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Showing posts with label MATE. Show all posts

Linux Mint 16 "Petra" Released With Choice of MATE or Cinnamon

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 11/17/2013 06:29:00 pm

Linux Mint 16 "Petra" Released With Choice of MATE or Cinnamon

Earlier we have talked many times on Linux Mint, it is one of most modern, elegant and comfortable operating system based on Ubuntu or Debian which is both powerful and easy to use. The Linux Mint project has started  in 2006, since then the consistent effort of it's developers and contributors has made Linux Mint the 4th most widely used home operating system behind Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS and Canonical's Ubuntu. As promised from beginning the mint team used to release their new version in every six months. The last we got was Linux Mint 15 'Olivia'. Again also the team proudly to announced the release of Linux Mint 16 code named "Petra". There's been quite a lot of anticipation for the next version of Linux Mint, and as expected the result is indeed satisfactory. According to the official blog of Linux Mint- "Petra" took 6 months of incremental development on top of stable and reliable technologies. This new release comes with updated software and brings refinements and new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. This new release comes with updated software and brings refinements and new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use." One of the more interesting updates of the release is version 2.0 of Cinnamon (a fork of GNOME Shell), with a large number of new features: "Cinnamon 2.0 represents 5 months of development and 856 commits from 28 developers. It features a lot of bug fixes but also brand new features and many improvements." Lets look at the new features at a glance:

New features in Linux Mint 16 MATE:-
  • Login Screen
  • USB Stick support
  • Performance improvements
  • Software Manager
  • System Improvements
  • Artwork Improvements
  • Main Components 


For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features Linux Mint 16 click here. The Linux Mint site has a list of new features separately for both MATE and Cinnamon. Make sure to read the “Release Notes” to be aware of important info or known issues related to this release. So dear friends what are you waiting for! lets download Mint 16 and explore it. 




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Beta Release for Fedora 18 "Spherical Cow" is Now Available

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 11/29/2012 06:01:00 pm

Beta Release for Fedora 18 "Spherical Cow" is Now Available For Download & Testing 

After the huge success and response of Fedora 17, now its time to move one step ahead, as the developers at Fedora Project announced the general availability of the first and the final Beta version of Fedora 18 code named "Spherical Cow". This release includes the MATE desktop – a continuation of the classic GNOME 2 interface – in its repositories for the first time. Fedora 18's default edition uses GNOME 3.6.2 as its interface and a separate KDE Spin provides the KDE Software Collection 4.9.3; Xfce 4.10 and version 1.6.7 of Linux Mint's Cinnamon are also available from the distribution's repositories. 


Fedora 18 beta Some Highlighted Features:-
  • For users everywhere
  1. Fedora 18 offers a brand-new version of the Gnome desktop, version 3.6, straight from the upstream development process. Updates have also been made to the KDE, XFCE and Sugar desktop environments; additionally, the MATE desktop is available for the first time in Fedora.
  2. Fedora's new installer user interface enhances the anaconda installer with improvements in easeof use and installation.

  • For developers
  1. This release includes several language updates, including the move to Perl 5.16, updating the Python 3 stack from 3.2 to 3.3, Rails 3.2 and updated D and Haskell programming environments.

  • For system administrators
  1. Fedora 18 includes the final release of Samba 4, and can be used on an Active Directory domain out of the box. An integrated, new native management software allows you to access data and server information easily.
  2. OpenStack in Fedora 18 has been updated to Folsom, the most recent release by the OpenStack community. This Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform enables the creation and management of cloud infrastructure.
  3. Eucalyptus 3.1, another IaaS platform, is available in Fedora for the first time, and includes the major components of Eucalyptus.
  4. Storage System Management CLI tools simplify the user interface by providing unified abstraction and interface for multiple storage technologies, including lvm, btrfs and md raid.

The final release of Fedora 18 is expected later in the year. For more information on these and other Fedora 18 features, click Here. To download Fedora 18 "Spherical Cow" beta. click Here.






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Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" Released With MATE, Cinnamon & MDM

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 11/27/2012 12:32:00 am

Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" Released With MATE, Cinnamon & MDM

Its almost six months have past when Linux Mint 13 “Maya” was released, but now its time to upgrade it as the developers at Linux Mint has officially released and declared the availability of Linux Mint 14 code named "Nadia". Linux Mint 14 is based on Ubuntu 12.10, but offers a more traditional choice of desktop environments instead of Ubuntu's often controversial Unity interface. The two flavors available offer two different desktops, one with the project's own custom-built Cinnamon (a GNOME 2-like user interface based on GNOME 3) and the MATE fork of GNOME 2. According to the blog post by Linux Mint project founder Clement "Clem" Lefebvre -For the first time since Linux Mint 11, the development team was able to capitalize on upstream technology which works and fits its goals. After 6 months of incremental development, Linux Mint 14 features an impressive list of improvements, increased stability and a refined desktop experience. 

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