Linux Mint [SEP] based on
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Software remastering


as a base platform that acts as a distribution "template" that ensures interoperability between packages, and upon which one is encouraged to remaster any "all new" GNU/Linux OS distributions. Linux Mint has its own remastering tool called "mintConstructor" for creating distributions based on Linux Mint, and for creating ISO files. Also, the package manager uses .mint files. Linux Mint is based on the Ubuntu Linux distribution, but Ubuntu is based on the Debian distribution. Because Linux Mint also offers a Debian Edition, they
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Mint 1.0, code-named "Ada", based on Kubuntu. Following its release, Linux Mint 2.0 "Barbara" was the first version to use Ubuntu as its codebase. Linux Mint had few users from these early versions until the release of Linux Mint 3.0, "Cassandra". Linux Mint 2.0 was based on Ubuntu 6.10, using its package repositories and using it as a codebase. From there, Linux Mint followed its own codebase, building each release from its previous one, but continued to use the package
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Mint 16 "Petra" release because the size of the Live DVD images would have exceeded what the software could reliably handle. Installation supports a Logical Volume Manager (LVM) with automatic partitioning only, and disk encryption since Linux Mint 15. UTF-8, the default character encoding, supports a variety of non-Roman scripts. Linux Mint has multiple editions that are based on Ubuntu, with various desktop environments available. Linux Mint also has an edition based on Debian. As of Linux Mint 13, there are two main editions
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"Felicia", each release was now completely based on the latest Ubuntu release, built directly from it, and timed for approximately one month after the corresponding Ubuntu release, usually in May or November. In 2010, Linux Mint released Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE). Unlike the other Ubuntu-based editions (Ubuntu Mint), LMDE was originally a rolling release based directly on Debian and was not tied to Ubuntu packages or its release schedule. It was announced on May 27, 2015 that the Linux Mint team
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Linux Mint


Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that strives to be a "modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use." Linux Mint provides full out-of-the-box multimedia support by including some proprietary software and comes bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications. The project was created by Clément Lefèbvre and is being actively developed by the Linux Mint Team and community. Development of Linux Mint began in 2006 with a beta release of Linux
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Ars Technica" reviewer said should be obvious for new users. On January 3, 2018, the Linux Mint Team released news of Linux Mint 19 "Tara." The team has stated that the 19.x releases will be using GTK 3.22, and will be based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, which will be supported until 2023. On June 29, 2018 Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Cinnamon was released. As of December 18, 2018, the latest release is Linux Mint 19.1, "Tessa." Linux Mint 19.1 is
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. Cinnamon is a fork of GNOME Shell based on the innovations made in Mint Gnome Shell Extensions (MGSE). It has been released as an add-on for Linux Mint 12 and available as a default desktop environment since Linux Mint 13. Linux Mint can be booted and run from a USB flash drive on any PC capable of booting from a USB drive, with the option of saving settings to the flash drive. A USB creator program is available to install an Ubuntu (but not LMDE) Live Linux Mint on
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repositories from the latest Ubuntu release. This resulted in making the base between the two systems almost identical, guaranteeing full compatibility between the two distributions rather than having Mint become a fork. In 2008, Linux Mint adopted the same release cycle as Ubuntu and dropped its minor version number before releasing version 5 "Elyssa". The same year, in an effort to increase the compatibility between the two systems, Linux Mint decided to abandon its code-base and changed the way it built its releases. Starting with Linux Mint 6
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Linux Mint version history


November 2014 target. Linux Mint 17 LTS would be the first release of the 17.x series, and for two years applications would be backported to 17.x, with security updates until 2019. The latest release is Linux Mint 19.1 "Tessa", released on 19 December 2018. As an LTS release, it will be supported until 2023, and it is planned that future versions until 2020 will use the same package base, making upgrades easy. Linux Mint Debian Edition, not compatible with Ubuntu, is based on Debian and updates
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of Linux Mint developed by the core development team and using Ubuntu as a base. One includes Linux Mint's own Cinnamon as the desktop environment while the other uses MATE. Linux Mint also develops an additional version that features the Xfce desktop environment by default but has generally had secondary priority and is usually released somewhat later than the two main editions. Beginning with the release of Linux Mint 19, the KDE edition will be officially discontinued; however, the KDE 17.x and 18.x releases will continue to be supported until 2019 and 2021
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9 had three years of support, and all LTS versions following received five years of support. On May 31, 2014, with the release of Linux Mint 17, the Linux Mint team adopted a new release strategy. Starting with the release of Mint 17, all future versions were planned to use a LTS version of Ubuntu as a base, until 2016. Under this strategy, Mint 17.1 was released on November 29, 2014, Mint 17.2 was released on June 30, 2015, and Mint 17.3 was released on December
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Peppermint Linux OS


to facilitate this. "Peppermint"'s namesake is Linux Mint. The developers originally wanted to make use of configuration and utilities sourced from Linux Mint coupled with an environment that was less demanding on resources and more focused on web integration. They felt that the concept was a "spicier" version of Mint, so the name "Peppermint" was a natural fit. While Linux Mint is known for its Cinnamon desktop, Peppermint uses a default desktop that is based on LXDE that is significantly more lightweight. Peppermint has been consistently
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software, including VMware Workstation and VirtualBox, or KVM (Kernel based Virtual Machine, built into the Linux kernel) hypervisor using Virtual Machine Manager. Linux Mint is available with a number of desktop environments to choose from, including the default Cinnamon desktop, MATE, KDE, and Xfce. Other desktop environments can be installed via APT, Synaptic, or via the custom Mint Software Manager. Linux Mint actively develops software for its operating system. Most of the development is done in Python and the source code is available on GitHub
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to provide patches, implement additional features, and also fork Linux Mint sub-projects (for example the Linux Mint menu was ported to Fedora). With each release, features are added that are developed by the community. In Linux Mint 9, for instance, the ability to edit menu items is a feature that was contributed by a Linux Mint user. In May 2013, David Hayward of "TechRadar" praised Linux Mint for focusing on desktop users. In a 2012 online poll at Lifehacker, Linux Mint was voted
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would no longer support the original rolling release version of LMDE after January 1, 2016. LMDE 2 "Betsy", the current release of LMDE, is a long term support release based on Debian Jessie. When LMDE 2 was released it was announced that all LMDE users would be automatically upgraded to new versions of MintTools software and new Desktop Environments before they were released into the main edition of Linux Mint. On 20 February 2016, the Linux Mint website was breached by unknown hackers, who briefly replaced download links for a
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SolydXK


