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Cinnamon 2.0 Released, Becomes An `Entire Desktop Environment`

Cinnamon 2.0 Released, Becomes An `Entire Desktop Environment`

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Cinnamon 2.0 Released, Becomes An `Entire Desktop Environment`

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/">Cinnamon</a> 2.0 has been released today featuring many bug fixes as well as some new features.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the release <a href="http://segfault.linuxmint.com/2013/10/cinnamon-2-0-released/">announcement</a>, with version 2.0, Cinnamon is no longer a frontend ontop of the GNOME desktop like Unity or GNOME Shell, but "<i>an entire desktop environment</i>". Cinnamon is still built on GNOME technologies and uses GTK, but "<i>it no longer requires GNOME itself to be installed</i>" because it now communicates with its own backend services, libraries and daemons.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/cinnamon-2.0.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cinnamon 2.0" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93xPVz4y7CUU0nwUMF8H2rbyUEfXi_99oZKV0O9-0tAN5hpZBPqWpN21FAnc36LhsvCxfE1NcwhERFPcsbtUfL9jA9huCMz7fsMSutm9zTV0pPHDp6QQxGcmsH-iU8-TVCuq7-0GZm-0/s320/cinnamon-2.0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Changes in Cinnamon 2.0:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li style="text-align: justify;">improved edge-tiling: </li><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>tiled windows can be resized;</li><li>in addition to top, bottom, left and right, windows can now be tiled into the 4 corners of the screen;</li><li>a new feature called "HUD" was added: when dragging a window near a tiling zone, Cinnamon displays a hint so you know where the window will tile - see second screenshot below;</li></ul><li style="text-align: justify;">a new edge-snapping feature has been added - it's similar to edge-tiling, but there's a difference: maximized windows do not cover snapped windows. To snap a window, drag a window with your mouse towards an edge while pressing the Control key;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">configurable individual sound effects: you can configure sounds for events such as Cinnamon startup, switching workspace, closing, minimizing or maximizing windows and so on.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">replaced GNOME "User Accounts" with new Cinnamon "Users and Groups". Users can access and modify their own info via the Account Details module;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">added an User Applet which can be used to shutdown, restart or suspend the system, turn off the notifications, access the account details or System Settings. Furthermore, the applet supports MDM and LightDM user switching and LightDM guest user session;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">cinnamon-bluetooth has replaced blueman;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">important performance improvements for full-screen apps.</li></ul><br />Here are a few screenshots with some of these changes:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/cinnamon-2.0-user-applet.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cinnamon 2.0 screenshot" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/cinnamon-2.0-user-applet_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New User Applet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/cinnamon-2.0-hud-and-tile-osd.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cinnamon 2.0 screenshot" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/cinnamon-2.0-hud-and-tile-osd_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new "HUD" tiling feature (see the hint at the top) / window snapping OSD</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/cinnamon-2.0-users-groups.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cinnamon 2.0 screenshot" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/cinnamon-2.0-users-groups_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cinnamon 2.0 Users and Groups</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/cinnamon-2.0-sound-effects.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cinnamon 2.0 screenshot" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/cinnamon-2.0-sound-effects_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cinnamon 2.0 Sound Effects</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Some minor new features include: <br /><ul><li>sound applet: added support for SMPlayer and Tomahawk;</li><li>added snap OSD;</li><li>expo: middle click on window thumbnail now closes the window;</li><li>window-list improvements;</li><li>more!</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/cinnamon-2.0-nemo.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon 2.0 Nemo screenshot" src="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1113424/img/cinnamon-2.0-nemo_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Nemo, the default Cinnamon file manager (forked from Nautilus) has also received some interesting improvements:</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">two new extensions were added - nemo-preview (for previewing files, fork of GNOME Sushi), and nemo-media-columns (adds various info to the Nautilus list view);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">in list view, columns are now re-orderable by simple drag and drop method, without having to open a separate dialog;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">in the List View, you can now right-click a column heading to add or remove visible columns quickly;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">also in the List View, Nemo will try to avoid having a horizontal scroll bar by truncating the name column when necessary;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">there is a new option in Preferences to always start in split-pane mode;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">there is a new option in Preferences to ignore folder-specific metadata regarding zoom level, view type, and column layouts;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved the Move/Copy To context menus - they now include a "Browse…" entry to pick your target folder, as well as options to include bookmarks and places in the menus;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">you can now turn file tooltips on or off in the different views;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">there is an additional menu item in the list-view column context menu, to temporarily disable auto-sorting of new or changed items.  By enabling this, new files are simply added to the bottom of the file list, and renamed items stay put, regardless of alphabetical or other sort criteria;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved the Open With dialog - you can now add custom mime-type handlers on the fly;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved handling of the file operation progress dialog. You can now close the dialog entirely and it will turn into a dynamic icon in the system tray, showing overall progress with a circular icon.  From that icon you can get additional information via the tooltip, and you can click the icon to restore the full progress dialog;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">middle-clicking a tab will now close it.</li></ul><br /><br /><h2>Getting Cinnamon 2.0</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cinnamon 2.0 will be included by default in the upcoming Linux Mint 16 "Petra" </b>(which should be released at the end of November) and then it <b>will be backported to LMDE and Linux Mint 13 LTS</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04 or 12.10</b> (there are some packages that <a href="https://launchpad.net/~gwendal-lebihan-dev/+archive/cinnamon-stable/+packages">failed</a> to build for Ubuntu 12.04 so I suggest you wait until these are fixed!) users can install the latest stable Cinnamon by using the stable PPA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Important:</b> in my test under Ubuntu 13.10, installing Cinnamon broke the Unity session (I was unable to log in to Unity until I removed Cinnamon; this didn't occur in Ubuntu 13.04) so use it at your own risk!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Add the PPA and install Cinnamon in Ubuntu using the following commands</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install cinnamon</code></pre>Then, log out and select Cinnamon from the login screen session menu.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions, see the Cinnamon <a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?page_id=61">downloads page</a>.</div>

