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The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Linux Mint 7 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 9.04 that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype, Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux newbies.

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By: Relst

Great tutorial for a great distro. You say to everyone that they should replace falko with their own username, but in commands you can also use ~ instead of /home/falko. Maybe good for the next tutorial.

By: James Watt

I don't get the point. Why do people keep promoting KompoZer all the time only. There was no big/public update for the tool since ages (though interested might have a look at http://kazhack.org/?post/2009/05/04/KompoZer-0.8a3 which the latest one can have). I admit the tool is good but the are alternatives which are in some respect better. Have a look at Amaya ( http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ ). It comes with the same benefits as KompoZer does (open source, cross platform, support for CSS, web standards, …) but it is frequently updated and has a SVG editor. At least worth a look in my humble opinion.

By: savedin94

screensaver plays then monitor goes to sleep, is there a way to turn off the sleep mode using linux mint 7?

By: Cat Tilley

Gloria or Mint 7 was my first Linux MInt experience, and the tradition continues 6.5 years later with version 17.1, today my main OS. Linux Mint has gained many first time Linux users from all over the planet.