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 12 on an ASUS Eee PC 1005PE

Linux Mint 12 on an ASUS Eee PC 1005PE

In this video Matt Hartley demonstrates Linux Mint 12 on an ASUS Eee PC 1005PE netbook. He shows how to boot the operating system from a live disk, introduces some of the features of Linux Mint, and provides usage tips in his walk through.

ZaReason Terra HD

ZaReason Terra HD Black

The Terra HD is a thin and lightweight 11.6" netbook/subnotebook by Linux hardware builder ZaReason. It is powered by a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 CPU and an Intel GMA 3150 graphics processor, and comes with 3 USB ports, 3-in-1 memory card reader, VGA port, Ethernet port, Draft-N WIFI support, headphone and mic jacks, full-size keys, and a VGA webcam.

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.