Buy Mintbox: A mini pc by Linuxmint and Compulab

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Buy Mintbox: A mini pc developed by Linuxmint and Compulab
Mintbox official availability is announced by Linuxmint on 8th june 2012 and the new mini pc comes with linuxmint 12 and MATE 1.2 desktop and XBMC media centre.

Mintbox

The Mintbox comes in two editions, basic and pro. The basic edition comes with 250GB HDD, an APU G-T40N, 4GB RAM and a flat metal case and the pro edition comes with 8GB RAM, an APU G-T56N, 250GB HDD and a ribbed metal case.

Features of Mintbox

• Dual-head display HDMI + DisplayPort
• Digital 7.1 S/PDIF and analog 2.0 audio
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n + BT
• Two USB3 ports + Two USB2 ports
• Two eSATA ports
• Bay for 2.5” SATA HDD
• Serial RS232 port
• Two mini-PCIe sockets / 1 mSATA

Mintbox price range 

basic edition  $476 (€382) + shipping, duty & VAT 

pro edition     $549 (€440) + shipping, duty & VAT

Linux Mint Debian Edition 201204 Officially Released

Linux Mint Debian Edition 201204 Officially Released

 

--> Linux mint team announced the official availability of linux mint debian edition 201204 on tuesday .The new edition provides three desktop environments cinnamon 1.4, Mate 1.2 and light weight and stable xface 4.8.The default display manager is MDM .
The new features of linux mint debian edition 201204

Cinnamon 1.4

• MATE 1.2
• Xfce 4.8
• MDM
• Yahoo
• Kernel 3.2
• Update Pack 4
• Hybrid ISO images

Screenshots of linux mint debian 201204

LMDE 201204 Cinnamon 1.4

LMDE 201204 MATE 1.2

LMDE 201204 XFACE 4.8

What is Linux Mint Debian Edition or LMDE?
LMDE is a semirolling linux distribution based on debian testing.It looks similar with the main linux mint edition except that it is based on debian testing instead of ubuntu.It is available in both 32 bit and 64 bit platforms and provides cinnamon,Mate and Xface user interfaces.
Linux mint debian edition is not compatible with ubuntu repositories but it is fully compatible with debian squeeze or Debian testing.