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Home Operating Systems Linux Linux Mint 12 launched – A look on its features

Linux Mint 12 launched – A look on its features

November 28, 2011 by Amal Leave a Comment

Linux Mint 12 – Lisa is launched very recently. It was out on November 26, 2011. This is yet another update from Linux mint team; second one this year. Linux mint 12 replaces older desktop with an elegant and brand new desktop. Anyway lets dig into the new features.

Linux Mint Lisa

Linux Mint Lisa

Gnome 3 and MGSE – A new mix up

This new desktop is built on MGSE and Gnome 3. MGSE is the abbreviation for Mint Gnome Shell Extensions. It is a layer of desktop added to Gnome 3 which makes it easier for you to run Gnome 3 without any hassles. That means, if you disable all components within MGSE, then you will get a Gnome 3 experience, while if you enable them all, then yuo will get a desktop experience that is similar to your earlier mint desktop.

The core features in MGSE are :

  • A panel at the bottom
  • A separate menu for applications
  • List for windows
  • Desktop Switcher
  • Visible Tray Icons
Alt + Tab Pop Up Window

Alt + Tab Pop Up Window

The Linux mint 12 comes with exciting features, and the components using MGSE gives us the old Linux mint isadora feeling. In a normal view, Linux Mint 12  behaves like the traditional desktop, but it is packed in a new, attractive form. Now launching applications has become easier, because you can switch between applicatons and workspaces using the keyboard shortcuts. A notification bar sitting at the top gives you latest updates, and access to “activities” from the top left corner.

mint-menu

The new MGSE menu

MATE

It is a Gnome 2 fashioned tool using which you can run both versions of Gnome ; i.e. Gnome 2 and 3 on the same system.

MATE

Mate with Mint's menu

MATE is available for users to download, in the DVD edition. If you have downloaded the CD edition, then you can install a  mint-meta-mate package via Package Manager.

Artistic Linux

Mint-Z-new-theme

MintZ - new theme in Lisa

Now Linux Mint, has 2 more awesome themes named Mint-Z and Mint-Z-Dark in addition to old Mint themes.

Mint Z theme Set up

Mint Z theme Set up

Backgrounds : Like in the older releases, the default appearance tab shows a 3D Linux Mint logo. There are plenty more artworks to choose from. You can choose them according to your taste. This time they’ve included photographs from India too, that made me happy anyways.

Search Engines

DDG : This time Linux Mint comes with another default search engine, named Duck Duck Go. The good here is that, this search engine provides completely unbiased  results for your queries.

Installation procedures : Installing search engines has become a lot different from previous releases. In earlier editions, we manually needed to update the search engine via “about:config” in Mozilla Firefox. This time they’ve also launched additional search engines installation facility.


 

Download the DVD edition

Download the DVD edition

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Filed Under: Linux, Operating Systems Tagged With: gnome, linux, lisa, mint, mint 12, ubtunu

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