Linux Mint 12 "Lisa" RC

Finally Mint is available with gnome 3 desktop. That certainly promises a lot improved graphics.

New features at a glance:

1. Gnome 3 and MGSE
"MGSE" (Mint Gnome Shell Extensions) is a desktop layer on top of Gnome 3 that makes it possible for you to use Gnome 3 in a traditional way. You can disable all components within MGSE to get a pure Gnome 3 experience, or you can enable all of them to get a Gnome 3 desktop that is similar to what you’ve been using before. Of course you can also pick and only enable the components you like to design your own desktop.
The main features in MGSE are:
a. The bottom panel
b. The application menu
c. The window list
d. A task-centric desktop (i.e. you switch between windows, not applications)
e. Visible system tray icons

2. MATE

MATE is a fork of Gnome 2 which is compatible with Gnome 3. Thanks to MATE, you can run both versions of Gnome on the same system.
MATE is present on the DVD edition of Linux Mint 12. Users of the CD edition can install it via the mint-meta-mate package.

3. Artwork improvements

Linux Mint 12 uses a new theme called Mint-Z which is based on Mint-X and Zukitwo.

4. Search engines

Duck Duck Go: The new default search engine is Duck Duck Go. It doesn't show different results depending on who's making the search, it doesn't track or record user information, it provides you with optmized results and it's built on and contributes to Open Source.

Linux Mint 12 features the following upstream components: Ubuntu 11.10, Linux 3.0, Gnome 3.2.

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