Introduction
The most significant improvements in Nadia are being backported to Maya.
Among other things, this gives Linux Mint 13 LTS users access to the following packages:
MDM 1.0.7
Cinnamon 1.6.7 (with Nemo 1.1.2 and Muffin 1.1.2)
MATE 1.4
How to
To enable the backports in Linux Mint 13, follow the steps below:
1.
Clement Lefebvre, father of the Linux Mint project, proudly announced a few minutes ago, August 24th, that the codename for the upcoming Linux Mint 14 operating system will be Nadia. Linux Mint 14 (Nadia) will be available for download at the end of November 2012, and it will be shipped with separate MATE, Cinnamon, KDE and Xfce editions. However, i... (read more)
The ISO images for Linux Mint 14 “Nadia” were updated and labelled “14.1″.
The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 “Nadia” RC.
Linux Mint 14 Nadia
For the first time since Linux Mint 11, the development team was able to capitalize on upstream technology which works and fits its goals. After 6 months of incremental development, Linux Mint 14 features an impressive list of improvements, increased stability and a refined desktop experience.
How To Upgrade From Linux Mint 13 (Maya) To 14 (Nadia) With apt
This tutorial shows how you can upgrade from Linux Mint
13 (Maya) to Linux Mint 14 (Nadia) with apt. Please note that this is
not the recommended way, and it might break your system, however, for me
it worked fine.
Linux Mint 15 will be named “Olivia” and should be available at the end of May 2013.
Olivia is pronounced oh-LIV-ee-ah. It is of Latin origin and the meaning of Olivia is “olive tree”. The olive tree is a symbol of fruitfulness, beauty, and dignity.
Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” will feature the following editions:
Cinnamon
MATE
KDE
Xfce
Linux Mint 14, code-named Nadia, is the latest edition of Linux Mint, a desktop distribution based on Ubuntu Desktop. Contrary to what the release number suggests, Nadia is actually the distribution’s seventeenth public release, coming almost six years after Ada, the first edition.
Aside from the line based on Ubuntu Desktop, Linux Mint also maintains a line that is based on Debian.
Linux Mint 14, code-named Nadia, hit the download mirrors yesterday. That’s less than 10 days after the first Release Candidate was announced. What type of testing does this thing get?
Linux Mint 14 (code named as Nadia) is released (check out official release notes). It’s based on Ubuntu 12.10, released last month, but unlike Ubuntu, it uses Mate as the default desktop environment (although other editions are also available e.g Cinnamon, KDE, XFCE etc).