30/05/2007Linux Mint 3.0 "Cassandra"
This is Linux Mint 3.0, codename Cassandra, based on Bianca and compatible with Ubuntu Feisty and its repositories.
Important New Features
- The brand new "mintInstall" and the "Linux Mint Software Portal": https://www.linuxmint-forum.de/software
- Gnome 2.18 (speed improvements)
- Kernel 2.6.20 (better hardware support)
- Ubuntu Feisty innovations (restricted-manager, desktop-effects, windows migration assistant, avahi)
- OpenOffice 2.2 (complete suite)
- Thunderbird replaces Evolution as the default email reader
- Pidgin replaces Gaim as the default messenger
- Sunbird is now installed by default
- The Gimp is installed by default
- Gnome-control-center replaces mintConfig as the default control center application
- Both mintDisk (for internal drives) and NTFS-Config (for external drives) are present for NTFS support
- Support for Gnome Templates in mintDesktop
- mintInstall replaces gnome-app-install and the upcoming Click'n Run
- Drag & Drop support in mintMenu with many other improvements
- Sun Java 6 replaces Sun Java 5
- Compiz, Beryl and Emerald installed by default
- New artwork
What Makes Cassandra 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)
- Desktop features, Control Center, mintMenu
- 3D Effects (Compiz and Beryl on top of AIGLX)
- Great configuration tools
- Great selection of default applications (OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, Gimp, Pidgin, XChat, Amarok..)
- Solid package base (Google Earth, Picasa, Skype... compatibility with all Ubuntu Feisty repositories and most Debian packages)
- Solid code base (Debian distribution built on top of Ubuntu Edgy. Inherits all innovations put into Bianca and default configurations from Bea)