
The first beta of Linux
Mint 2.1 has been released: "This release is based on [Linux Mint 2.0] Barbara. It is the first release candidate for Linux Mint 2.1 'Bea' which will be released on the 20/12/2006. Bea comes with improved artwork and better branding. The Ubuntu branding was removed and replaced with artwork made for Linux Mint. We received a lot of suggestions from the community and we decided to include the following new software in Bea: Beagle, which makes it easy to find stuff from the desktop; NetworkManager, which manages your wired and wireless connections, OpenOffice.org Impress, thanks to which you can now see Impress and PowerPoint presentations...." Read the release notes for further details. Download: LinuxMint-2.1-BETA-023.iso (686MB, MD5).