Linux Mint 11 includes updated software in addition to brings refinements in addition to new features to create your desktop a lot more comfortable to work with.
Multimedia codecs in addition to extra applications
Linux Mint 11 comes to be a liveDVD. A liveCD is additionally available for people without getting a DVD burner or maybe distributors established in the USA and Japan. The liveCD includes less applications, no multimedia codecs no restricted software, defining it as fit within 700MB in addition to safely distributable in countries where the legislation allows patents to apply to software.
In the liveCD, the installation connected with codecs and extra applications is actually easier than ever.
You'll notice two links in the Welcome Screen:
1. Upgrade towards DVD Edition
2. Put in Multimedia Codecs
There are also links in that Menu:
1. Menu - Sound in addition to Video - Install Multimedia Codecs
2. Menu - Administration - Upgrade towards DVD Edition
Amenable the menu, select the mouse, and the many missing software is actually installed.
With two clicks in the mouse you'll have the many missing components installed on your system: Full multimedia support, VLC, Gimp, Giver, Tomboy, LibreOffice-Base, Espresso, Samba, additional fonts, skills, themes, icons, and everything that makes Linux Mint a whole, out of that box, operating system.
A fresh link was also added in Menu - Preferences, to launch that Welcome Screen after the way to closed or told to no more appear when you log in.
The Software Manager
Many improvements were made to its graphical interface, and the Software program Manager now looks a lot more polished. A splash screen appears once you launch it. The principle screen features much larger category icons, a fresh template and a fresh "Fonts" category. Application screens were being visually improved, not only in the way they look but additionally in their layout and also the information they present.
For instance, the Software Supervisor now runs a simulation before showing you the appliance, so when you look at it, it can let you know precisely which packages would be added or removed for a system, how much data would be downloaded and the amount of space would be taken to the hard drive, may you choosed press the Put in button.
Application icons at the moment are gathered not only in the mintinstall-icons package but additionally from your tattoo theme and produced at runtime if you want to. This helps that Software Manager within showing more symbols than before, whether or not mintinstall-icons is established or not.
Through default, the Software Supervisor now searches in the package names but additionally in their conclusion. This makes queries longer but a lot more accurate than before. You can alter this by clicking "Edit - Preferences - Search in offers summary".
The Update Manager
The Update Manager is more quickly than before. It helpful to check your Net connection, update its rules and show for package improvements. Thanks to several refactoring and value changes it now only looks for package updates. The rules (which state the safety level for each package) are now embedded in the Update Manager no longer need to be downloaded. When a fresh version of the rules can be purchased, a new version in the Update Manager is actually released. The Replace Manager then ignores all other updates. Afer updating itself it really is restarted, so you're always with all the latest Update Manager with the latest rules also it doesn't need to check the rules all the time it looks with regard to updates. The result is often a safer yet more quickly Update Manager.
One of the biggest improvement made towards Update Manager is actually how it right now handles dependencies. It only shows improvements, not their dependencies. If the ugprade of any package requires additional changes for a system a dialog pops up which has a summary to show you which packages shall be installed or taken off. This brings any permanent fix towards notorious "Broken packages" message that helpful to appear before, looked after makes it considerably clearer which updates can be purchased and what impact do their installation have to the system.
Visual improvements were also made to the graphical interface:
1. All dialogs at the moment are modal
2. When an upgrade is successful the Update Supervisor hides itself, while driving see a "Changes used successfully" dialog waiting that they are clicked
3. Warnings and info tabs no more appear for updates unexpectedly or additional details
4. Changelogs are saved asynchronously (in that background), their retrieval is actually more reliable and they also look better compared to before
The Desktop Settings tool
On the list of particularities of Linux Mint would be to show humorous quotes in the terminal. There's nothing beats seing a cow tell a negative joke as you're preparation to type several serious administration instructions.
Some people such as these quotes, and several people don't. Like the rest in the system it required to be easily changed ON or OFF so it was put into the Desktop Settings tool.
The Desktop Settings tool is actually "desktop-agnostic". Originally produced for Gnome, it now registers which desktop is actually running and exhibits settings specific to that desktop. It will be used in the foreseeable future in all editions of Linux Mint in addition to offer additional settings to KDE, Xfce, LXDE in addition to Fluxbox users.
Artwork improvements
Linux Mint 11 uses a similar GTK and icon themes because the previous release in addition to brings further improvements.
