Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Xfce released! | Linux Today

Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Xfce released!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 3, 2010

“The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8
“Helena” Xfce Community Edition.

“Introduction to Linux Mint 8 Xfce:

“Based on Xubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, Linux 2.6.31, Xfce 4.6.1
and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 8 “Helena” Xfce CE features a
lot of improvements and the latest software from the Open Source
World.

“Featured improvements in this release: OEM installation,
possibility to ignore updates, configurable menu places, multiple
selection in the Software Manager, new system tray File Uploader
with support for drag and drop and mutiple files uploads.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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