SolydXK is a Dutch Linux distribution based on Debian. It aims to be simple to use, providing an environment that is stable, secure, and ideal for small businesses, non-profit organizations and home users. SolydXK includes proprietary software such as Adobe Flash, Steam and optional closed-source drivers to provide initial multimedia usage and gaming on Linux. SolydXK originated in 2012 as an unofficial version of "Linux Mint Debian edition" (LMDE) using the KDE Plasma 4 workspaces. In November 2012, Linux Mint ceased maintaining
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the second best Linux distribution, after Ubuntu, with almost 16% of the votes. In October 2012 (Issue 162), Linux Format named Linux Mint the best distro for 2012. In July 2013 (Issue 128), Linux User & Developer gave Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" a score of 5/5, stating "We haven't found a single problem with the distro ... we're more than satisfied with the smooth, user-friendly experience that Linux Mint 15, and Cinnamon 1.8, provides for it to be
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4, 2015. The 17.x releases are intended to be an easy, optional upgrade. All three versions included upgrades to the Cinnamon and MATE Desktop Environments and various Mint tools. In addition, Mint 17.2 and 17.3 included an upgrade to the LibreOffice suite. The 18.x series follows the pattern set by the 17.x series, by using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as a base. Linux Mint does not communicate specific release dates as new versions are published "when ready", meaning that they can be released early when the distribution is ahead
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a long term support release which will be supported until 2023. Linux Mint primarily uses free and open-source software, making exceptions for some proprietary software, such as plug-ins and codecs that provide Adobe Flash, MP3, and DVD playback. Linux Mint's inclusion of proprietary software is unusual; many Linux distributions do not include proprietary software by default, as a common goal for some Linux distributions is to adhere to the model of free and open-source software. Linux Mint comes with a wide range of software
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in the United States, Japan, and countries where the legislation allows patents to apply to software and distribution of restricted technologies may require the acquisition of 3rd party licenses; however, this version was discontinued with release of v18 Sarah. Users now have the option whether or not to install multimedia codecs during the installation; additionally, multimedia codecs can also be installed via a link on the Mint Welcome Screen any time after the installation. The Linux Mint Debian Edition ("LMDE") uses Debian as the software source base rather
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our main distro for at least another 6 months." DistroWatch provides information and statistics of Linux distributions. Since 2012, DistroWatch's Page Hit Ranking listed Linux Mint as the most viewed profile page there. In December 2011, Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report showed 29 million hits on Wikimedia pages from computers running Ubuntu and 642,000 hits from those running Linux Mint. In June 2015, Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report showed 6.4 million hits for Linux Mint while the highest-placed Linux distribution, Ubuntu, had 1.2 billion hits. ZDNet, Ars
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MATE (software)


other applications from scratch. The forked applications have new names, most of them from Spanish. MATE applications include: MATE fully supports the GTK+ 3 application framework. The project is supported by Ubuntu MATE lead developer Martin Wimpress and by the Linux Mint development team: "We consider MATE yet another desktop, just like KDE, Gnome 3, Xfce etc… and based on the popularity of Gnome 2 in previous releases of Linux Mint, we are dedicated to support it and to help it improve. The most popular Linux desktop
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installed that includes LibreOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, HexChat, Pidgin, Transmission, VLC media player and GIMP. Additional software that is not installed by default can be downloaded using the package manager. Linux Mint allows networking ports to be closed using its firewall, with customized port selection available. The default Linux Mint desktop environments, Cinnamon and MATE, support many languages. Linux Mint can also run many programs designed for Microsoft Windows (such as Microsoft Office), using the Wine Windows compatibility layer software for Linux, or virtualization
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Linux distribution


A Linux distribution (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a software collection, which is based upon the Linux kernel and, often, a package management system. Linux users usually obtain their operating system by downloading one of the Linux distributions, which are available for a wide variety of systems ranging from embedded devices (for example, OpenWrt) and personal computers (for example, Linux Mint) to powerful supercomputers (for example, Rocks Cluster Distribution). A typical Linux distribution comprises a Linux kernel,
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version of Linux Mint with a modified version that contained malware. The hackers also breached the database of the website's user forum. After the attack Linux Mint was severely criticized as being a distribution that, unlike many others at the time, "just worked" and became popular with non-technical users, but at the expense of security, with some security updates to the underlying Ubuntu or Debian blacklisted from running due to compatibility issues. Every version of Linux Mint is given a version number and, until the 18.x series
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Blue Systems