Cinnamon 2.0 Released, Becomes An `Entire Desktop Environment`

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Google Drive Client `Insync` For Linux Out Of Beta, Gets Selective Sync Support

<div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="https://www.insynchq.com/">Insync</a> is an unofficial Google Drive client that "extends Drive's web functionality to your desktop by integrating tightly with Windows, Mac and Linux so you can get work done".</i></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRKt5ql7FVhIQz7oUscxU02J4c2xLSkWDsFtqwfA93PeiGNzbMAU767-vZrxosecClTUYLoK00YQtNTlt3l8CEZFx1A36Pv8RJuIcXjB4DO-EtxZag6Kui60r_ES8bEUeq41jkXTQl8I/s1600/insync-linux-stable.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoRKt5ql7FVhIQz7oUscxU02J4c2xLSkWDsFtqwfA93PeiGNzbMAU767-vZrxosecClTUYLoK00YQtNTlt3l8CEZFx1A36Pv8RJuIcXjB4DO-EtxZag6Kui60r_ES8bEUeq41jkXTQl8I/s320/insync-linux-stable.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync for Linux: Nautilus integration / Ubuntu appindicator</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Insync for Linux is out of beta</b> and it now offers the same features available for the Windows and Mac clients: </div><a name='more'></a><ul><li>multiple account support</li><li>selective sync (all files and folders)</li><li>offline access to Google Docs</li><li>symlink support</li><li>built-in sharing (without using a web browser)</li><li>file manager integration</li><li>recent changes </li><li>more</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Linux version also comes with a feature that allows you to add any folder on your system to Insync via the file manager context menu (using a symbolic link).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Insync was free to use while in beta only so to use the latest stable release you must pay a<b> one-time fee of $9.99 per Google account</b> (which includes unlimited installs across all desktops). <b>You can try the stable release for free for 15 days</b>. The trial period can be extended by 15 days if you <a href="https://www.insynchq.com/referrals">refer a friend</a> (both you and your friend get an extra 15 days).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The tool supports Ubuntu, Debian, Linu Mint, PCLinuxOS, MEPIS and Fedora with the following desktop environments: Unity, Cinnamon, GNOME Shell, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, MATE and Openbox + fbpanel and 5 file managers: Nautilus, Nemo, Caja, Dolphin and Thunar.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g84mfR-eHEo5jG9W3lDU53FyRzTQ-xtUcLKN7o9Fbb_pv_P2Up7oT8wak1wvpD8ReCdpMcYXOk0FvuRiNGbQB-dIc_ml7RCM2OYwbdTNNmgQKUOjvAqDCFBeYjMR6rv84v7w5EDE-cw/s1600/insync-linux-stable_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1g84mfR-eHEo5jG9W3lDU53FyRzTQ-xtUcLKN7o9Fbb_pv_P2Up7oT8wak1wvpD8ReCdpMcYXOk0FvuRiNGbQB-dIc_ml7RCM2OYwbdTNNmgQKUOjvAqDCFBeYjMR6rv84v7w5EDE-cw/s320/insync-linux-stable_2.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insync for Linux: account settings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.insynchq.com/">Download Insync</a></b> *</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">* The installer will try to detect your desktop environment and install the package required for file manager integration. If you change the desktop environment or use a different file manager, you'll have to install the file manager integration package from the repositories (the Insync repository is added automatically): simply search for Insync in Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic, etc. and install the package for your file manager, like insync-thunar, insync-nemo, insync-nautilus and so on.</div>