Backgrounds: This default background shows a 3d scene featuring that Linux Mint logo design. It comes from an artist referred to as Gelsan. Additional quality backgrounds are also available, including "Spring", "Bubbles" and "Bring me personally to life" by Pr09studio and several beautiful photographs from Jyothish Kumar P. Gary the gadget guy (aviatorjk).
Overlay scrollbars: Linux Mint 11 inherits the upstream overlay scrollbars in addition to enables them through default.
Mint-X theme: Many improvements were dropped at Mint-X, including better integration with Deluge, Synaptic, Gimp in addition to Banshee, as well as fresh round radio buttons (not within the RC release).
Mint-search-addon: Firefox 4, Chromium and Opera come with an improved mint-search-addon wordpress plugin. The new wordpress plugin looks more polished than before, it includes bug fixes and helps you easily extend your own search to additional popular websites for example Wikipedia, Youtube, eBay, Amazon, IMDB, flickr, Yahoo, Answers. com several Google services (images, video tutorials, maps, news, convert.. etc)
Plymouth shoe screen: Plymouth loads late in what's now a very quick boot sequence. This also fails to service most video drivers in high res. In Linux Mint 14, the entire shoe sequence is dark-colored. You no for a longer time see a logo design or loading dots. This makes that boot sequence a lot more coherent and provides operating system a far more professional look.
System improvements
apt download: A new "apt download" command was introduced which downloads a. deb package locally in addition to all its dependencies.
Adobe Adobe flash: On 32-bit techniques, the stable Adobe flash 10. 2 in addition to Beta Flash twelve. 3 plugins can now be installed individually. To easily transition between them, only type "sudo update-alternatives --config libflashplayer. so". About 64-bit systems, that Adobe Flash "Square" wordpress plugin runs in local 64-bit.
Software selection
After careful review and influenced by the scores due to the community in the Software Manager, the following changes were made to the default software program selection:
1. Gwibber is no more installed by default.
2. gThumb replaces F-Spot because the default photo use.
3. Banshee replaces Rhythmbox because the default music player.
4. padevchooser, paman, paprefs, pavumeter and pavucontrol are no longer installed by default.
5. LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice. org because the default office suite.
Upstream components
Linux Mint 11 features the following upstream components: Ubuntu 11.04, Linux 2.6.38, Gnome 2.32, Xorg 7.6.
Multimedia codecs in addition to extra applications
Linux Mint 11 comes to be a liveDVD. A liveCD is additionally available for people without getting a DVD burner or maybe distributors established in the USA and Japan. The liveCD includes less applications, no multimedia codecs no restricted software, defining it as fit within 700MB in addition to safely distributable in countries where the legislation allows patents to apply to software.
In the liveCD, the installation connected with codecs and extra applications is actually easier than ever.
You'll notice two links in the Welcome Screen:
1. Upgrade towards DVD Edition
2. Put in Multimedia Codecs
There are also links in that Menu:
1. Menu - Sound in addition to Video - Install Multimedia Codecs
2. Menu - Administration - Upgrade towards DVD Edition
Amenable the menu, select the mouse, and the many missing software is actually installed.
With two clicks in the mouse you'll have the many missing components installed on your system: Full multimedia support, VLC, Gimp, Giver, Tomboy, LibreOffice-Base, Espresso, Samba, additional fonts, skills, themes, icons, and everything that makes Linux Mint a whole, out of that box, operating system.
A fresh link was also added in Menu - Preferences, to launch that Welcome Screen after the way to closed or told to no more appear when you log in.
The Software Manager
Many improvements were made to its graphical interface, and the Software program Manager now looks a lot more polished. A splash screen appears once you launch it. The principle screen features much larger category icons, a fresh template and a fresh "Fonts" category. Application screens were being visually improved, not only in the way they look but additionally in their layout and also the information they present.
For instance, the Software Supervisor now runs a simulation before showing you the appliance, so when you look at it, it can let you know precisely which packages would be added or removed for a system, how much data would be downloaded and the amount of space would be taken to the hard drive, may you choosed press the Put in button.
Application icons at the moment are gathered not only in the mintinstall-icons package but additionally from your tattoo theme and produced at runtime if you want to. This helps that Software Manager within showing more symbols than before, whether or not mintinstall-icons is established or not.
Through default, the Software Supervisor now searches in the package names but additionally in their conclusion. This makes queries longer but a lot more accurate than before. You can alter this by clicking "Edit - Preferences - Search in offers summary".