as creator of Ubuntu/Kubuntu-based Linux distribution Netrunner whose first release was in March 2010. In February 2012, Clement Lefebvre of Ubuntu/Kubuntu-based Linux Mint announced that Blue Systems would become a sponsor to help Mint's KDE edition. After Canonical Ltd. stepped down as the main sponsor of Kubuntu in February 2012, Blue Systems stepped into that role in April 2012. In 2012, Blue Systems gained more attention by hiring at least nine KDE developers. Among the hired KDE developers are former Canonical employees Jonathan Riddell
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of the distribution. Linux Mint relies on user feedback to make decisions and orient its development. The official blog often features discussions where users are asked to voice their opinion about the latest features or decisions implemented for upcoming releases. Ideas can be submitted, commented upon and rated by users via the Linux Mint Community Website. The community of Linux Mint users use Launchpad to participate in the translation of the operating system and in reporting bugs. Most development is done in Python and organized online using GitHub, making it easy for developers
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Linux distribution


based or removable-media image intended to be used only for installation; such distributions include SUSE, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, MEPIS and Fedora. Some distributions, including Knoppix, Puppy Linux, Devil-Linux, SuperGamer, SliTaz GNU/Linux and , are designed primarily for live use. Additionally, some minimal distributions can be run directly from as little space as one floppy disk without the need to change the contents of the system's hard disk drive. The website DistroWatch lists many Linux distributions, and displays some of
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a USB drive. The Windows installer "Mint4Win" allows Linux Mint to be installed from within Microsoft Windows, much like the Wubi installer for Ubuntu. The operating system could then be removed, as with other Windows software, using the Windows Control Panel. This method requires no partitioning of the hard drive. It is only useful for Windows users, and is not meant for permanent installations because it incurs a slight performance loss. This installer was included on the Live DVD until Linux Mint 16, but removed in the Linux
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Linux Mint version history


Up to 2014 there had been two Linux Mint releases per year, about one month after the Ubuntu releases they were based on. Each release was given a new version number and a code name, using a female first name starting with the letter whose alphabetical index corresponds to the version number and ending with the letter "a" (e.g., "Elyssa" for version 5, "Felicia" for version 6). There is also an OEM version for ease of installation for hardware manufacturers. Releases are timed to be
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of schedule or late when critical bugs are found. New releases are announced, with much other material, on the Linux Mint blog. Reviews of Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" were somewhat mixed, with several that were quite favorable and others critical of several specific new problems, with multiple reviews complaining about the lack of multimedia/codec support by default. Multimedia codecs that had previously been included in the standard Mint distribution were no longer included in "Sarah", but could be loaded with a graphical application that one "
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DisplayLink


for Android 5.0 Lollipop, and later. Current generation of USB3 chips is supported by binary-only driver on Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution. The Linux kernel 3.4 also contains a basic DisplayLink driver. DisplayLink driver installer for Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distribution (Elementary OS, Mint, Kali, Deeping and et cetera) is available as part of displaylink-debian project. There was a DisplayLink-supported open source project called libdlo with the goal of bringing support to Linux and other platforms. There are also unofficial reverse-
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MiNT


CPU, with 4 MB RAM and a harddrive. It is highly recommended that an Atari computer with a 16 MHz 68030 CPU and 8 MB of RAM be used. MiNT can also run inside the emulators Hatari and STEem, and with networking on the 68040 virtual machine Aranym. FreeMiNT provides only a kernel, so several Linux distributions support MiNT, most notably the RPM Package Manager or RPM based "SpareMiNT" and the "Debian GNU/MiNT" porting effort. Although FreeMiNT can use the graphical user interface of the TOS
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, was code-named with a feminine first name ending in "a" and beginning with a letter of the alphabet that increased with every iteration. The 18.x series broke from the pattern with version 18 having the name "Sarah". Initially, there were two Linux Mint releases per year. Following the release of Linux Mint 5 in 2008, every fourth release was labeled a long-term support (LTS) version, indicating that it was supported (with updates) for longer than traditional releases. Versions 5 and
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Cinnamon (Desktop Environment)


13 and higher as one of the four possible choices of desktop environment, one other being MATE. It is also an optional user interface in Linux Mint Debian Edition Update Pack 4 respin. Outside Linux Mint, Cinnamon is available for Ubuntu via a PPA, Fedora (as a spin), openSUSE, Arch Linux, Gentoo Linux, Mageia, OpenMandriva, Debian, Pardus, Manjaro Linux, Antergos, Sabayon 8 and FreeBSD. Although still in the early stages of development, the reception of Cinnamon has been generally positive.
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longer, three years for v5 and v9, and five years thereafter. Linux Mint 17 "Qiana" LTS was released on 31 May 2014, remaining current until the end of November 2014 and supported until April 2019. In mid-2014 the successor to 17 Qiana was announced to be 17.1 Rebecca; the development team said that from a technical point of view Linux Mint was no longer tied to the Ubuntu schedule, so it could be released at any time, although the six-month cycle provided rhythm, leading to a late
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than Ubuntu. LMDE was originally based directly on Debian's Testing branch, but is designed to provide the same functionality and look and feel as the Ubuntu-based editions. LMDE has its own package repositories. LMDE claims certain advantages and disadvantages compared to "Mint Main" (i.e., the Ubuntu-based editions): The original LMDE (now often referred to as "LMDE 1") had a semi-rolling release development model, which periodically introduced "Update Packs" (tested snapshots of Debian Testing).
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JLIVECD


