Linux
Mint 15 is the most ambitious release since the start of the project.
MATE 1.6 is greatly improved and Cinnamon 1.8 offers a ton of new
features, including a screensaver and a unified control center. The
login screen can now be themed in HTML5 and two new tools, “Software
Sources” and “Driver Manager”, make their first appearance in Linux
Mint.
- MDM
- Software Sources
- Driver Manager
- Cinnamon 1.8
- MATE 1.6
- Software Manager
- System Improvements
- Artwork Improvements
- Upstream Components
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New features in Linux Mint 15
Linux
Mint 15 is the most ambitious release since the start of the project.
MATE 1.6 is greatly improved and Cinnamon 1.8 offers a ton of new
features, including a screensaver and a unified control center. The
login screen can now be themed in HTML5 and two new tools, "Software
Sources" and "Driver Manager", make their first appearance in Linux
Mint.
MDM
MDM now features 3 greeters (i.e. login screen applications):
- A GTK greeter
- A themeable GDM greeter, for which hundreds of themes are available
- A brand new HTML greeter, also themeable which supports a new generation of animated and interactive themes
The
new HTML greeter supports most Web technologies such as HTML5, CSS,
Javascript, WebGL and can be used to produce beautiful animated and
interactive login screens.
Linux
Mint 15 features a collection of GDM and animated HTML themes for MDM,
including a WebGL theme called "Clouds GL" which simulates flying in 3D
through the clouds :)
The
layout of the GTK greeter was improved, and the GDM greeter is now able
to draw frames around text entries if the theme asks for it (this
significantly enhances the quality of some of the GDM themes).
MDM received a lot of "under the hood" improvements and bug fixes in the last 6 months.
The MDM configuration tool, mdmsetup, looks better and is more intuitive than before.
Software Sources
A
new tool called MintSources, aka "Software Sources", was developed from
scratch with derivative distributions in mind (primarily Linux Mint,
but also LMDE, Netrunner and Snow Linux). It replaces
software-properties-gtk and is perfectly adapted to managing software
sources in Linux Mint.
From
the main screen you can easily enable or disable optional components
and gain access to backports, unstable packages and source code:
You
can also switch to a faster mirror with one click of the mouse. The
tool performs a speed-test of all available mirrors for you:
MintSources also features PPA, 3rd party repositories and authentication keys management.
A "Maintenance" section provides solutions to common APT problems.
Driver Manager
Another tool was developed for Linux Mint 15: MintDrivers, the "Driver Manager".
MintDrivers relies on the same Ubuntu backend and works the same way as software-properties-gtk. It just looks a bit better:
- The "Driver Manager" is an independent application, separate from "Software Sources" and which you can launch straight from the menu.
- Drivers are listed by package name, and their version are clearly stated (in the case of the nVidia drivers you can therefore choose according to a particular version instead of wondering what "current" or "updates" really mean).
- Devices from popular brands (nVidia, ATI, Broadcom, Samsung...) are illustrated with an icon.
Cinnamon 1.8
Cinnamon
1.8 represents 7 months of development and 1,075 commits. It features a
lot of bug fixes but also brand new features and many improvements.
File Manager
Nemo
received a lot of attention. Its user interface was heavily modified
and its behavior was adapted to integrate better with Cinnamon.
You
can now easily hide the sidebar and switch back and forth between
places and treeview. Under each place, if applicable, a small bar
indicates how much space is used.
Desklets
KDE
calls them Plasmoids, Android calls them Widgets, in Cinnamon they’re
called “Desklets”. The same way you can add applets to your panel, you
can add desklets to your desktop.
Cinnamon
1.8 ships with 3 desklets installed by default (a launcher, a clock and
a photoframe) and many more will come from the community (yes, before
people ask, there is an xkcd desklet out there).
Screensaver
Cinnamon
now features its own screensaver. One of its particularities is that
you can define an away message before locking up your screen.
People who are looking for you can see that message while you’re away.
Control Center
All configuration modules are now present in Cinnamon Settings. You no longer need to use Gnome Control Center.
Spices Management
In
Cinnamon 1.8 you can install “spices” (i.e. applets, desklets, themes,
extensions) straight from your desktop. You don’t need to browsehttp://cinnamon.linuxmint.com anymore.
You can apply updates as well and if the Spice supports it you can use multiple instances of it.
System improvements
Renderer detection
Muffin
now checks which renderer is being used. If the session is using a
Software Renderer (that’s the case when there is a problem with the
drivers or if the card doesn’t feature any acceleration) a notification
pops up to let the user know about the problem.