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Variety Wallpaper Changer 0.4.15 Released With Cinnamon 1.8 And MATE 1.6 Support

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKO3elYvY3vGpuxxy5h3gOht_1UxWoVJgJcPK7T1mPVYrZEaL6OUl02ptnHigTHXH7YfSKrwRX8987hLPpv7N6EeaMUnmVFS2mf-B4OizVqbD4gC29MAjXEI5qoIJS3HW4jpiklEiZ8Y/s1600/variety-wallpaper-changer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Variety Wallpaper Changer" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKO3elYvY3vGpuxxy5h3gOht_1UxWoVJgJcPK7T1mPVYrZEaL6OUl02ptnHigTHXH7YfSKrwRX8987hLPpv7N6EeaMUnmVFS2mf-B4OizVqbD4gC29MAjXEI5qoIJS3HW4jpiklEiZ8Y/s320/variety-wallpaper-changer.png" title="Variety Wallpaper Changer" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://peterlevi.com/variety/">Variety</a> is a <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/keep-yout-desktop-fresh-with-variety.html">wallpaper changer</a> that automatically downloads wallpapers </b>from sources such as <b>Wallbase, Flickr, Wallpapers.net, Desktoppr, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day</b> as well as World Sunlight Map: <b>a live Earth wallpaper</b> which changes throughout the day. Using it, you can get a new, beautiful wallpaper automatically at the interval you set in the application preferences.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The application supports most desktop environments: Unity, GNOME Shell, KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE and Pantheon.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Variety 0.4.15</b> has been released yesterday, bringing <b>support for the latest <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/cinnamon-18-gets-its-own-control-center.html" title="Install Cinnamon 1.8 in Ubuntu">Cinnamon 1.8</a> and <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/mate-16-released-install-it-in-ubuntu.html" title="Install MATE 1.6 in Ubuntu">MATE 1.6</a></b>, which are used in the two main <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/linux-mint-15-olivia-available-for.html">Linux Mint 15</a> editions. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3T3s7bakuKsdXyo_SEF9qAIianSAl4RJgX7wcA3s6eMf-sZA54DsrvptYTJqZlZndHAMVy0KVthKURSYGQfDdJWp4OX2GapirUV2i-5_xlugkyotiqIdp_ssL7QIkJiQKvLOKuhSsojo/s1600/variety-lightdm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3T3s7bakuKsdXyo_SEF9qAIianSAl4RJgX7wcA3s6eMf-sZA54DsrvptYTJqZlZndHAMVy0KVthKURSYGQfDdJWp4OX2GapirUV2i-5_xlugkyotiqIdp_ssL7QIkJiQKvLOKuhSsojo/s320/variety-lightdm.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The new version also brings better support for LightDM</b>: in the Variety Preferences, on the "Customize" tab, check the box under "Login Screen Support" - this will make sure the wallpaper set by Variety will be used by LightDM login screen. LightDM automatically displays the wallpaper you set for your desktop, however, for this to work, some wallpaper permissions need to be changed; using this option, Variety does this automatically for you so the wallpaper it sets can be used by LightDM.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The latest Variety 0.4.15 also brings many bug fixes, including a fix for the problems with the folder choosers.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Variety Wallpaper Changer in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the Variety PPA and install the application in Ubuntu, use the commands below:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peterlevi/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install variety</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install Variety Wallpaper Changer from <b><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=63454">AUR</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions</b>, the Variety source code can be downloaded via <b><a href="https://launchpad.net/variety/+download">Launchpad</a></b>.</div>