JLIVECD is an open source CLI (command line interface) based live CD/DVD customization tool for Debian, Arch Linux, Ubuntu family distributions and Linux Mint and some of their derivatives. The host system is not restricted to be the same as the live CD/DVD system (e.g Arch Linux live CD can be modified on a Ubuntu host, Ubuntu live CD can be modified on a Debian host etc.). This tool is released under GPL-2 and primarily intended for non-commercial use. It was developed with
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Installing an Update Pack allowed the user to keep LMDE 1 current, without having to reinstall the system every six months as with Mint Main. As of May 17, 2015, it has an upgrade path to LMDE 2. LMDE 2 (a.k.a. "Betsy") was released on 10 Apr 2015, becoming the current version of LMDE. LMDE 2 is based on Debian Stable, but receives automatic updates to the latest versions of MintTools and the installed desktop environment before they are released into the Mint Main edition. LMDE
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Cinnamon (Desktop Environment)


of distributions such as Mint and Ubuntu, which are addressed to users who want interfaces that they would immediately be comfortable with. To overcome these differences, the Linux Mint team initially set out to develop extensions for the GNOME Shell to replace the abandoned features. The results of this effort were the "Mint GNOME Shell Extensions" (MGSE). Meanwhile, the MATE desktop environment had also been forked from GNOME 2. Linux Mint 12, released in November 2011, subsequently included both, thereby giving users a choice of either
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Solus (operating system)


" but to "build" software, distinguishing it from less beginner-friendly practices on other Linux-based operating systems. In July 2015, Solus announced to integrate Clear Linux patches to deprecate insecure SSL ciphers, responding to a community post on Google+ by Arjan van de Ven. In response to security issues experienced by the Linux Mint project in late February 2016, Solus introduced improvements by providing a global Solus GPG key on its download section. Joshua Strobl, Communications Manager at Solus, announced the separation of official and community
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GNOME


the traditional GNOME 2 interface, whilst keeping compatibility with modern Linux technology, such as GTK 3. The Linux Mint team addressed the issue in another way by developing the "Mint GNOME Shell Extensions" that ran on top of GNOME Shell and allowed it to be used via the traditional desktop metaphor. This eventually led to the creation of the Cinnamon user interface, which was forked from the GNOME 3 codebase. Among those critical of the early releases of GNOME 3 is Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel. Torvalds
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that it would suit the Linux Mint design goals, the Mint developers forked several GNOME 3 components to build an independent desktop environment. Separation from GNOME was completed in Cinnamon 2.0, which was released in October 2013. Applets and desklets are no longer compatible with GNOME 3. As the distinguishing factor of Linux Mint, Cinnamon has generally received favorable coverage by the press, in particular for its ease-of-use and gentle learning curve. With respect to its conservative design model, Cinnamon is similar to the Xfce and GNOME
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Remastersys


remastersys is a free and open-source program for Debian, Ubuntu-based, Linux Mint or derivative software systems that can: As of April 28, 2013, the originator's direct development has ceased.br After this project development ceased by the originator - Fragadelic, a group of developers who are members of Copper Linux User Group in Arizona, began Respin. This development (project "fork") was in transition to new supporters. The original code was received by the originator and the team members discussed the fork with him
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Metalink


MMORPG uses Metalinks for downloads and so does SageMath, the open-source mathematical software. The software hosting and collaboration platform Origo generates Metalinks for all hosted releases. The following Linux distributions use Metalink for ISO image distribution: Adios, Bayanihan Linux, BeleniX, Berry Linux, BLAG Linux and GNU, Bluewhite64 Linux, Damn Small Linux, Fedora, GoboLinux, Granular Linux, KateOS, Linux Mint, openSUSE, Pardus Linux, PCLinuxOS, PuppyLinux, Sabayon Linux, StartCom Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux, Ubuntu. The following FreeBSD
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Unix


rest of the GNU toolchain), the GNU C library and the GNU core utilities – have gone on to play central roles in other free Unix systems as well. Linux distributions, consisting of the Linux kernel and large collections of compatible software have become popular both with individual users and in business. Popular distributions include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, SUSE Linux Enterprise, openSUSE, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Mandriva Linux, Slackware Linux, Arch Linux and Gentoo. A free derivative of BSD Unix
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Ext2


, in MiNT, and as third-party Microsoft Windows and macOS drivers. ext2 was the default filesystem in several Linux distributions, including Debian and Red Hat Linux, until supplanted more recently by ext3, which is almost completely compatible with ext2 and is a journaling file system. ext2 is still the filesystem of choice for flash-based storage media (such as SD cards and USB flash drives) because its lack of a journal increases performance and minimizes the number of writes, and flash devices have a limited number of write
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Commodore OS


Commodore OS (full name: Commodore OS Vision) was a free-to-download Linux distribution developed by Commodore USA and intended for Commodore PCs. The distribution was based on Linux Mint, available only for x86-64 architectures, and used the GNOME 2 desktop environment. The first public beta version was released on 11 November 2011. It has been continually updated through Commodore OS Vision 0.8 Beta and never came out of beta phase. 1.0 did come out of Beta and was released on DistroWatch.com. This operating system is
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ClamTk


interface, although the main reason that command line access exists is for interface with the various file managers. ClamTk has been included in the repositories of many Linux distributions, including ALT Linux, Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Linux Mint, Mandriva, openSUSE, PCLinuxOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, as well as FreeBSD. Most users install ClamTk from the repositories of the Linux distribution that they are using, but the application's website also provides downloads for the latest release versions, in the
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Linux Libertine


Linux Biolinum typefaces are used by the open-source design publication "Libre Graphics Magazine". Németh László created a variant of fonts with additional Graphite font tables: Linux Libertine G and Linux Biolinum G. Both these fonts are bundled with LibreOffice as of the suite's 3.3 release, with some features added in the 3.5 release. LibreOffice is the default office suite in many Linux distributions, such as Fedora, Linux Mint, openSUSE and Ubuntu. Khaled Hosny forked Linux Libertine to create the Libertinus Serif font, which added multiple enhancements
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Commodore USA


USA has released a beta version of Commodore OS, a Linux Mint-based operating system to be used throughout its product range. It is a media center operating system, bundled with a variety of free open source software. The full version of this beta operating system is available only systems purchased from Commodore USA. It does support emulation of some of the previous Commodore operating systems. Commodore USA consistently focused on bundling an alternate operating system, preferring Linux. It previously claimed that their machines support every operating system available from Ubuntu
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Xfce


