Linux Mint 7 features many improvements and the latest software from the open source world. mintInstall improvements - featured applications, pre-filled information, seamless screenshots downloads, improved GUI layout; mintUpdate improvements - changelogs, package sizes, usability; mintUpload improvements - ads-free, GUI improvements, graphical service manager, SCP/SFTP support; mintWelcome welcome screen; command line goodies - APT version, RTFM; new artwork; Moonlight plugin and support for Silverlight 1.x, signed repositories.A minimum of 3GB of free space and 256MB RAM will run Linux Mint 7 but it is recommeneded to have atleast 512MB memory and atleast 10GB of free hard disk space for a lag free experience.