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* News about Mint

Intrepid has been released and work has started to produce Mint 6 Felicia

We will use another approach than earlier and make the production more scripted  which will make the editions a bit more like each other

Some of the news in Felicia have been presented earlier in the blog. This includes the new features in Intrepid and a bunch of Mint specific news

- MintUpdate 3 (see blog for list of improvements)
- MintInstall 5 (see blog..)
- MintUpload 2 (FTP support)
- MintNanny  (see blog..)
- command line improvements (especially the new search command added to mintSystem)
- an upgrade tool (which will be released AFTER Mint 6)
- easy file-sharing within same network via integrated Giver
- upstream: multi-tabs in Nautilus and multiple Gnome 2.24 improvements
And more....

* News about Linux
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It finally happened: Ubuntu 8.10 (aka “Intrepid Ibex”) has uprooted Kubuntu 8.04 from the Black Tower. Although I’ve been a staunch KDE advocate for many years, this exceptional new distribution — based on Linux 2.6.27, GNOME 2.24, and X.Org 7.4 — has unexpectedly converted me into a GNOME user.

Some key new features and enhancements in the Ubuntu 8.10 release include:

* 3G wireless support — Improvements to the distribution’s network manager simplify detecting and connecting to 3G networks via built-in 3G modems, external “dongles,” mobile phones, and Bluetooth connections, and supports a wide range of popular devices.

* Writing Ubuntu to (and running it from) USB drives — A simple application now enables users to write Ubuntu to a USB drive — even a modified version that includes their personal data — so it can be plugged into and used on any PC or laptop.

* Guest sessions — Using this feature, a desktop session can be “locked down” so that a guest can use the full system without interfering with resident programs or data.

* BBC content — The standard Ubuntu media players (Totem Movie Player and Rhythmbox) now provide a menu of free, continually-updated BBC content, including high quality video, radio, and podcasts, much of which is playable using non-proprietary codecs.

Read more at DeviceGuru