Variety Wallpaper Changer 0.4.15 Released With Cinnamon 1.8 And MATE 1.6 Support

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Linux Mint 15 `Olivia` Available For Download [Screenshots Tour]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Linux Mint 15 "Olivia", based on <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/ubuntu-1304-available-for-download.html">Ubuntu 13.04</a>, has been <a href="http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2366">released</a> today and is available, as usual, in two editions: MATE and Cinnamon. Let's take a look at what's new!</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILRlodF1dfOgjVPT4WddYehGiGr-0_GbX-zQ_esfjSmsvS3D50LXIfAyKi5thOHoBC7LQnLffgYv1raL_Rc9tMNvmKPxDNAbiKiRKD5Z9GNd9KxUJ0Tvaq20cWOsI69nBNF9DhmFzRfIO/s1600/linux-mint-15-welcome.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILRlodF1dfOgjVPT4WddYehGiGr-0_GbX-zQ_esfjSmsvS3D50LXIfAyKi5thOHoBC7LQnLffgYv1raL_Rc9tMNvmKPxDNAbiKiRKD5Z9GNd9KxUJ0Tvaq20cWOsI69nBNF9DhmFzRfIO/s320/linux-mint-15-welcome.png" title="Linux Mint 15" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><h2>Linux Mint 15 "Olivia"</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>The features below are shared between the two main Linux Mint editions: Cinnamon and MATE.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Linux Mint 15 ships with a <b>new tool that allows you to manage the software sources, called MintSources</b> (shows up as "<b>Software Sources</b>" in the menu), replacing the old Software Sources (software-propreties-gtk) that was shared with Ubuntu:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-software-sources_1.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-software-sources_1_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-software-sources_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-software-sources_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">MintSouces allows you to select the mirrors used for the software sources, with an included speed-test tool that lets you select the fastest mirror, easily enable optional components such as backports or unstable packages, enable source code repositories, <b>there's a PPAs tab</b> that lets you add, edit or remove PPAs, add additional repositories, manage authentication keys and so on. On the "Maintenance" tab you'll find a button to fix common APT problems like MergeList issue or purge residual configuration.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Another new tool that's available in Linux Mint 15 is "MintDrivers"</b>, a driver manager (shows up as "<b>Driver Manager</b>" in the menu) that uses the same backend as the Ubuntu Software Sources (which integrates the driver manager now):</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mintdrivers.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mintdrivers_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In Linux Mint 15, <b>MDM supports three types of greeters</b>: <b>a GTK greeter, a GDM greeter which supports the old GDM 2.20 themes and a new HTML (supports HTML5, CSS, Javascript and WebGL) greeter</b> which supports theming but since it's new, there are no themes available to download yet on websites such as Gnome-Look, though I'm sure many will be available soon. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mdm-preferences.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mdm-preferences_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Linux Mint 15 ships with some GDM as well as some HTML themes for MDM - here's the default MDM theme and some other MDM HTML themes included by default with Linux Mint 15:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mdm.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mdm_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The default Linux Mint 15 MDM greeter (HTML)<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mdm-html_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mdm-html_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mdm-html_3.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mdm-html_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mdm-html_4.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mdm-html_4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the default MDM HTML themes there's a really nice animated WebGL theme which unfortunately I can't show you here since it would have required a video (and the theme is really slow in VirtualBox).</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides these new features, MDM has also received many bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements.</div><br /><br /><b>Other changes shared between the two Linux Mint 15 editions:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>artwork improvements, including 12 new wallpapers, improved Mint-X theme to make GTK2 and GTK3 applications look more similar, updated Plymouth theme and more;</li><li>MintNanny has been ported to GTK+;</li><li>the Update Manager is now able to refresh the APT cache in user mode;</li><li>the Software Manager now uses automated pagination, supports searching in a certain category, etc.</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-software-manager.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-software-manager_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linux Mint Software Manager</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-software-manager_2.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-software-manager_2_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linux Mint Software Manager</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-update-manager.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-update-manager_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linux Mint Update Manager</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Both Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" editions share most of the default applications (basically all except for the file manager and other desktop-especific components): Firefox 20.0 (but Firefox 21 is available as an update already), Thunderbird 17.0.6, LibreOffice 4.0.2, GIMP 2.8.4, gThumb 3.0.2, Transmission 2.77, Pidgin 2.10.7, VLC 2.0.6, Totem 3.6.3, Banshee 2.6.0, Tomboy 1.12.0, Brasero 3.6.1, Synaptic 0.80, Mint Backup 2.0.9, Xchat 2.8.8 and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, <b>since Linux Mint 15 is based on <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/ubuntu-1304-available-for-download.html">Ubuntu 13.04</a></b>, it uses the same kernel: 3.8 - based on the upstream Linux Kernel 3.8.8, Xorg server 1.13.3 and Mesa 9.1.1.