Xfburn is also able to burn Blu-ray discs. Xfce is included as one of the graphical user interfaces on the Pandora handheld gaming system. It is the default desktop environment in the following Linux distributions: It is also included as a standard desktop option on FreeBSD and in many other Linux distributions not listed above, including Antergos, Arch Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, Kali, Korora, Linux Mint, Slackware, Mageia, OpenMandriva and Void Linux. Kali Linux also uses Xfce as the desktop environment
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run dialog. Applets are icons or texts that appear on the panel. Five applets are shipped by default, and developers are free to create their own. A tutorial for creating simple applets is available. Extensions can modify the functionalities of Cinnamon, such as providing a dock or altering the look of the  window switcher. Developers can upload their themes, applets and extension to Cinnamon's web page and let users download and rate. Cinnamon is available in the Linux Mint 12 repositories, and is included in all Linux Mint versions
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Kodi (software)


sold in both as complete ready-to-use computer and as barebone computers (without memory and hard drive). Zotac Zbox ID33, ID34, ID81, ID80 and AD04 are all specifically marketed towards the HTPC market, with some coming with slot-loading Blu-ray Disc optical disc drive, and some with a remote control. The mintBox by the Linux Mint team is an OEM version of the Israeli company CompuLab's fit-PC, which comes pre-installed with Linux Mint open source operating-system and
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Snappy (package manager)


snaps to create command line tools and background services as well as desktop applications. With snap application, upgrades via atomic operation or by deltas are possible. In June 2016, snapd was ported to a wide range of Linux distributions to enable snaps to be used across any Linux distribution, not just the all-snap Ubuntu Core. snapd is also available or in progress for Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Solus, Manjaro Linux, Linux Mint, OpenEmbedded, Raspbian, OpenWrt and openSUSE. Each distribution is able
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Heartbleed


, GOG.com, Origin, Sony Online Entertainment, Humble Bundle, and "Path of Exile" were affected and subsequently fixed. Vulnerable software applications include: Several other Oracle Corporation applications were affected. Several GNU/Linux distributions were affected, including Debian (and derivatives such as Linux Mint and Ubuntu) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (and derivatives such as CentOS, Oracle Linux 6 and Amazon Linux), as well as the following operating systems and firmware implementations: Several services have been made available to test whether Heartbleed affects a
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Physical Address Extension


A PAE-enabled Linux kernel requires that the CPU also support PAE. The Linux kernel supports PAE as a build option and major distributions provide a PAE kernel either as the default or as an option. The NX bit feature requires a kernel built with PAE support. Linux distributions now commonly use a PAE-enabled kernel as the default, a trend that began in 2009. many, including Ubuntu (and derivatives like Xubuntu and Linux Mint), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, and CentOS, have stopped distributing non-
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PulseAudio


"PulseAudio streaming API", and plans have been made for libSydney to eventually become the only audio API used in PulseAudio. The main PulseAudio features include: PulseAudio first appeared for regular users in Fedora Linux, starting with version 8, then was adopted by major Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Mageia, Mandriva Linux, Linux Mint, openSUSE, and OpenWrt. There is support for PulseAudio in the GNOME project, and also in KDE, as it is integrated into Plasma Workspaces, adding support to Phonon (the
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SquashFS


Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo Linux, Linux Mint, Salix, Ubuntu and on embedded distributions such as the OpenWrt and DD-WRT router firmware. It is also used in Chromecast and for the system partitions of Android Nougat. It is often combined with a union mount filesystem, such as UnionFS, OverlayFS, or aufs, to provide a read-write environment for live Linux distributions. This takes advantage of both Squashfs's high-speed compression abilities and the ability to alter the distribution while running it from
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Mm tree


-mm tree was overloaded with new patches, so testing it became overly difficult. On Sep 17 2007, Andrew Morton sent a mail saying that "this just isn't working any more". The presence of the new linux-next git repository has offloaded much of the work that made mm maintenance so difficult, allowing Andrew Morton to continue to use Quilt to manage his series of "mmotm" (mm of the moment) patches. Andrew Morton includes a subset of the mmotm patches in linux-next, which has
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Linux Mint version history


approximately one month after Ubuntu releases (which in turn are about one month after Gnome releases and two months after X Window System releases). Consequently, every Linux Mint release comes with an updated version of both GNOME and X and features some of the improvements brought in the latest Ubuntu release. Support for most releases is discontinued two months after the next release, but since the mid-2008 v5 every fourth release has been labelled a long-term support (LTS) version, indicating that it is supported (with updates) for
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MATE (software)


), and as the desktop environment in Ubuntu MATE 14.10. MATE is also available in the official repositories of several other Linux distributions, including Arch Linux, Parabola, LMDE, Debian, Ubuntu MATE, Linux Mint, Solus, Kali Linux, Fedora, openSUSE, Gentoo, Mageia, OpenMandriva, ROSA, and PCLinuxOS. Aside from that, there are third party repositories for Slackware. Version 3.5 and up of GhostBSD include MATE as the default desktop environment, making it the second inclusion of MATE as a default desktop,
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MATE (software)


after Linux Mint, and the first in a non-Linux OS. It is also available for FreeBSD (alongside its derivatives, such as PC-BSD) and NetBSD and is default on OpenIndiana. MATE was initially announced on the Arch Linux forum on 18 June 2011, and became an official community package in January 2014. Parabola is a popular Arch derivative and the first Linux distribution to use MATE as its default desktop environment. Since Flidas alpha (its version 8), Trisquel has begun to adopt MATE 1.18 instead of
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Software remastering


practice of remastering by developer switching, project overtaking or merging, and by sharing over the Internet. Most distributions start as a remastered version of another distribution as evidenced by the announcements made at DistroWatch. Notably, remastering SLS Linux forked Slackware, remastering Red Hat Linux helped fork Yellow Dog Linux and Mandriva and TurboLinux, and by remastering a Debian distribution, Ubuntu was started, which is itself remastered by the Linux Mint team. These might involve critical system software, but the extent of the customizations made in remastering can be as
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Linux Mint


