Mint Gloria

Here's a short review on the latest Linux Mint release: Hands on with Mint 7.

Linux Mint 7, codenamed "Gloria," looks nice, but I've decided to stay with "Elyssa," the LTS version that came out awhile ago. It's running fine, and will be supported for a few more years, so I'm in no hurry to keep up with the latest Mint releases.

Mint's one of the nicest distros out there, and highly recommended for new Linux users as well as veterans. It is, of course, based on Ubuntu, and quite similar to it, at least under the hood. But it's ease-of-installation factor seems closer to something like Mepis or PCLinuxOS.