Article by George Norman

On 10 May 2011

At the start of the month Lead Linux Mint developer Clem Lefebvre was announcing some great news for Linux Mint fans. Lefebvre announced that this month Linux Mint 11 codename Katya (word of Russian origin associated with the meaning “pure”) will be released. By the middle of the month Katya RC (Release Candidate) would be rolled out, then by the end of the month the final version would be released as well.

Seems that the development process of Katya is going along nicely, and I say that because Katya RC has been released even though it’s not the middle of May yet. Yesterday, the 9th of May, Clem Lefebvre announced that Linux Mint 11 Katya RC has been rolled out.


If you would like to get Katya RC, multiple download links are available on the Linux Mint blog here. Before you go get the operating system though, take a quick a look at what it has to offer:

A more polished Software Manager
It features a new splash screen, bigger category icons, a new template, and a new Fonts category. Application screens have an improved look and display more information.

A faster and better looking Update Manager
The Update Manager only looks for package updates instead of checking your internet connection, updating its rules, and then looking for package updates. The rules are embedded within the Update manager so they don’t have to be downloaded every time. When the rules are updated, a new version of Update Manager will be released.

The Update Manager handles dependencies differently in Linux Mint 11. Only updates are displayed, not their dependencies. A dialog will pop up if the upgrade of a package needs additional changes; the pop up will display info on which packages will be installed or removed.

The Update Manager comes with a few visual changes as well: all dialogs are modal, the Update Manager hides itself when an upgrade is successful, change logs are downloaded in the background.

Desktop Settings tool improvements
The tool lets you easily turn on and off the quotes that are displayed in the terminal.
The tool is desktop-agnostic, it detects which desktop is running and shows settings specific to that desktop.

Mint-X theme improvements
Mint-X features better integration with Deluge, Synaptic, Gimp and Banshee. In the final version it will also feature new round radio buttons.

Software
LibreOffice, Banshee, and gThumb replace OpenOffice.org, Rhythmbox, and F-Spot. Gwibber, padevchooser, paman, paprefs, pavumeter and pavucontrol will not be installed by default in Linux Mint 11.

Improved mint-search-addon plugin for Firefox 4, Chromium and Opera
New 'apt download' command that downloads a .deb package locally along with all its dependencies.



Tags: Linux, Linux Mint, Linux Mint 11 RC

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