The Update Manager
The Update Manager is more quickly than before. It helpful to check your Net connection, update its rules and show for package improvements. Thanks to several refactoring and value changes it now only looks for package updates. The rules (which state the safety level for each package) are now embedded in the Update Manager no longer need to be downloaded. When a fresh version of the rules can be purchased, a new version in the Update Manager is actually released. The Replace Manager then ignores all other updates. Afer updating itself it really is restarted, so you're always with all the latest Update Manager with the latest rules also it doesn't need to check the rules all the time it looks with regard to updates. The result is often a safer yet more quickly Update Manager.
One of the biggest improvement made towards Update Manager is actually how it right now handles dependencies. It only shows improvements, not their dependencies. If the ugprade of any package requires additional changes for a system a dialog pops up which has a summary to show you which packages shall be installed or taken off. This brings any permanent fix towards notorious "Broken packages" message that helpful to appear before, looked after makes it considerably clearer which updates can be purchased and what impact do their installation have to the system.
Visual improvements were also made to the graphical interface:
1. All dialogs at the moment are modal
2. When an upgrade is successful the Update Supervisor hides itself, while driving see a "Changes used successfully" dialog waiting that they are clicked
3. Warnings and info tabs no more appear for updates unexpectedly or additional details
4. Changelogs are saved asynchronously (in that background), their retrieval is actually more reliable and they also look better compared to before
The Desktop Settings tool
On the list of particularities of Linux Mint would be to show humorous quotes in the terminal. There's nothing beats seing a cow tell a negative joke as you're preparation to type several serious administration instructions.
Some people such as these quotes, and several people don't. Like the rest in the system it required to be easily changed ON or OFF so it was put into the Desktop Settings tool.
The Desktop Settings tool is actually "desktop-agnostic". Originally produced for Gnome, it now registers which desktop is actually running and exhibits settings specific to that desktop. It will be used in the foreseeable future in all editions of Linux Mint in addition to offer additional settings to KDE, Xfce, LXDE in addition to Fluxbox users.
Artwork improvements
Linux Mint 11 uses a similar GTK and icon themes because the previous release in addition to brings further improvements.
Backgrounds: This default background shows a 3d scene featuring that Linux Mint logo design. It comes from an artist referred to as Gelsan. Additional quality backgrounds are also available, including "Spring", "Bubbles" and "Bring me personally to life" by Pr09studio and several beautiful photographs from Jyothish Kumar P. Gary the gadget guy (aviatorjk).
Overlay scrollbars: Linux Mint 11 inherits the upstream overlay scrollbars in addition to enables them through default.
Mint-X theme: Many improvements were dropped at Mint-X, including better integration with Deluge, Synaptic, Gimp in addition to Banshee, as well as fresh round radio buttons (not within the RC release).
Mint-search-addon: Firefox 4, Chromium and Opera come with an improved mint-search-addon wordpress plugin. The new wordpress plugin looks more polished than before, it includes bug fixes and helps you easily extend your own search to additional popular websites for example Wikipedia, Youtube, eBay, Amazon, IMDB, flickr, Yahoo, Answers. com several Google services (images, video tutorials, maps, news, convert.. etc)
Plymouth shoe screen: Plymouth loads late in what's now a very quick boot sequence. This also fails to service most video drivers in high res. In Linux Mint 14, the entire shoe sequence is dark-colored. You no for a longer time see a logo design or loading dots. This makes that boot sequence a lot more coherent and provides operating system a far more professional look.
System improvements
apt download: A new "apt download" command was introduced which downloads a. deb package locally in addition to all its dependencies.
Adobe Adobe flash: On 32-bit techniques, the stable Adobe flash 10. 2 in addition to Beta Flash twelve. 3 plugins can now be installed individually. To easily transition between them, only type "sudo update-alternatives --config libflashplayer. so". About 64-bit systems, that Adobe Flash "Square" wordpress plugin runs in local 64-bit.
Software selection
After careful review and influenced by the scores due to the community in the Software Manager, the following changes were made to the default software program selection:
1. Gwibber is no more installed by default.
2. gThumb replaces F-Spot because the default photo use.
3. Banshee replaces Rhythmbox because the default music player.
4. padevchooser, paman, paprefs, pavumeter and pavucontrol are no longer installed by default.
5. LibreOffice replaces OpenOffice. org because the default office suite.
Upstream components
Linux Mint 11 features the following upstream components: Ubuntu 11.04, Linux 2.6.38, Gnome 2.32, Xorg 7.6.