2 is available with both the MATE and Cinnamon desktop environments. Both image versions received an update in January 2017. LMDE 2 remains based on sysvinit but with a "functional logind" from systemd. LMDE 3 (a.k.a. "Cindy") is "very likely" to complete the switch to systemd from sysvinit. It is based on Debian Stretch, and was released on August 31, 2018, shipping as a single edition with Cinnamon. Individual users and companies using the operating system act as donors, sponsors and partners
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Aleutia


Aleutia Computers Ltd. (pronounced "al-oo-sha") is a privately owned computer manufacturer based in London, United Kingdom. Its product range consists of low-power desktop and server computers. Its products are used in the developing world and as original base designs for externally branded products. Its computers have been purchased by Unicef, Tesco, Schlumberger, Pret a Manger, Virgin Media, and the National Health Service. All computers come with the option to ship a version of Ubuntu or Linux Mint, alongside the
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GAdmintools


GAdmintools are a collection of computer programs, specifically application software, which provide a graphical user interface for specific server services running on the Linux operating system. With the help of GAdmintools, the user can easily configure, administer and monitor those server services in real time, in a user-friendly manner, that would otherwise be challenging for the average user. The GAdmintools are - as a whole or as parts - included in the repositories of many major GNU/Linux distributions, such as Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint,
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Kodi (software)


disk drive can be added. The Primus by Mediaimpact Technologies is a Linux Mint-based media center and set-top-box that integrates MythTV, Netflix Desktop, Hulu Desktop, and Steam Gaming through Kodi for a seamless home entertainment system ready for the living room. It comes complete with SMK-Link remote control. Kodi/XBMC media center source code have over the years become a popular software to fork and to use as an application framework platform for others to base their own media player or media center software on
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GOG.com


gathered close to 15,000 votes before it was marked as "in progress". Originally GOG.com representatives said, that there are technical and operational issues which make it harder than it seems, however it's something they would love to do, and they have been looking at. On 18 March 2014, GOG.com officially announced that they would be adding support for Linux, initially targeting Ubuntu and Linux Mint in the fall of 2014. On 25 July 2014, Linux support was released early, and 50 games were released compatible with the
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SpareMiNT


the original "TOS" lacked. The distribution comes with Red Hat's "rpm" utility for managing the source- and binary packages. Unix/Linux-style software can be used, if ported, GEM-programs for TOS can run concurrently. The TOS clone "EmuTOS", instead of Atari's original, can be used as a base to boot a MiNT, and e.g. "XaAES", a modern AES derivate, as essential part of the GEM-GUI (Graphical user interface). FreeMiNT, and
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Banshee (media player)


Stable versions are available for many Linux distributions, as well as a beta preview for OS X and an alpha preview for Windows. Banshee was the default music player for a year in Ubuntu and for some time in Linux Mint, but was later replaced by Rhythmbox in both distributions. Banshee uses the SQLite database library. Banshee's plugin-capable architecture makes the software extensible and customizable. stable plugins include: Compared to the Linux builds, which have stable releases, the Mac OS X builds are considered beta quality, and
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MtPaint


the maintainer. He continued to slowly add features and functionality, but through a slow cycle of releases. Version 3.40 was released on 30 December 2011 and remains the most recent release. mtPaint has been included as a default application with a number of Linux distributions, including all the LXDE versions of Lubuntu (18.04 LTS and earlier), Linux Mint as well as Puppy Linux. mtPaint includes a range of features for creating drawings and editing photographs. These include: mtPaint supports BMP, GIF, JPEG, LSS, PNG,
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Libdvdcss


let the user install it themselves. For example, it used to be available in Ubuntu through Medibuntu, which is no longer available. Distributions which come pre-installed with libdvdcss include BackTrack, CrunchBang Linux, LinuxMCE, Linux Mint, PCLinuxOS, Puppy Linux 4.2.1, Slax, Super OS, Pardus, and XBMC Live. Libdvdcss alone is only a library and cannot play DVDs. DVD player applications, such as VLC media player, use this library to decode DVDs. Libdvdcss is optional in many open-source DVD
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Criticism of Netflix


EME), since then, the extensions were added to Microsoft's Internet Explorer on Windows 8.1 and Apple's Safari on OS X Yosemite. It was implemented in Google Chrome on all platforms shortly afterward. As of October 10, 2014 multiple versions of Linux including Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS claim support for Netflix in Google Chrome version 37 or newer. The website for PCWorld also states that users of other Linux distributions such as version 17 of Linux Mint have been successfully using Netflix via Google Chrome without any special workarounds. , Google had
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M23 software distribution system


m23 is a software distribution and management system for the Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu Linux, Xubuntu, Linux Mint, elementary OS, Fedora, CentOS and openSUSE distributions. m23 can partition and format clients and install a Linux operating system and any number of software packages like office packages, graphic tools, server applications or games via the m23 system. The entire administration is done via a webbrowser and is possible from all computers having access to the m23 server. m23 is developed predominantly by Hauke Goos-Habermann since the end of
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Multi-booting


if a user intends to dual boot two versions of Windows (i.e. Windows 7 and Windows Vista) or two versions of Linux (i.e. Linux Mint and Ubuntu Linux), the same file system (e.g. NTFS or ext4) can be used across both drives and partitions. The basic concept involves partitioning a disk to accommodate each planned installation, usually including separate partitions for boot, root, data storage and backups. Windows Vista's partitioners may not be compatible with XP and 2000 (see Logical disk manager#Compatibility problems). If
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Nettop


