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Linux Mint: Ubuntu plus stuff you probably want

By J.A. Watson

“Although it is based on Ubuntu (currently using 8.10, of
course), Linux Mint has its own desktop theme, menu system, package
manager, update manager and lots more. If you didn’t know going in
that it was based on Ubuntu, even an experienced Linux user might
not notice it.

“One of the objectives of Linux Mint is to include a variety of
proprietary and non-open source packages which are not included in
the Ubuntu base distribution. I noticed this right away, as several
of the packages which I normally have to download and install
myself on Ubuntu were already there, such as Sun Java 6, Adobe
Flash, Thunderbird and Citrix Receiver (even the latest, version
11!).”


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