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon edition</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon edition</b> comes with the latest <b>Cinnamon 1.8</b>, released recently, which introduces some important changes, such as:</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">a <b>new Control Center</b>, especially created for Cinnamon;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">a <b>new screensaver</b> created for Cinnamon which is very simplistic and has basically the same features as Gnome Screensaver, from which it was forked, except for an away message feature (display an away message on the lock screen);</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>desktop widgets</b> ("Desklets") support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>install or update "spices"</b> (applets, desklets, themes or extensions) directly <b>from the desktop</b>, via Cinnamon Control Center;</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nemo</b>, the default Cinnamon file manager has received <b>a lot of improvements</b>, including: better Cinnamon integration, buttons in the statusbar to easily hide the sidebar, switch to treeview, etc., option to hide the menu, collapsable sidebar categories, breadcrumbs, sidebar disk space indicators and more;</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cinnamon now automatically falls back to Software Rendering</b> (previously known as Cinnamon 2D) <b>when the full Cinnamon is not supported</b> - a critical notification is displayed on startup when running Software Rendering - this usually happens because of a problem with the drivers or if the graphics card doesn't support any acceleration;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">horizontal / vertical maximizing of windows;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">more!</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are some Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon screenshots (note: there are no window shadows because the screenshots were taken in VirtualBox and Cinnamon used the software renderer):</div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-applets-online.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15  Cinnamon screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-applets-online_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Online Cinnamon applets</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-desklets.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-desklets_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Desklets</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-nemo.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-nemo_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nemo file manager</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-screensaver.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-screensaver_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cinnamon Screensaver</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-system-settings.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-system-settings_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cinnamon Control Center</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-system-settings-advanced.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-cinnamon-system-settings-advanced_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cinnamon Control Center (advanced)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b>For more about Cinnamon 1.8, including a video and Ubuntu installation instructions, see our article: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/05/cinnamon-18-gets-its-own-control-center.html">Cinnamon 1.8 Gets Its Own Control Center And Screensaver, Easier Spices Installation</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Linux Mint 15 MATE edition</h2><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 MATE screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linux Mint 15 MATE edition with mintMenu</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Linux Mint 15 MATE edition ships with MATE 1.6</b>, released a couple of months ago, which doesn't come with a lot of visible features but there are many under-the-hood improvements and bug fixes. Here are the Linux Mint 15 MATE highlights:</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>some of the old technologies used by MATE have been replaced with newer ones</b>: mateconf has been replaced with gsettings, matecorba and matecomponent has been replaced with dbus, matevfs has been replaced with gio/gvfs and matenotify has been replaced with libnotify;</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Caja</b>, the default file manager, has received support for new thumbnailers, a new connect server dialog backported from Nautilus 3, improved sidebar and more;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">MPRIS v2 support;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">in case of a crash, mate-settings-daemon is now able to recover and it is automatically restarted by mate-session;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the MATE panel Window List now supports middle click to close windows and the Workspace Switcher has option to wrap around between workspaces with the mouse wheel;</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>new options in MATE Control Center to enable Macro compositing manager</b>, fast alt-tab and more;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">the <b>Notification Daemon</b> now supports notifications that "never" expire" and there's a new <b>option to allow users to specify on which screen the notifications should be displayed</b>;</li><li style="text-align: justify;"><b>mintDesktop and mintMenu have been migrated to the latest MATE 1.6</b></li><li style="text-align: justify;">more.<b> </b></li></ul><br />Linux Mint 15 MATE edition screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 MATE screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate_3.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 MATE screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate_4.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 MATE screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate_4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate-caja.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 MATE screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate-caja_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caja, the default MATE file manager<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate-compositing-manager.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 MATE screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate-compositing-manager_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate-control-center.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 MATE screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate-control-center_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MATE Control Center<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate-control-center-notifications.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 MATE screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate-control-center-notifications_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New MATE notification options<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate-desktop-settings.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Linux Mint 15 MATE screenshots" src="http://img.netupd8.com/linux-mint-15-mate-desktop-settings_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mintDesktop</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Read more about MATE 1.6 (and Ubuntu installation instructions) in the following article: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/mate-16-released-install-it-in-ubuntu.html">MATE 1.6 Released, Install It In Ubuntu [GNOME 2 Fork]</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Linux Mint 15</h2><br />Before downloading Linux Mint 15, make sure you read the <a href="http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_olivia.php">known issues</a>!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php">Download Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon or MATE editions</a></b></div><br />