. This led then to the development of netbooks. When in the midst of an economic crisis netbooks were seen to be hurting sales of traditional laptops there was likely a collaborative effort to destroy demand for them. Hence the original source of this computer class died off in the marketplace. As a result of successes with Stick PCs and Linux Mint-based Nettop-like computers, as well as continued success of the Mac Mini, the idea was possibly unintentionally revived as Mini PCs, which continue to be sold through online retailers
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SOFA Statistics


Pearson's chi squared, Kruskal Wallis H, one-way ANOVA, Spearman's R, and Pearson's R. Nested tables can be produced with row and column percentages, totals, sd, mean, median, lower and upper quartiles, and sum. Installation packages are available for several Operating Systems such as Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, ArchLinux, Linux Mint, and macOS (Leopard upwards). SOFA Statistics is written in Python, and the widget toolkit used is wxPython. The statistical analyses are based on functions available through
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Breadcrumb (navigation)


point. A greater-than sign () often serves as hierarchy separator, although designers may use other glyphs (such as » or ›), as well as various graphical icons. A breadcrumb trail or path based on viewing history is typically rendered as follows : For instance, in this scenario, a website visitor views seven pages (note how the pages are tracked in order the user viewed them) : Typical breadcrumbs following a hierarchical structure are shown as follows: Current file managers including Linux Mint's Nemo, Windows
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Redshift (software)


. In addition to a windowed interface, it provides a tray status icon that can enable or disable Redshift or adjust the screen's color temperature automatically. Redshift has been positively reviewed by Linux users, who note that Redshift has some installation and user interface advantages compared to the f.lux Linux port xflux. However, f.lux's systems have since been updated to enhance its dimmed display. Ubuntu MATE plans to provide Redshift as an application installed by default in their upcoming release 17.10. Linux Mint Cinnamon provides Redshift installed by default since their
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LightDM


LightDM is a free and open-source X display manager that aims to be lightweight, fast, extensible and multi-desktop. It can use various front-ends to draw User Interface, also called "Greeters". LightDM is the default display manager for Edubuntu, Xubuntu and Mythbuntu since 11.10 release, for Lubuntu since 12.04 release, for Kubuntu beginning with 12.10 until 15.04 for Linux Mint and Antergos. Features include: LightDM has a simpler code base than GDM and does not load any GNOME libraries to work, but
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Operating system


used in some popular distributions, such as Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Google's Android, Chrome OS, and Chromium OS. Microsoft Windows is a family of proprietary operating systems designed by Microsoft Corporation and primarily targeted to Intel architecture based computers, with an estimated 88.9 percent total usage share on Web connected computers. The latest version is Windows 10. In 2011, Windows 7 overtook Windows XP as most common version in use. Microsoft Windows was first released in 1985, as an operating environment running on
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Antergos


to lack of time on the part of the volunteer developers. Initially the project began as "Cinnarch" and the desktop environment used by this distribution was "Cinnamon", a fork of GNOME Shell developed by the Linux Mint team. In April 2013 the team adopted GNOME for future releases, beginning with GNOME version 3.6, due to the difficulty of keeping Cinnamon (which did not make it a priority to stay compatible with the latest GTK libraries) in the repositories of a rolling release like Arch Linux. The distribution was
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DeLi Linux


Desktop Light Linux (DeLi Linux for short) was a desktop Linux distribution for old PCs. Until version 0.6.1 DeLi Linux was based on Slackware 7, using Linux 2.2. DeLi Linux version 0.7 is a development from scratch with Linux 2.4.33.3 and no longer based on Slackware. The OS still used the Slackware package management, additionally there is a new port system based on CRUX. DeLi Linux is now based on uClibc instead of the GNU C Library. A port of OpenBSD's Korn shell is used as the default shell.
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Signal Transfer Point


A Signal Transfer Point (STP) is a router that relays SS7 messages between "signaling end-points" (SEPs) and other signaling transfer points (STPs). Typical SEPs include "service switching points" (SSPs) and "service control points" (SCPs). The STP is connected to adjacent SEPs and STPs via signaling links. Based on the address fields of the SS7 messages, the STP routes the messages to the appropriate outgoing signaling link. Edge STPs can also route based upon message body content using
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Cinelerra


cater to user preferences. The GG version is under active development, with a stable release at the end of every month. It is supplied as a multi user program pre-packaged for 8 different Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, OpenSuse, Slackware, Fedora, Centos, Mint), and FreeBSD. When the applicable repository is added to a distribution´s update manager, the monthly updates will appear automatically. In addition, there are single-user builds for the 8 Linux distributions. All builds are available in
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Fluxbox


small memory footprint and quick loading time, Fluxbox is popular in many Live CDs such as GParted. It was the default window manager of Damn Small Linux and antiX, but was replaced with JWM in 2007 and 2009 respectively. It is currently the default window manager of PCFluxboxOS, a remaster of PCLinuxOS, and of Linux Mint Fluxbox CE. Fluxbuntu, an Ubuntu derivative with lightweight applications, was released in October 2007; it is also a featured window manager on antiX. The early versions of Lumina, a desktop environment created for
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Evince


