviews is to share my experiences of each distribution with other users to help make a decision about which is the best one to install.

Comarision on Ubuntu (7.10), PCLinuxOS (2007), openSUSE (10.3), Fedora (:), Linux Mint (4.0), Sabayon Linux (3.4f), SimplyMEPIS (6.5), Freespire (2.0.6)

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[print1]

nice share.

[Chicano666]

I've been wanting to install a new Linux Distro on my PC. I might give this a shot, thx for sharing.

[Zeus_Hunt]

Some more good news..

After months of hard work, Linspire is proud to announce the beta release of CNR.com. On the 23rd of January, 2007, Linspire announced for the first time that they are working to extend their CNR (Click 'N Run) website for other popular Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE and Debian. The CNR service has already been available for all Linspire and Freespire users. Kevin Carmony, the President and CEO of Linspire Inc., stated that he had enough with complaints from MS Windows and Mac users about Linux, and that there are too many distributions and each one has a different way of installing software: "When we started Linspire, we knew that we'd need to overcome this complexity. This led to Linspire's CNR ("Click 'N Run") technology."

CNR is a FREE and easy way to access over 37,264 desktop Linux products, packages and libraries, all with a single mouse click. Finding, installing and managing software on your desktop Linux computer has never been that easy. CNR makes the finding of the right piece of software easy to do, with user reviews, screenshots, descriptions, charts, and so on. When you the software you want, with only one click, it will be installed on your computer and icons will be added to your desktop and to the Start Menu. Also, CNR notifies you when updates are available for the installed applications via the CNR.com website, which you can easily install with one click. CNR also offers dozens of commercial Linux software titles for sale, such as popular games, Sun's StarOffice, Win4Lin, CodeWeaver's Crossover Office, Parallels Workstation, TransGaming's Cedega, and many other commercial Linux products.

This is really a revolutionary moment for all computer users all around the world. I sure hope that it will bring many new users into the Linux world.

If you have Ubuntu 7.04 or Ubuntu 7.10 go right now at the CNR’s website, install the CNR client and grab your favorite applications with a single mouse click!

Check Out : CNR’s website

[ZeuZ]

Those mini-distros will never be as powerful as for example Debian is...

Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and others derivated from Debian share the power of the DEB and repositories, but that only-fake-root system (and actually if you log as root it's because of an error and will serve not much) doesn't call my attention at all...