Three new features coming in Linux Mint 15 - simsyonson

It's been retributory a few weeks since the launch of Linux Mint 14 "Nadia," but already the project down the popular dispersion has been making plans for its following release.

In point of fact, last week project lead Clement Lefebvre laid outer a roadmap for Linux Mass 15, whose nickname is still to be decided.

Linux Mint has remained at the top of DistroWatch's page hit rankings for the sometime year roughly, making its next version a topic of widespread interest.

Set up for a rundown? Here are three features we prat expect to see in Linux Mint 15.

1. Cinnamon 1.8

It's already been a full year since the launch of the GNOME 2-like Cinnamon desktop environment, and the following version of Linux Mint will use Cinnamon 1.8.

Included along with that touristed background will equal desklets, or screen background widgets, such as for system monitor, terminal, and picture, video, and slideshow frame; themes with configurable color schemes; calendar events similar to those in KDE; and unexampled applets including an netmail notifier and an RSS reader similar to Pulse.

Also coming will exist bump maps and a control core governing settings for both Cinnamon and GNOME properties, among other features.

2. Nemo 1.8

Cinnamon's default Nemo file in managing director, a fork of Nautilus, volition be upgraded to version 1.8 in the next Linux Mint release, reported to the roadmap. Along with it will come an action API, disk management, file prevue capabilities, and user interface improvements.

3. MDM 1.2

Version 1.2 of the Mint Display Manager (MDM), meanwhile, will bring new capabilities as well. Themes, for exemplar, testament be able to deliver borders around text fields.

Other new features future in Linux Mint 15 admit user interface improvements for software package direction and the survive installer as well as a brand-new screensaver and driver manager.

Based on Ubuntu, Linux Mint issues new releases twice a twelvemonth. The current version, "Nadia," was trilled out in November.