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Jul 8, 2021 21:58 EDT with 4 comments The Linux Mint team has announced the release of Linux Mint 20.2 ‘Uma’. Surprisingly, the upgrade path has also been opened up today. In the past, users normally had to wait a week or two before upgrades were allowed from older Mint versions but it looks like the team was confident enough to allow upgrades right away. We already gave a rundown of the features new to Linux Mint 20.2 in June when the beta was made available so ...

Linux Mint is an operating system based on Ubuntu. The distribution comes with some interesting tweaks that many users appreciate, making it a popular choice in the Linux community for both beginners and experts alike. It is stable, easy to use, and has a well-designed Update Manager that puts many other distros to shame. Linux Mint is a joy to use.

Forum discussion: I had always heard that when a Linux distro is run in LiveCD mode, it can make no changes on the PC, as it has no persistence. This has proven false, as whenever I run Linux Mint as a LiveCD, it always changes the PC clock. After every session I ha

There are so many great Linux-based desktop operating systems nowadays. Actually, there are arguably too many Linux distros, but I digress. For instance, if you are an experienced Linux user, you can opt for something like Debian or Fedora, while novices are probably better served by Ubuntu or Linux Lite.

essentielle, the wood and the fanless edition. The external shell is the main difference, allowing the small PC vendor to offer more than 20 types of computers with a unique array of material. The company prides itself so much about its boutique status that it sticks a label that translates into “Authentic product hand crafted, unique piece” on all its products. (Image credit: Future) The unit we received has a black finish and the outer metal shell is anthracite with a slightly grainy te...

An illegitimate website is serving up fake Afterburner software that could contain malware, MSI warns.

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Jack Wallen A new 14" Linux laptop has been released by the company that created the 11" Star Lite and can be purchased with your choice of Linux distribution. StarLabs is not just a research facility in the world of The Flash, it’s also a company that sells Linux laptops. Up until now, StarLabs only had one device for sale, the 11" Star Lite Mk III, which offered an 11.6" screen, 1.1GHz quad-core Intell Pentium N5000 CPU, a 240GB SSD drive, 8GB of LPDDR4 onboard memory, and up to...

Star Labs StarBook Mk V laptop for sale with Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Manjaro, and more Back in the day, getting a laptop with Linux pre-installed was almost unheard of. For the most part, you had to buy a computer with Windows and then install Linux yourself. This wasnt bad necessarily, but it did mean that the price of the computer usually included a Windows license you maybe didnt want. In other words, Microsoft was profiting off of Linux users -- just because the consumer bought a Windows PC. In...

Linux Mint 18.x Hits End Of Life, Users Should Upgrade Now May 2, 2021 Clement Lefebvre, head of the Linux Mint project, announced in the monthly newsletter (April 2021) that the Linux Mint 18.x series has reached EOL (End of Life). Announced in June 2016, Linux Mint 18.x series follows the pattern set by the 17.x series, by using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as a base. After 5 good years of service, Linux Mint 18, 18.1, 18.2, and 18.3 has now reached EOL this month and will no be longer supported with sec...