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Linux Top 5: Linux Mint 12 Revives ‘Classic’ GNOME Desktop

Written By
SMK
Sean Michael Kerner
Dec 1, 2011

“The week of Thanksgiving in the United States was a shorter
week for some, but that didn’t slow the progress of Linux. This
past week, Linux Mint 12 was officially released, providing those
that don’t want GNOME Shell or Ubuntu Unity with an alternative
take on a modern GNOME Linux desktop. As Mint freshened the Linux
desktop, developers continued to push forward on KDE and the Linux
kernel.


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Sean Michael Kerner

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