Linux Mint 15 `Olivia` Available For Download [Screenshots Tour]

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Cinnamon 1.8 Gets Its Own Control Center And Screensaver, Easier Spices Installation

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWLiJsiqX2Nsg_5hErYFYeN8zJAtLn48E_fLnRuiAtOU7ftobEtEW6J6KDZpCutD1K7aEryEWX6is1q06CbUWbtwrpQtlwe7rvxdIgo6U7P78eQDxqORg69wU2O-EwSwXoYVJbmx82MGo/s1600/cinnamon-1.8.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWLiJsiqX2Nsg_5hErYFYeN8zJAtLn48E_fLnRuiAtOU7ftobEtEW6J6KDZpCutD1K7aEryEWX6is1q06CbUWbtwrpQtlwe7rvxdIgo6U7P78eQDxqORg69wU2O-EwSwXoYVJbmx82MGo/s320/cinnamon-1.8.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon">Cinnamon</a>, the desktop environment used by default in Linux Mint, has reached version 1.8, getting its own Control Center, screensaver and more.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Cinnamon is a GNOME Shell fork which tries to offer the layout and customizability of GNOME 2: by default there's a panel at the bottom (but optionally, you can also get one on top like in GNOME 2) that supports autohide, it supports applets, a classic system tray and more.</i><br /><br /><b>Let's take a look at what's new in the latest Cinnamon 1.8! </b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><h2>Cinnamon 1.8 video</h2><br />Below you can watch a video which presents the most important changes in Cinnamon 1.8:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZNjZH2r9Zos" width="480"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNjZH2r9Zos">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a>)</center><br />Sorry for the fonts in the video, it's an YouTube bug because the fonts look ok in my original video. The fonts don't look like that when using Cinnamon.<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>What's new in Cinnamon 1.8</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Cinnamon 1.8 no longer uses gnome-session for fallback which has advantages such as the ability to restart Cinnamon after a crash or the use of a wrapper which allows Cinnamon to restart itself after potential crashes. This should also fix the issue with Cinnamon not working on some hardware which was actually capable of running it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cinnamon 1.8 comes with its own Control Center</b>, so there's no longer the need to use GNOME Control Center. This is especially useful if you have installed multiple desktop environments: features that are GNOME Shell or Unity specific don't show up in Cinnamon Control Center, so you should now have a more clean, less confusing settings app. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Cinnamon Settings you can find all the GNOME settings that also apply to Cinnamon as well as Cinnamon-specific settings such as applets, desklets, theme settings, windows behavior, hot corners setup, panel settings and more:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-system-settings.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon Control Center" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-system-settings_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By default, Cinnamon Control Center displays only some of the system settings and for more advanced settings you must click the "Switch to Advanced Mode" button in the lower left corner.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>Cinnamon Screensaver</b> about which we were telling you <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/work-started-on-cinnamon-screensaver.html">a while back</a>, is available by default with Cinnamon 1.8. The screensaver is very simplistic, displaying the date and time on a shaded background and optionally, it can also display an away message:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-screensaver.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon Screensaver" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-screensaver_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-screensaver-settings.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon screensaver settings" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-screensaver-settings_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The new Cinnamon release also introduces "<b>Desklets</b>" (<b>desktop widgets</b>), but since this is a new feature, there are only a few available for now:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-desklets.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon Desklets" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-desklets_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-desklets-settings.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon desklets settings" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-desklets-settings_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The desklets can be set to snap to a desklets grid so they align nicely, with configurable grid width and users can also select if the desklets should use a border, border and header or no decoration at all.