The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 12 “Lisa”.

Linux Mint 12 “Lisa”

New features at a glance:

• Gnome 3 and MGSE
• MATE
• Artwork improvements
• Search engines

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 12“.

Important info and release notes:

The Release Notes are an important source of information. Here are some of the topics they cover:

• Tips and Tricks
  • Information about DuckDuckGo
  • Switch to a single top panel
  • Switch to a black panel, menu and window list
  • Quickly preview files without opening them
  • Restart Gnome Shell when needed
  • Debug Gnome Shell (for developers or to troubleshoot)
  • Run Gnome Shell in Virtualbox (for testers and reviewers)
  • Install MATE from the CD edition
  • Workaround for a disappearing MATE panel
  • Workaround for 100% CPU usage in MATE
• MATE
• mint4win
• Moonlight
• Upstream issues

System requirements:

• x86 processor (Linux Mint 64-bit requires a 64-bit processor. Linux Mint 32-bit works on both 32-bit and 64-bit processors).
• 512 MB RAM (1GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
• 5 GB of disk space
• Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
• CD/DVD drive or USB port

Upgrade instructions:

• To upgrade from a previous version of Linux Mint follow these instructions.
• To upgrade from Linux Mint 12 RC, simply apply any level 1 and 2 updates (if any), as well as level 3 “mate” and “caja” updates available in the Update Manager.

Download:

Md5 sums:

• DVD 32-bit: ee3d6e2ca498bc7685b7f17cdb5f2eea
• DVD 64-bit: 548f0ac303fea840ef138e5669880a74
• CD no codecs 32-bit: 40562d26447207cb5111f94b93957a58
• CD no codecs 64-bit: 641e0ab8f746b82c36fc3f0bbca70dc7

Torrents:

• DVD 32-bit
• DVD 64-bit
• CD no codecs 32-bit
• CD no codecs 64-bit

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit DVD ISO:

• Australia AARNet
• Australia Internode
• Australia Western Australian Internet Association
• Australia Yes Optus Mirror
• Austria Goodie Domain Service
• Belarus ByFly
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• China University of Science and Technology of China Linux User Group
• Czech Republic Silicon Hill
• Denmark klid.dk
• France Gwendal Le Bihan
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Ireland HEAnet
• Japan JAIST
• Japan Yamagata University
• Latvia University of Latvia
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Poland Polish Telecom
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Romania Apollo Hardware Consulting
• Romania ServerHost
• Russia Yandex Team
• South Africa Internet Solutions
• South Africa Web Africa
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Turkey Linux Kullanicilari Dernegi
• USA mirrorcatalogs.com
• USA University of Maryland, College Park
• USA Yellow Fiber Networks

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit DVD ISO:

• Australia AARNet
• Australia Internode
• Australia Western Australian Internet Association
• Australia Yes Optus Mirror
• Austria Goodie Domain Service
• Belarus ByFly
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• China University of Science and Technology of China Linux User Group
• Czech Republic Silicon Hill
• Denmark klid.dk
• France Gwendal Le Bihan
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Ireland HEAnet
• Japan JAIST
• Japan Yamagata University
• Latvia University of Latvia
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Poland Polish Telecom
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Romania Apollo Hardware Consulting
• Romania ServerHost
• Russia Yandex Team
• South Africa Internet Solutions
• South Africa Web Africa
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Turkey Linux Kullanicilari Dernegi
• USA mirrorcatalogs.com
• USA University of Maryland, College Park
• USA Yellow Fiber Networks

HTTP Mirrors for the 32-bit CD No codecs ISO:

• Australia AARNet
• Australia Internode
• Australia Western Australian Internet Association
• Australia Yes Optus Mirror
• Austria Goodie Domain Service
• Belarus ByFly
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• China University of Science and Technology of China Linux User Group
• Czech Republic Silicon Hill
• Denmark klid.dk
• France Gwendal Le Bihan
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Ireland HEAnet
• Japan JAIST
• Japan Yamagata University
• Latvia University of Latvia
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Poland Polish Telecom
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Romania Apollo Hardware Consulting
• Romania ServerHost
• Russia Yandex Team
• South Africa Internet Solutions
• South Africa Web Africa
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Turkey Linux Kullanicilari Dernegi
• USA mirrorcatalogs.com
• USA University of Maryland, College Park
• USA Yellow Fiber Networks

HTTP Mirrors for the 64-bit CD No codecs ISO:

• Australia AARNet
• Australia Internode
• Australia Western Australian Internet Association
• Australia Yes Optus Mirror
• Austria Goodie Domain Service
• Belarus ByFly
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Parana
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• China University of Science and Technology of China Linux User Group
• Czech Republic Silicon Hill
• Denmark klid.dk
• France Gwendal Le Bihan
• Germany Copahost
• Germany GWDG
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Ireland HEAnet
• Japan JAIST
• Japan Yamagata University
• Latvia University of Latvia
• Lithuania Atviras kodas Lietuvai
• Netherlands Tuxis Internet Engineering
• Poland Polish Telecom
• Portugal CeSIUM – Universidade do Minho
• Romania Apollo Hardware Consulting
• Romania ServerHost
• Russia Yandex Team
• South Africa Internet Solutions
• South Africa Web Africa
• Sweden DF – Computer Society at Lund University
• Sweden Portlane
• Switzerland SWITCH
• Turkey Linux Kullanicilari Dernegi
• USA mirrorcatalogs.com
• USA University of Maryland, College Park
• USA Yellow Fiber Networks

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun with this new release!

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