Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" is out now. Installation Guide [With Screenshots] | Linux Today

Linux Mint 17.2 “Rafaela” is out now. Installation Guide [With Screenshots]

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 30, 2015

Couple of weeks ago, Linux Mint 17.2 RC was released and we wrote a detailed installation guide , today Linux Mint 17.2 stable version is out now. It is based on Ubuntu 14.05 packages. It has been released in two flavors, with Cinnamon and Mate desktop environments. Cinnamon desktop offers some good performance improvements in this new release. Lets see how we can install newly released Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon edition.

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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