Linux Mint

Debian based Linux Mint has a strong focus on usability and on making stuff like WiFi, multimedia, screen resolution, etc. work out of the box.

Linux Mint 8 on the Gecko Edubook

Linux Mint 8 on the Gecko Edubook

This is a short demo of Linux Mint 8 running on the Gecko Edubook. For a full-blown OS like Linux Mint, which required 8.5GB disk space in the example installation, you should at least have 16GB SSD available in your Edubook.

Linux Mint 7 XFCE on ASUS Eee PC 701SD

Linux Mint 7 XFCE on ASUS Eee PC 701SD

This video is a short demonstration of Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) with the XFCE interface running on an ASUS Eee PC 701SD netbook. Linux Mint XFCE is based on the Xubuntu distro which uses the lighweight Xfce desktop environment.

Brief Introduction to 9 Linux Distributions

Brief Introduction to 9 Linux Distributions

Shawn Powers of Linux Journal briefly introduces 9 Linux distributions in about 6 minutes. He starts with 5 tiny Linux distros, which are well suited for low end computers and ends with 4 distros which are more demanding when it comes to hardware resources.