Peppermint OS One
Bundled Software
Here’s a sample of the software included in this release.
Games
No Games
Graphics
Editor bypixlr
Simple Scan
Internet
Dropbox
Facebook
Firefox
Prism
Seesmic
Transmission
XChat
pyNeighborhood
Multimedia
Asunder CD Ripper
Cheese
Exaile
GNOME MPlayer
Hulu
Last
Pandora
Sound Mixer
The Cloud Player
Xfburn
YouTube
Office
Google Calendar
Google Docs
Google Mail
Google Reader
ePDFViewer
Others
Openbox Session
As I noted earlier, Peppermint OS comes with some great web-based applications. If you prefer desktop-based applications, you can download them via Software Manager.
Software Management
Software Manager is actually mintInstall, the same software manager used by Linux Mint. It’s very easy to use and there’s a LOT of software available. Favorite applications such as OpenOffice.org and VirtualBox are all waiting to be downloaded in Software Manager.
It’s a great idea to have desktop-based alternatives to the web applications bundled by default into Peppermint OS One. That way, if you lose your Internet connection, you can always use your desktop applications as an alternative to your web applications. You should definitely spend some time in the Software Center, poking around for applications that you might need if you lose your Internet connection.
Software Repositories
If you want to add or remove software sources, just click Edit in Software Manager and then click Software Sources. Given the huge range of software that’s already included in Software Manager, you really don’t need to add any more repositories. There’s so much to choose from, right at your fingertips that you’d have to be a real software junkie to bother adding another repository.
Adding & Removing Software
Adding or removing software is easy. Just find the application you and click the Install or Remove button. You’ll need to type in your password before the application will be installed or removed.
Updates
To update your system, click the Peppermint OS menu button on the panel, choose Preferences and then choose Update Manager. Or simply click on the Update Manager icon on your panel.
Use the Software Manager to add or remove programs.
Use the Update Manager to keep your system up to date.
Choose your application and then click the Install button in Software Center.
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[...] one that is particularly interesting to review. Peppermint OS One is definitely in that category. Peppermint OS One is a web-centric Ubuntu remaster that passes up common desktop applications like OpenOffice.org in favor of web-based [...]
Superb distro! I love Mint, and PeppermintOS is a fantastic LXDE distribution. Lubuntu/Mint combination, super!
The wallpaper would fit best a distro called CinammonOS. :-)
I have gOS 8.04.2 or whatever the latest update is and it’s on my Gateway laptop. It is one of the oldest of the early distros that started experimenting with the Web and the cloud. Maybe I ought to replace it with this Peppermint OS. I’ll consider it. gOS has actually been a pretty good OS for me these past couple of years.
So if I add Mozilla Prism, Google Docs, and Dropbox to my Ubuntu install, do I have a cool “cloud OS” ?
Wait, for that matter, I could get an even cooler “cloud OS” by adding Google Docs, a VPN, and an online storage service to Windows Vista and I’d be living in the cloud!
[...] review on slashdot– I’ve covered a lot of remastered versions of Ubuntu since DLR launched. But, every once in a while, I bump into one that is particularly interesting to review. Peppermint OS One is definitely in that category. [...]
Looks interesting though some parts (such as links to Hulu, Last.FM, and Pandora) are useless for non US users. Still, an interesting idea in a “cloud OS”.
why the hell are you watching a video of a squirrel being skinned ?
I installed Peppermint Os today. In the past I used PcLinuxOS XFCE which I found too slow on my Thinkpad R40e. In the few hours I am using it I am very surprised about this fast distro. It looks also very stable and has all the new updates including Firefox 3.6.3. I am very enthusiastic and going to use it for a while. Therefore I want tgive the developer a compliment and advice others to use this new exciting distro.
I was about to link to this review, but that was until I saw the YouTube screenshot. Was this really the best YouTube screenshot you could find ?!? I second gino, a previous commenter on this review.
I really hope you can include another YouTube screenshot, because this takes the quality from your Peppermint review.