Linux Mint 18.1 "Serena" Xfce and KDE Editions Are Officially Out, Download Now

It didn't take very long for the Linux Mint developers to finish the Xfce and KDE editions of the Linux Mint 18.1 "Serena" operating system, and users can now download and install them on their personal computers.

While the Xfce flavor entered Beta testing earlier this month, the Linux Mint developers had to wait a little longer to publish the Beta version of Linux Mint 18.1 "Serena" KDE because they wanted to offer users access to the latest KDE Plasma 5.8 LTS desktop environment from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

So basically, Xfce users had to wait for the KDE edition to be finished before they were able to download and install the new version on their PCs. Both editions benefit from the same long-term support services as the main Cinnamon and MATE editions released last year.

"Linux Mint 18.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2021. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more... (read more)

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