POSTed (Post install Edition) - Linux Mint 8 is a Special "Ready for Action" version of Linux mint 8 that includes all system and application updates as of May 10, 2010 and the majority of the post-setup installations most people perform after installing Xubuntu on their computer. Because this edition contains software with licensing restrictions, you must read each and every license under the Licensing tab and agree to their terms using the "License Agreements:" drop down selection at the bottom of this listing or else your order can not be processed. Delivered media will contain a "License" directory also containing all license agreements. Discs will also contain printing on the label stating that ownership of the disc may not be transferred, nor the included software installed on computers not belonging to you unless the recipient reads and agrees to abide by the license agreements contained in the "License" directory.

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Linux Mint's purpose is to produce an elegant, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution.

Some of the reasons for the success of Linux Mint are:

• It's one of the most community driven distributions. You could literally post an idea in the forums today and see it implemented the week after in the "current" release. Of course this has pros and cons and compared to distributions with roadmaps, feature boards and fixed release cycles we miss a lot of structure and potentially a lot of quality, but it allows us to react quickly, implement more innovations and make the whole experience for us and for the users extremely exciting.
• It is a Debian-based distribution and as such it is very solid and it comes with one of the greatest package managers.
• It is compatible with and uses Ubuntu repositories. This gives Linux Mint users access to a huge collection of packages and software.
• It comes with a lot of desktop improvements which make it easier for the user to do common things.
• There is a strong focus on making things work out of the box (WiFi cards drivers in the file system, multimedia support, screen resolution, etc).

This edition includes the following updates:

• All application and system updates applied as of May 10, 2010.
• The latest OpenOffice.org version available for the distribution.
  
• Sun Java Runtime and web browser Plugin.
• Macromedia Flash player.
  
• TrueCrypt (and easy crypt in Ubuntu versions).
  
• Skype - PC to PC, PC to phone, and phone to PC voice and video communication software.
  
• VLC Media Player - a popular music and video player that is not dependent upon any specific desktop environment.
  
• Support for playing encrypted DVDs, using the libdvdcss2.
• Multimedia Codecs (as supplied by the distribution). Example, in Ubuntu included is Ubuntu Restricted Extras from the Ubuntu repository.
• The latest Mozilla Firefox Browser version available for the distribution.
• The latest Thunderbird Email client available for the distribution with Lightniong calendar application.
• Google Chrome Browser - a fast/light alternative browser that integrates well with the various google services.

From this page you may obtain either the 32 or 64 bit Live Installable DVD. If you are unsure get the 32 bit version which will work on both 32 bit and 64 bit PCs. Although a 64 bit operating system can provide better performance under most circumstances, unless being used for heavy graphics editing or in a heavily used production server, there is generally little if any perceivable performance difference. In instances where Windows drivers may be required via ndiswrapper, 64 bit driver s may be unavailable.

A minimum of 512MB of RAM is recommended. Once installed the system works fine with as low as 256MB RAM. Installations 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.

 

Wiki, Forum, Professional Support.

You will need to read the (1) Adobe Flash Player license agreement (in the link below), the (2) Sun Java 6 Runtime license agreement below, and the (3) End User Agreement at the bottom of this page.  Your order will not be processed unless you affirm your acceptance of these license agreements below.

 

(1) Adobe Flash Player 10
The Adobe Flash Player 10 License Is available here (open in any PDF reader)

 

(2) Sun Java 6 Runtime
The Sun Java Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 contains the Java virtual machine, runtime class libraries, and Java application launcher that are necessary to run programs written in the Java progamming language.

Operating System Distributor License for Java version 1.1 (DLJ)

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1.  DEFINITIONS. "Software" means the code identified above in binary
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    makes available to you hereunder.  "Operating System" means any
    version of the Linux or OpenSolaris operating systems that manages
    the hardware resources of a general purpose desktop or server
    computer and shares these resources with various software programs
    that run on top of it. "Programs" means Java technology applets and
    applications intended to run on the Java Platform Standard Edition
    (Java SE platform) platform on Java-enabled general purpose desktop
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    Software is furnished (if any) will be free of defects in
    materials and workmanship under normal use.  Except for the
    foregoing, Software is provided "AS IS".  Your exclusive remedy
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For inquiries please contact: Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A.

DLJ v1.1                                                  27APR2006ANS

 

 

(3.) End User Agreement:
By agreeing to the above Licenses, and purchase of this software you acknowledge the fact that you understand that ownership of the delivered software may not be transferred, nor the included software installed on computers not belonging to you unless the recipient reads and agrees to abide by this End User Agreement and all License Agreements listed above, which are also contained in the "License" directory on the media.

You understand All Software and technical data delivered under this Agreement are subject to US export control laws and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries. You acknowledge that you have the responsibility to obtain such licenses to export, re-export, or import as may be required after delivery to you.

You acknowledge the inclusion of the following "questionable" software where legalities of usage or distribution may be unresolved:

Ubuntu restricted extras & Modifications:
This package depends on some commonly used packages in the Ubuntu multiverse repository.

Ubuntu Restricted Extras (Wikipedia page) contains support for MP3 playback and decoding, support for various other audio formats (GStreamer plugins), Microsoft fonts, Java runtime environment, Flash plugin, LAME (to create compressed audio files), and DVD playback. Please note that this does not install libdvdcss2, and will not let you play encrypted DVDs. For more information, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs. Please also note that packages from multiverse are restricted by copyright or legal issues in some countries. See http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/licensing for more information. -

Modifications:

• The included Flash plugin was replaced by the newer Adobe Flash Player 10.
• libdvdcss2 has been included (using the install-css.sh script from the libdvdread package provided by Ubunut) to allow playback of encrypted DVDs. libdvdcss should not be confused with DeCSS. Unlike DeCSS which uses a cracked DVD player key to perform authentication, libdvdcss has never been legally challenged. More information is available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss