Linux Mint 17.2 “Rafaela” Images Available for VMware and VirtualBox
Linux Mint team announced the latest version of their operating system Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, Linux Mint 17.2 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2019. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use: A huge amount of work was done to review the CPU usage in various parts of Cinnamon and many improvements were made. Performance was gained by optimizing how Cinnamon reacts to particular events and reducing the number of tasks or repeated tasks it performs. Support for multiple monitors was improved. Better window list actions and new keybindings allow you to move windows to other monitors (Super+Shift with arrow keys by default). But the most significant improvement is that you can now have multiple panels and place them across multiple monitors. Up until version 2.6 “cinnamon-screensaver” was no more than a “screen locker”. It locked the screen but didn’t actually play any animation. This is changed now as it gained support for XScreenSaver modules and HTML5 screensavers. Panels can now be added/removed/configured individually and moved to different positions across one or multiple monitors. The “System Settings” were redesigned and reorganized using a beautiful new look, layout and transitions. The window effects settings were simplified and cool new effects were introduced. Nemo features a brand new plugin manager. In the Software Sources configuration tool you can now open PPA archives and browse their packages. You no longer need to switch to another tool to install what you were looking for. The MDM 2.0 display manager features many under-the-hood improvements. In the Caja file browser, you can now enable/disable extensions at run-time. MATE can now take full advantage of mixer functionality and it is able to automatically detect and support PulseAudio, ALSA and OSS. You can read complete release announcement for Cinnamon and Mate.
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