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another interesting new feature in Cinnamon 1.8 is that you can <b>install or update "spices" (which include applets, desklets, themes or extensions) directly from the desktop</b>, via Cinnamon Control Center, so Cinnamon users no longer need to manually download and install them from  http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-applets-install-online.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon 1.8 applets install" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-applets-install-online_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In my test, installing themes didn't work for some reason, maybe because the available themes aren't compatible with the latest Cinnamon 1.8 yet, but I was able to successfully install applets and desklets.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, <b>Nemo, the default Cinnamon file manager, has received many improvements </b>since the previous stable release that's available in Linux Mint 14 (1.1.2), such as:</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">buttons in the statusbar to easily hide the sidebar and switch between places and treeview (sidebar);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">option to hide the menu;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">collapsable sidebar categories;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">breadcrumbs;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Sidebar Disk Indicators: indicators are displayed under each drive, displaying the free/used space;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">various fixes and more.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-nemo.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cinnamon 1.8 Nemo" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-nemo_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nemo 1.8</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><i><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-install-nemo-file-manager-in.html">See how to install Nemo file manager in Ubuntu</a>.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Other changes:</b><br /><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Cinnamon now automatically falls back to Software Rendering (previously known as Cinnamon 2D) when the full Cinnamon is not supported - a critical notification is displayed on startup when running Software Rendering  - this usually happens because of a problem with the drivers or if the graphics card doesn't support any acceleration;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">improved hot-corner configuration;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">new coverflow and timeline alt-tab;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">updated default applets, many fixes, etc.</li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-hotcorners.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Cinnamon hot-corner configuration" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-hotcorners_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-coverflow-alt-tab.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cinnamon coverflow alt-tab" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-coverflow-alt-tab_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coverflow ATL-TAB style</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-timeline-alt-tab.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cinnamon timeline alt-tab" src="http://img.netupd8.com/cinnamon-1.8-timeline-alt-tab_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Timeline ALT-TAB style</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/what-to-expect-in-linux-mint-15.htmlBumpmaps">Bumpmaps</a>, a feature that was supposed to be added in Cinnamon 1.8 didn't make it unfortunately as it's not yet fully ready.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Cinnamon 1.8 in Ubuntu</h2><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cinnamon 1.8 will be available by default in Linux Mint 15</b> (Cinnamon Edition - RC should be out mid-may) and it should also be available in the <b>"Romeo" repository for Linux Mint 13 and 14 soon</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ubuntu Precise, Quantal, Raring and Saucy users can install the latest <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/alternative-cinnamon-ppa-for-ubuntu.html">Cinnamon via PPA</a>:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install cinnamon</code></pre>Once installed, log out and select Cinnamon from the login screen.<br /><br /><b>For other Linux distributions, see the Cinnamon <a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?page_id=61">downloads page</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>via <a href="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/">cinnamon.linuxmint.com</a></i></div>

