The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE64 Community Edition.
Quick steps:
- Download the ISO or the torrent.
- While it’s downloading look at the overview of the new features in Linux Mint 8 KDE CE, read the User Guide and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
- After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5 (as described in the user guide).
- Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy Linux Mint 8 KDE in 64 bit.
Introduction to Linux Mint 8 KDE64:
This KDE64 edition of Linux Mint 8 is identical to the KDE Edition but compiled for 64 bit processors (Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad, AMD Athlon X2 64 and all x86-64 compliant processors). It comes with all the improvements featured in Linux Mint 8 Helena KDE Edition.
For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 8 KDE, please read “What’s new in Helena KDE?“.
System requirements:
An X86_64 64 bit processor (Intel Core 2, AMD X2 64, etc…) .
A minimum of 4GB of free space and 256MB RAM are needed. For a comfortable experience we recommended to have at least 512MB RAM and 10GB of free space.
Important information and known issues:
For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.
Download Linux Mint 8 KDE64:
You can download Linux Mint 8 KDE64 via torrent or via HTTP:
Size: 1.2GB LiveDVD
MD5Sum: 98f5c5fa0fa358053a4debfabca115af
Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8-KDE64.iso.torrent
HTTP download: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=47
Asia:
- http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/LinuxMint-ISO/stable/8/ (Japan)
- http://ftp.riken.jp/pub/Linux/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Japan)
- http://ftp.oss.tw/pub/Mint/LinuxMint-ISO/stable/8/ (Taiwan)
Europe:
- http://mint.nano-box.net/iso/stable/8/ (Bulgaria)
- http://mirrors.cytanet.com.cy/linux/mint/stable/8/ (Cyprus)
- ftp://ftp.linuxmint-fr.org/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (France)
- http://linuxmint.copahost.com/stable/8/ (Germany)
- http://linuxmint.cybermirror.org/stable/8/ (Germany)
- http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/debian/mint/stable/8/ (Germany)
- http://mirror.netcologne.de/mint/stable/8/ (Germany)
- http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Greece)
- http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (Ireland)
- http://ftp.akl.lt/Linux/Mint/stable/8/ (Lithuania)
- ftp://ftp.tpnet.pl/pub/linux/linuxmint/isos/stable/8/ (Poland)
- http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Portugal)
- http://ftp.df.lth.se/pub/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Sweden)
- http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (UK)
Northern America:
- http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Canada)
- http://mirror.amarillolinux.com/linuxmint/stable/8/ (USA)
- http://mint.ez.by/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (USA)
- ftp://linuxfreedom.com/linuxmint/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (USA)
- http://linuxmint.secsup.org/stable/8/ (USA)
- ftp://mirrors.secution.com/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (USA)
- http://mirror.yellowfiber.net/linuxmint/stable/8/ (USA)
Rest of the World:
- http://mirror.optus.net/linuxmint/isos/stable/8/ (Australia)
- http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Australia)
- http://mirror.waia.asn.au/pub/linux/linuxmint/linuxmint-isos/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (Australia)
Enjoy!
Have a lot of fun with this edition and let us know what you think. Reviews will be answered and your feedback will be used to improve the distribution before the next release. We hope you enjoy this release as much as we enjoyed making it and we wish you a very nice experience with Linux Mint.
