Linux Mint 12

Linux Mint 12

Article from Issue 138/2012

This month's CD comes with the Linux Mint 12 "Lisa" LXDE edition.

Mint 12 "Lisa" is based on Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" and is thus compatible with the Ubuntu repositories.

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