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Latest Nemo File Manager From GIT Gets Breadcrumbs, Option To Hide The Menu, More

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-install-nemo-file-manager-in.html" title="How To Install Nemo File Manager In Ubuntu">Nemo</a>, the default Linux Mint (Cinnamon) file manager, forked from Nautilus 3.4, has got a lot of interesting changes in GIT recently.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The most visible change is the <b>addition of breadcrumbs</b> which look great if you're using the Mint-X theme (default Linux Mint theme, also available in the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/themes">WebUpd8 Themes Repository</a>) as you can see below:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager-latest.png" rel="image_group" title="Nemo file manager"><img alt="Nemo file manager" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager-latest_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Other themes need to be tweaked to correctly display the new Nemo breadcrumbs, although with some themes like <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/beautiful-mediterraneannight-gtk-36.html" title="Beautiful MediterraneanNight GTK 3.6 Theme Pack Updated">MediterraneanNight</a> or <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/8-gtk-36-compatible-themes-available-in.html" title="8 GTK 3.6 Compatible Themes Available In PPAs For Ubuntu 12.10">Evolve</a>, it doesn't look that bad (it looks pretty bad with some themes though, like Ambiance):</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-mediterranean-theme.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Nemo file manager: breadcrumbs with MediterraneanNight theme"><img alt="Nemo file manager breadcrumbs mediterraneannight" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-mediterranean-theme_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nemo with MediterraneanNight theme</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-evolve.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Nemo with Evolve GTK theme"><img alt="Nemo file manager breadcrumbs Evolve theme" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-evolve_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nemo with Evolve theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The <b>statusbar has been re-worked</b> (if enabled, because you can also disable it and have a floating mini-statusbar) and it now includes <b>options to toggle displaying the places sidebar, treeview or completely hide the sidebar.</b> Also, the <b>zoom controls have been moved from the main toolbar to the bottom right corner of the new statusbar</b> (and a slider is now used instead of +/- buttons).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, the <b>Nemo menu can now be hidden</b> (like the old <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/install-nautilus-elementary-2322-in.html">Nautilus elementary</a>) by deselecting <i>View > Menubar </i>and you can then toggle the menu by using the ALT key:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager-hide-menu.png" rel="image_group" title="Nemo: hide menu"><img alt="Nemo file manager hide menu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-file-manager-hide-menu_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-no-statusbar-no-menu.png" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Nemo file manager with no menu and no statusbar"><img alt="Nemo file manager without statusbar and menu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/nemo-no-statusbar-no-menu_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nemo file manager with no menu a<span style="color: #0000ee;">nd</span> statusbar<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Nemo is under heavy development these days and the new features mentioned above are subject to change.<br /><br /><br /><h2>How to install the latest Nemo file manager from GIT</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For how to install the latest Nemo file manager from GIT in Ubuntu or Linux Mint (via PPA), see our previous post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/how-to-install-nemo-file-manager-in.html">How To Install Nemo File Manager In Ubuntu</a></b>.</div><br />Arch Linux users can install Nemo via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nemo-git/">AUR</a>.<br /><br />For other Linux distributions, you can get the Nemo source code via <a href="https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo">GitHub</a>.

Latest Nemo File Manager From GIT Gets Breadcrumbs, Option To Hide The Menu, More

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