. A large number of Linux distributions – including Ubuntu, Fedora and Linux Mint – include Evince as the default document-viewer. Evince is free and open-source software subject to the requirements of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later. The Evince FAQ highlights the meaning of the word "Evince" as "to show or express something clearly". Evince began as a rewrite of GPdf, which its support programmers had started to find unwieldy to maintain. Evince quickly surpassed the functionality of GPdf and replaced both
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MATE (software)


for HiDPI was added and the GTK+ version got increased to 3.22. For the upcoming MATE 1.22 release it is planned to complete the migration from Python 2 to Python 3 and from dbus-glib to GDBus. In an upcoming version, support for Wayland will be added. MATE 1.2 was released on 16 April 2012. MATE has been one of the default desktop environments shipped with Linux Mint since version 12 "Lisa", LMDE since "201303", Sabayon Linux since release 10, a Fedora spin (since Fedora 18
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Physical Address Extension


PAE kernels, thus making PAE-supporting hardware mandatory. Linux distributions that require PAE may refuse to boot on Pentium M family processors because they do not show the PAE support flag in their CPUID information (even though it is supported internally). However, this can be easily bypassed, at least in Ubuntu, with the codice_12 option. Distributions that still provide a non-PAE option, including Debian (and derivatives like LMDE 2 (Linux Mint Debian Edition)), Slackware, and LXLE, typically do so with
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Safe mode


Safe mode is a diagnostic mode of a computer operating system (OS). It can also refer to a mode of operation by application software. In Windows, safe mode only allows essential system programs and services to start up at boot. "Safe mode" is intended to help fix most, if not all problems within an operating system. It is also widely used for removing rogue security software. Microsoft Windows, macOS, Android and Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and Linux Mint are examples of contemporary operating systems that implement
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Sunwah Linux


RAYS Linux (previously Sun Wah Linux) was a Chinese Debian-based Linux distribution. Sunwah Linux was a Debian-based distribution. It was the first Chinese Linux distribution to receive Linux Standard Base (LSB) certification. The system architecture was designed in Hong Kong and the programming was developed in Nanjing. The distribution was sponsored by the Sunwah Group in Hong Kong and the Jiangsu Provincial Government of China. Sunwah - PearL Linux (abbreviated SWP), the technology training entity of the group, has been providing research assistance
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United States hydrogen policy


programs. Each states energy office gets SEP funding and manages all SEP funded projects. For more information about the SEP, including project descriptions, visit the SEP website. Clean Ports USA is an incentive-based program designed to help reduce emissions by encouraging port authorities to redesign and replace older diesel engines with new technologies and cleaner fuels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Clean Diesel Campaign offers funding to port authorities to help them overcome the obstacles that prevent the adoption of cleaner diesel technologies. Clean Construction USA promotes the reduction
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Rhythmbox


Rhythmbox is a free and open-source audio player that plays and helps organize digital audio files. Rhythmbox is designed to work well under the GNOME desktop using the GStreamer media framework, however it can function on desktop environments other than GNOME. Rhythmbox is the default audio player on many Linux distributions including Fedora, Ubuntu as of version 12.04 LTS, and Linux Mint as of version 18.1. Rhythmbox offers a significant number of features, including: Playback from a variety of digital music sources is supported. The most common playback is
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Cinnamon (Desktop Environment)


Cinnamon is a free and open-source desktop environment for the X Window System that derives from GNOME 3 but follows traditional desktop metaphor conventions. Cinnamon is the principal desktop environment of the Linux Mint distribution and is available as an optional desktop for other Linux distributions and other Unix-like operating systems as well. The development of Cinnamon began as a reaction to the April 2011 release of GNOME 3 in which the conventional desktop metaphor of GNOME 2 was abandoned in favor of GNOME Shell. Following several attempts to extend GNOME 3 such
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History of Linux


a fork, Cinnamon, which is developed primarily by Linux Mint developer Clement LeFebvre. This restores the more traditional desktop environment with marginal improvements. The relatively well-funded distribution, Ubuntu, designed (and released in June 2011) another user interface called Unity which is radically different from the conventional desktop environment and has been criticized as having various flaws and lacking configurability. The motivation was a single desktop environment for desktops and tablets, although as of November 2012 Unity has yet to be used widely in tablets. However, the
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M1 Abrams


plating welded on the turret front. The M1 can be equipped with mine plow and mine roller attachments. The M1A2 was a further improvement of the M1A1 with a commander's independent thermal viewer, weapon station, position navigation equipment, and a full set of controls and displays linked by a digital data bus. These upgrades also provided the M1A2 with an improved fire control system. The M1A2 System Enhancement Package (SEP) added digital maps, Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) Linux communications system capabilities for commanders
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Smeegol Linux


Smeegol Linux is a new MeeGo and openSUSE Linux-based open source mobile operating system made available from Novell and their openSUSE Goblin Team under the name Smeegol Linux. This Linux distribution combines openSUSE with MeeGo's netbook oriented user interface to get a new Linux distribution designed for netbooks. What makes Smeegol Linux unique when compared to the upstream MeeGo or openSUSE is that this distribution is at its core based on openSUSE but has the MeeGo User Experience as well as a few other changes such as adding the Mono-based Banshee media player
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Linux Standard Base


The Linux Standard Base (LSB) is a joint project by several Linux distributions under the organizational structure of the Linux Foundation to standardize the software system structure, including the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard used in the Linux kernel. The LSB is based on the POSIX specification, the Single UNIX Specification (SUS), and several other open standards, but extends them in certain areas. According to the LSB: The goal of the LSB is to develop and promote a set of open standards that will increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable
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Linux Lite


following software is included as part of the operating system: The following software additional to the operating system is offered: Linux Lite began in 2013 with the release of Linux Lite 1.0.0, code-named "Amethyst", based on Ubuntu. It was initially developed and designed to attract Windows users to a Linux based operating system. The idea was to dispel myths that Linux was hard to use. Linux Lite started out with a number system made up of the following - 1.0.0 The '1' represented the base code from
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