Linux Mint是一份基于Ubuntu的发行，其目标是提供一种更完整的即刻可用体验，这包括提供浏览器插件、多媒体编解码器、对DVD播放的支持、Java和其他组件。它与Ubuntu软件仓库兼容。
To upgrade from Linux Mint 7 “Gloria”, read these instructions.
To upgrade from Linux Mint 8 “Helena” RC1, read these instructions.
Download Linux Mint 8:
You can download the Main and Universal editions of Linux Mint 8 via torrent or via HTTP:
Main edition:
- size: 688MB LiveCD
- MD5Sum: 06fc2f27f8352a2bac5516b86c020755
- Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8.iso.torrent
- HTTP download: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=44
Universal edition:
- size: 1GB LiveDVD
- MD5Sum: e297a2cdf1b1c6408ac6a6d76833933a
- Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-8-Universal.iso.torrent
- HTTP download: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=45
Asia:
- http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/LinuxMint-ISO/stable/8/ (Japan)
- http://ftp.riken.jp/pub/Linux/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Japan)
Europe:
- http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linux/mint/isos/stable/8/ (Austria)
- http://mint.nano-box.net/iso/stable/8/ (Bulgaria)
- http://mirrors.cytanet.com.cy/linux/mint/stable/8/ (Cyprus)
- http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Denmark)
- ftp://ftp.linuxmint-fr.org/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (France)
- http://linuxmint.cybermirror.org/stable/8/ (Germany) *
- http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Greece)
- http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (Ireland)
- 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://ftp.cs.rose-hulman.edu/linuxmint/stable/8/ (USA) *
- http://linuxmint.secsup.org/stable/8/ (USA)
- ftp://mirrors.secution.com/linuxmint.com/stable/8/ (USA)
- http://mira.sunsite.utk.edu/linuxmint/stable/8/ (USA) *
Rest of the World:
- http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/linuxmint/stable/8/ (Australia) *
- ftp://mirror.unej.ac.id/pub/iso/linux-mint/stable/8/ (Indonesia) *
* Mirrors marked with a star weren’t fully synched when this announcement was made.