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News from the Linux Mint development team
The Mint-X theme is a good one. Themes downloaded from internet might cause panel not working right.
For input method related issues, check the Input Method Tips post.
To go to the GUI session, press ctrl + alt + f8 instead of ctrl + alt + f7. Generally speaking, you want to try ctrl + alt + f6 or ctrl + alt + f8 if ctrl + alt + f7 does not work on a Linux OS.
you can choose the fastest mirror (for both Main and Base) in “Software Source” similarly as in Ubuntu.
Chinese Language Localization
set languages to be chinese
install Chinese language packages
sudo apt-get install language-pack-zh-hans language-pack-gnome-zh-hans libreoffice-l10n-zh-cn thunderbird-locale-zh-hans firefox-locale-zh-hansdownload and install Sogou Pinyin