Linux Mint 是一个基于Ubuntu的发行版.他继承了Ubuntu 的众多优点,同时也在Ubuntu的基础上加入很多自己优秀的特性.其目标是提供一种更开箱即刻可用的用户体验,免去用户要安装系统后还要自己安装一系列满足基本使用需求的软件.

它包括提供浏览器插件、多媒体编解码器、对DVD播放的支持、Java和其他组件.它与Ubuntu 软件仓库完全兼容.可以毫不夸张地说 Linux Mint 在某些方面的用户体验比Ubuntu 还要优秀.

安装步骤：

1.下载ISO文件
2.下载完成后验证MD5
3.刻录成低速光盘准备安装

Introduction to Linux Mint 7:

The 7th release of Linux Mint comes with numerous bug fixes and a lot of improvements. In particular the menu system, the application manager and the upload manager now provide new features such as “Suggestions”, “Featured applications”, “SCP and SFTP support”. The underlying base of the operating system was also strengthened with a new adjustment mechanism which makes Linux Mint more robust and less vulnerable to Ubuntu package upgrades, and the introduction of virtual and meta packages which simplify upgrade paths and the installation of multiple desktop environments.

For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 7, please read What’s new in Gloria.

Introduction to the Universal Edition:

The Universal Edition is a customized version of the Main Edition with the following differences:

• It comes as a liveDVD instead of a liveCD
• It comes with built-in support for English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese/Br, Portuguese/Pt, Arabic, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Galician, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Norwegian, Japanese, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovenian, Catalan, Greek, Czech, Slovak, Marathi, Norwegian [nynorsk], Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Hindi, Finnish, Hebrew, Serbian, Belarussian and with partial support for Basque and Bosnian.
• It comes with no codecs, no support for restricted formats and no proprietary components.
• It features an extra item in the Sound & Video menu which launches the installation of all missing codecs via a built-in .mint file
• It uses a text-based version of Grub instead of the graphical grub-gfxboot which comes with the Main Edition.

The purpose of the Universal Edition is to bring a localized live system to non-English speaking users of Linux Mint and to facilitate the distribution of Linux Mint in countries where software patents are enforceable.

System requirements:

A minimum of 512MB of RAM is recommended. Once installed the system works fine with as low as 256MB RAM. The installation process deals with 2.5GB of data compressed on a 700MB CD and it 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.

Important information and known issues:

For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.

The root password is now set as the same as the one chosen during the installation. A blog post will follow to explain why and how this was implemented.

If you’re using Mint tools in other distributions, make sure to turn off the adjustment system by editing /etc/linuxmint/mintSystem.conf.

Upgrade instructions:

To upgrade to Linux Mint 7 from Linux Mint 7 RC1, launch mintUpdate, enable the “dist-upgrade” option in the preferences window and refresh the list of upgrades. Make sure to apply all level 1 and level 2 upgrades. Among level 3 upgrades make sure to select gtk2-engines-aurora, gufw, smplayer, and nautilus-sendto.

An upgrade path for Linux Mint 6 “Felicia” users will be published in a few days.

Enjoy!

Have a lot of fun with “Gloria” and let us know what you think. Reviews will be answered and your feedback will be used to improve the distribution before the next release. We hope you enjoy this release as much as we enjoyed making it and we wish you a very nice experience with Linux Mint.

Europe:

• http://mirrors.cytanet.com.cy/linux/mint/stable/7/ (Cyprus)
• http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/linuxmint/stable/7/ (Denmark)
• http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/linuxmint/stable/7/ (Greece)
• http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/7/ (Ireland)
• http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/linuxmint/stable/7/ (Portugal)
• http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/linuxmint.com/stable/7/ (UK)

Northern America:

• http://mirror.amarillolinux.com/linuxmint/stable/7/ (USA)
• http://mint.ez.by/linuxmint.com/stable/7/ (USA)
• http://linuxmint.sourcemirrors.org/stable/7/ (USA)

Rest of the World:

• http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint/stable/7/ (Australia)

官方下载：Linux Mint 7 Main Edition 种子
官方下载：Linux Mint 7 Main Edition ISO (697MB)
MD5Sum: 64e2a290fb51f8e7a9d058355fe93d0e
官方下载：Linux Mint 7 Universal Edition 种子
官方下载：Linux Mint 7 Universal Edition ISO (1.3GB)
MD5Sum: f50fe4665952c5abd887f403c6409963
访问官网：http://www.linuxmint.com/