Below is the announcement copied directly from the PeppermintOS.com website
Also posted on Linux.co.uk … here:
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Congrats to the devs for bringing this out. I might try it sometime.
But just thinking ahead. I wonder if Peppermint 5 (or any other derivatives) will be affected by the changes Ubuntu is making in the packaging system and the new display server :-\
Looking forward to it,
I’ll be back with plenty of questions, as I’m now window less :), so I might need a tuturial on creating a live usb stick on linux.
Keith
try unetbootin easy to use and has a ok gui
Creating a LiveUSB in Windows or Linux ? … if Linux, which distro/version ?
I’ll be doing another tutorial for the AA1 … most of which also applies to other hardware.
PeppermintOS3 is the only OS I now have.
running on aa1
my desktop computer which was duel booted with xp and peppermint 2, when i tried to boot it with just peppermint 3, it would recognise the usb stick only as fdd not hdd. So I’m left with nothing on the desktop (which I don’t use very often), then I decided to wait for peppermint4.
Which is where I am at the moment.
If needed, I can get my son to create a usb stick on his windows computer, but it would be good if i can do it on my own,( with a little help of course).
We’ll work it out after release 
For now, you could prepare by running this on your AA1:
sudo apt-get install usb-creator-gtk
You’ll then find a new menu item
menu>System Tools>Startup Disk Creator
Which we’ll use to create the Peppermint 4 LiveUSB when you have the ISO image.
Thanks for the heip Mark,
what I’ll do is start a new topic after the release, so anyone looking for the same thing will find it easier to find.
again thanks.
Keith
Peppermint 4 sounds great, however is there a compelling reason to upgrade from v3,
I have Peppermint 3 running on 4 different machines (2 desktops & 2 Laptops) and I have them all set up exactly the way I want and they’re all running sweet, the only thing I would change if anything is the file manager which is a bit austere for my tastes but I suspect Peppermint 4 would be the same
Graeme
Nope, no reason to move from PM3 → PM4 if you don’t want to.
Yes, (default) File manager is still PCManFM, though obviously a later version (there are some things I’d “like” to say here, but can’t) … All I can say is why not download the ISO (when released), bung it on a LiveUSB and see for yourself if you want to bother.
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Just as a matter of interest - what is it about PCManFM you don’t like or think is missing ?
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Thanks for the reply Mark
I have a partition on this PC that I installed Mint 15 on and I’ve decided Mint isn’t for me any more, I’m not saying Mint’s a bad distro but it just doesn’t seem to suit my purposes, I intend it wipe Mint and Install Peppermint 4 on that partition and play around with it for a while to see what it has to offer
Thanks for your advice
Graeme
Sounds like a plan to me
Did you see the edit above ?
Just as a matter of interest - what is it about PCManFM you don't like or think is missing ?
For me it looks a little bland compared to say Cinnamon, but that can just be taken as a personal opinion, but there is one thing I want that I’m not even sure any other File manager can do any way, which is this
I have a folder full of Music albums and I would like to display the folder view as CD art instead of just a folder icon, to be fair I’m not sure that any file manager can do that although I know it can be done in Windows
For me it looks a little bland compared to say Cinnamon, but that can just be taken a personal opinion
So it’s mainly “appearance” ?
All I’m going to say is … Hmm (teaser ?)
Don’t know about other file managers, but I doubt if displaying content on the icons, or suchlike, will ever be part of PCManFM … it’s designed to be light but functional, and that doesn’t add any functionality … stuff like that is more for the full fat file managers.
There’s always a trade off … bells and whistles Vs Light and quick … but there’s nothing stopping you changing file manager in Peppermint (or any other distro for that matter.
Personally I like PCManFM, I think (for me) it’s got the functionality/speed line in about the right place … The few things I thought could do with improving, well wait and see in 2 days 
I think you may be pleasantly surprised
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AFAIK, in Nautilus (and probably other file managers) can change the folder icons on a per folder basis … dunno if there’s a way to automate it to change to album art, but it can be manually done.
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Yup, it can be done in Nautilus … see here:
(not tested this though, and that article is kinda old)
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So it's mainly "appearance" ?All I’m going to say is … Hmm (teaser ?)
Yes I’ll admit I do like a bit of polish but I wouldn’t be prepared to take a noticeable performance hit to get it, peppermint 3 runs so fast on this machine I think it could take a little bit of bloat without it being all that noticeable ,
Almost everything in life’s a compromise and I suppose any OS is only as fast as the hardware it’s running on, so although I don’t have a super fast PC it’s more than adequate and I think could easily handle a little extra load
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Yup, it can be done in Nautilus .. see here:
Yep that’s exactly what I would like to do
Graeme
But a lot of people aren’t willing to take the performance hit … swings and roundabouts, and you can’t please all the people all the time.
As I said, nothing stopping you from swapping file managers.
I thought Nautilus did the album art as the folder by default nowadays (without the thing I linked to earlier) ?
Coverart Tumbnailer is available from a PPA (up to Ubuntu 12.04) as documented here:
Homepage here:
http://projects.flogisoft.com/cover-thumbnailer/
Which contains the source code if you want to try compile it for later versions.
BE AWARE - This will NOT work with Peppermint’s default file manager
But a lot of people aren't willing to take the performance hit ... swings and roundabouts, and you can't please all the people all the time.
I can understand that, I suppose that’s the real beauty of Linux it’s not a one size fits all system, it can be what ever you want it to be or what you can make it
but the point I was trying to make was if you have that bit of extra horse power the hit doesn’t have to be all that painful if at all
Graeme
As you say, the beauty of Linux is you can mix and match, and there’'s usually a distro out there that’s pretty close to what you want which can be used as a starting point.
Or you can roll your own from scratch if there isn’t
Aint freely available/modifiable code a wonderful thing ;D