1. Peppermint OS ships with few native applications and a traditional desktop interface. In place of traditionally native applications for common tasks (word processing, image editing), it ships with the custom Ice application to allow users to create site-specific browsers (SSB's) leveraging web applications available over the Internet (e.g. Google Docs, pixlr). Some example SSB's are provided ready made with the distribution.site-specific browsersGoogle Docs pixlr Peppermint's developers have written about the philosophy underlying these principles in terms of providing a familiar environment for newcomers to Linux which requires relatively low hardware resources to run. [2] [2]

3.  Peppermint OS 3 has been released. If you aren’t familiar with it, Peppermint OS is a cloud- oriented distribution. It’s based on Ubuntu 12.04 (it’s actually a fork of Lubuntu 12.04).  Unlike most other distributions, it’s geared toward letting you use your favorite web apps as well as desktop software. Web apps such as Editor by Pixlr run in the Ice SSB framework, which makes these applications a part of your desktop rather than running them in a browser. This makes them feel like they are running locally rather than in the cloud.

4.  Software designed to control the hardware of a specific data- processing system in order to allow users and application programs to make use of it.system  The software component of a computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of the computer. The operating system (OS) acts as a host for application programs that are run on the machine.  Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/operating- system#ixzz2DTMM5roHhttp://www.answers.com/topic/operating- system#ixzz2DTMM5roH

5.  iTunes, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer and many other Windows programs will not run natively in Linux. The good news is that there are decent ways around most of these problems. For example, music libraries can be managed with an iPod using programs such as Amarok, Banshee, or Rhythmbox in Linux. Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome are outstanding Internet browsers which can be used in the place of Internet Explorer. It is also possible to run iTunes in Linux using Wine, VirtualBox, or Parallels, though it is difficult to have good results. LibreOffice and OpenOffice are excellent office suites which can be used in the place of Microsoft Office, but while overall compatibility in both suites is good with Microsoft Office formats, it is not perfect.Microsoft OfficeInternet ExplorerAmarokBansheeRhythmboxGoogle ChromeWineVirtualBox Parallels LibreOfficeOpenOffice

6.  There are a few things you should know before installing Peppermint, notably some things such as system requirements and a couple of disclaimers.  For a modern operating system, Peppermint has what many people would call “very modest” system requirements. One of the original goals we set when we first started working on the project was to keep the system requirements low in order to offer the best possible performance to the widest variety of hardware. The absolute minimum required specs are as follows:  192 MB of RAM  Processor based on Intel x86 architecture  At least 2 GB of available disk space

7.  Let me be absolutely clear about one thing: Peppermint Linux OS is fast. Really fast. On this tired old laptop, Peppermint boots up from a cold, powered down state in just under 25 seconds from me hitting the power button to being able to log in graphically….. I can’t even imagine what this OS would be like on newer hardware. It’d be unbelievable.

8.  Kendall Weaver has announced the release of Peppermint OS Three, a major new version of the project's lightweight desktop Linux distribution based on Lubuntu: "We are proud to announce the release of Peppermint OS Three in both 32- bit and 64-bit builds. This version is based on Lubuntu 12.04 and, as always, uses some features from the ever-awesome Linux Mint. Here's a quick overview of some of the details associated with this release: the Chromium stable repository is now enabled by default; a very light theme and default artwork; fewer default web applications in the menu as we feel that we'd rather not clog everything up by default Peppermint

9.  Peppermint OS Three – 32 bit edition  Team Peppermint OS highly recommends that you check the MD5SUM of the.iso image after download, and before you burn a CD/DVD or create a boot USB. Also, we suggest burning the.iso image at the slowest write speed possible. For details on checking the integrity of the.iso image, we strongly recommend checking out the first chapter of the Official Peppermint OS User’s Guide.first chapter of the Official Peppermint OS User’s Guide