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Today, the Linux Mint released a new version of the Debian-based distro 'LMDE'. It has the 'Cindy' code name. Its beta version is now available for download. LMDE aims to be as similar as possible to Linux Mint, but without using Ubuntu.
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Cinnamon is Linux Mint's flagship desktop environment. Started as a Gnome 3 fork, now it is fully independent. A new announcement was published on Linux Mint's website, featuring performance improvements for the upcoming Cinnamon version to prevent screen tearing from happening. It will be shipped with the next version of Linux Mint.
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Linux Mint is well known for having gorgeous wallpapers shipped with every version of the distro. Linux Mint 19 is not an exception. It also comes with a set of beautiful desktop backgrounds. But it omits some of the background images which were shipped with Linux Mint previously. Here is how to get them.
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The final version of the popular Linux Mint distro "Tara" is out yesterday. Tara is version 19 of the OS, which is now available in three versions: a Cinnamon edition, an XFCE variant, and a MATE edition.
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Today, Linux Mint 19 beta ISO images were released to the public. The user can download Cinnamon, MATE, and XFCE editions to try out Mint 19 "Tara". Let's see what it offers to the end user.
The Linux Mint team today published their regular announcements related to the development progress of their latest distro and apps. The most notable changes of this month were made to the Xreader app, which is the default PDF reader of Linux Mint. Also, Cinnamon got the ability to set the maximum audio output volume.
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These days, everyone knows about the Meltdown and Spectre flaws which affect all the modern CPUs, including all Intel CPUs from the past decade, and certain ARM64 and AMD CPUs in case of Spectre. The team behind the Linux Mint project is warning users and giving useful recommendations on how to secure your Linux Mint machine.
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The team behind the Linux Mint operating system has released an updated version of their installation guide. The document describes some important topics related to the distro and comes with a number of tips for smooth migration from other OSes.
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As you may already know, yesterday Linux Mint 18.2 left the beta stage and became available for everyone. It is now possible to upgrade all Linux Mint editions to version 18.2.
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In this article, we will see how to change the color of individual folders in Linux Mint. This will allow you to colorize a folder icon without changing the whole icon theme. Let's see how it can be done.
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