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Linux Mint 19.1 “Tessa” is Available to Download, See Whats New ?

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018
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The Linux Mint team have published an update to the distribution's 19.x series. The new release, Linux Mint 19.1, is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and is available in three flavours: Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce. Apart from some visual and performance improvements to Cinnamon, Linux Mint also makes it easier to report bugs and help developers fix problems

Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a classic desktop experience with many convenient, custom tools and optional out-of-the-box multimedia support. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories.

Linux Mint 19.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2023. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.


Whats new on Linux Mint 19.1 “Tessa” ?

Here is a short list of important feature additions:

  • The Update Manager lists mainline kernels and their support status. It includes a new button to remove old (unused) kernels.
  • The Software Sources program window has a new look. It uses an Xapp sidebar and a headerbar in the new version of Linux Mint.
  • Language Settings and Input Methods were split into two different applications.
  • Xreader readability improvements.
  • LibXApp features four new widgets:
  • XAppStackSidebar to create icon sidebars.
  • XAppPreferencesWindow offers a multi-page preferences window.
  • XAppIconChooserDialog displays a dialog to choose an icon name or path.
  • XAppIconChooserButton provides a button which shows an icon or an image.
  • The Firewall configuration was added to the First Steps section of the welcome screen.
  • Artwork improvements and new theme variants.
  • Cinnamon 4.0 improvements:
  • Select a desktop layout during First Steps on the welcome screen.
  • New panel layout ships with window list with app grouping and window preview.
  • Nemo file manager is three times faster than before according to the Linux Mint development team.
  • Desktop settings were updated and visual improvements were made to icon sizes and spacing in Nemo.
  • Nemo displays the file creation time on supported file systems.
  • Show or hide thumbnails toggle added.
  • Input lag reduced on systems with NVIDIA graphics cards.
  • VSync can be turned off in the System Settings.
  • Upstream changes from the GNOME project, e.g. Mutter performance improvements.


Important info:
The release notes provide important information about known issues, as well as explanations, workarounds and solutions.

System requirements:

  • 1GB RAM (2GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
  • 15GB of disk space (20GB recommended).
  • 1024×768 resolution (on lower resolutions, press ALT to drag windows with the mouse if they don’t fit in the screen).


Notes:

  • The 64-bit ISO can boot with BIOS or UEFI.
  • The 32-bit ISO can only boot with BIOS.
  • The 64-bit ISO is recommended for all modern computers (Almost all computers sold since 2007 are equipped with 64-bit processors).

HOW TO DOWNLOAD ?


Regional Download :

Here are the download links for the 64-bit ISO:
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