Fallback mode
Cinnamon
no longer uses gnome-session for fallback. In some cases gnome-session
didn’t allow Cinnamon to run even though the hardware was capable of
running Cinnamon. Another limitation of gnome-session was its inability
to restart Cinnamon after a crash. In Cinnamon 1.8, the Cinnamon session
always launches Cinnamon, so your computer will try to run Cinnamon no
matter what.
Cinnamon
also uses a wrapper to restart itself and recover from potential
crashes. If Cinnamon crashes it now falls back on Metacity and asks the
user if he/she wants to restart Cinnamon.
New features for developers
Settings API for Applets/Desklets
If
you’re an Applet/Desklet developer, don’t use gsettings anymore.
Cinnamon 1.8 features a settings API which will do all the work for you.
- It will set up your settings and default values for you, automatically.
- It will allow you to access your settings just as easily as you access values in an array.
- It will generate a configuration screen for you, automatically.
In
other words, you just define your settings and use them in your
applet/desklet, and Cinnamon does everything else for you. A
configuration screen is automatically generated for you and the user can
configure the settings you defined from the System Settings
For more details check the Sample Settings Example applet at:https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/tree/master/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/settings-example%40cinnamon.org
Nemo actions
By placing an action file in /usr/share/nemo/actions you can add items to Nemo’s right-click context menu.
For more details check the sample action provided with Nemo athttps://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/blob/master/files/usr/share/nemo/actions/sample.nemo_action
Standalone Looking Glass
If you’re using Looking Glass a lot, you’d probably want a standalone version of it... well, there is one now :)
To launch it, run the following command: “cinnamon-looking-glass”.
Other new features:
- Better hot-corner configuration
- Coverflow Alt-Tab
- Timeline Alt-Tab
- Horizontal/Vertical maximizing of windows
MATE 1.6
MATE 1.6 represents 8 months of development and 1,800 commits.
Infrastructure changes
MATE
1.6 is a giant step forward for the MATE project as many of its
deprecated packages and libraries were replaced with new technologies
available in GLib.
Although
these changes are not visible on the desktop, they make the MATE
project significantly smaller in size than before and much easier to
maintain and to develop.
The following MATE technologies were removed:
- mateconf was replaced with gsettings
- matecorba and matecomponent were replaced with dbus
- matevfs was replaced with gio/gvfs
- libmatenotify was replaced with libnotify
- libmate, libmateui, libmatecanvas, libmatecomponentui and mate-mime-data were discontinued
In Linux Mint, mintDesktop and mintMenu were fully migrated to work with MATE 1.6.
New features and improvements
Caja,
the MATE file manager, features an improved places section within the
sidebar. It also inherited a better thumbnail from Nemo and a new
"Connect Server" dialog from Nautilus.
Using the window list, windows can now be closed with a middle click on the mouse.
The workspace switcher features a new option to wrap around between workspaces with the mouse wheel.
Notifications are smarter and it is now possible to specify which monitor is used to display them.
New window management options are available:
- Open new windows on the center of the screen
- Enable compositing
- Fast alt-tab
The calculator was given new buttons to support inverse trigonomic functions.
The default terminal application can now be set.
MATE 1.6 adds support for MPRIS2 to send media keys to media players.
In case of a crash, mate-settings-daemon is now able to recover and it automatically restarted by mate-session.
Software Manager
The Software Manager received some new features and bug fixes.
- Pagination is now automated. The Software Manager loads more results as you browse near the bottom of the list.
- Large scores were fixed and are no longer cut-off.
- It is now possible to search within a particular category.
- Packages from the "Java" section now appear in the "Programming" category.
System improvements
The Update Manager is now able to refresh the APT cache in user mode and without any user intervention.
The Welcome Screen received a lot of bug fixes and its look and feel was slightly improved.
MintNanny was ported back to GTK+.
Artwork improvements
Linux Mint features a collection of beautiful background photographs from 12 different artists.
Special attention was given to Mint-X to make GTK+ and GTK3 applications look more similar.
The Plymouth theme was updated and now shows the Linux Mint logo with a fade-in effect.
Upstream components
Linux
Mint 15 features the following upstream components: Ubuntu 13.04
package base, Linux 3.8 kernel, MDM 1.2, Cinnamon 1.8, MATE 1.6.
System requirements:
- x86 processor (Linux Mint 64-bit requires a 64-bit processor. Linux Mint 32-bit works on both 32-bit and 64-bit processors).
- 512 MB RAM (1GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
- 5 GB of disk space
- Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
- CD/DVD drive or USB port
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