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Linux Mint 17.1 "Rebecca": changes shared between the MATE and Cinnamon editions

Nemo Emblems extension (Cinnamon)

Nemo Folder Color Switcher extension (Cinnamon)

Caja Emblems extension (MATE)

Caja Folder Color Switcher (MATE)

• redesigned Login Window Preferences;
• the default MDM (login screen) theme now uses a slideshow;
• the Software Sources tool now checks the speed of repository mirrors much faster than before and in parallel. It also uses a retry mechanism on timeout and removes erroneous mirrors from the list;
• the session output is now limited to 200KB (between 2000 and 4000 lines of logs), to prevent warning spam and also, it can be filtered ro prevent warnings and errors being collected from GTK, Glib, Gobject and so on. Note that the session output limit is enabled by default and the session output filtering is disabled by default. Both options are available in the MDM Setup tool;
• the 'apt' commands now feature bash completion;
• the English version of the Official User Guide was ported to DocBook and is now available from the menu (under Help).

Changes in Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon edition

• smoother and more responsive desktop: about 30 memory leaks were fixed, CJS was rebased on a newer version of GJS in an effort to reduce memory usage and provide faster execution times and also, the icons used in Cinnamon Settings were added to Mint-X icon theme, which should provide increased responsiveness;
• compositing in full-screen mode is now configurable and does not require to restart Cinnamon;
• added support for single-button touchpads and the actions for 2-finger and 3-finger clicks are configurable;
• Cinnamon Settings:
• the theme module was redesigned and it now includes previews for themes which support this;
•  background module was redesigned and it now supports slideshows (to control this, a new slideshow applet is available, but it's not added to the panel by default);
• the Network Settings were rebased on GNOME's latest configuration module;
• two new Settings modules were added, for privacy and notifications;
• the desktop font is now configurable;
• the screensaver now supports custom date format and custom fonts;
• Nemo:
• redesigned toolbar;
• improved sidebar with highlight effects on hover and a smarter dynamic bookmark section;
• a new button (hidden by default) to open a terminal in the current directory was added;
• two new extensions for folder emblems and changing individual folder color were added by default (already covered above, in the changes shared between the MATE and Cinnamon editions);
• similar to Windows, "Super+e" now opens up the home directory;
• the Cinnamon desktop now starts with a zoom animation, similar to GNOME Shell;
• the login sound is now handled directly by Cinnamon (as opposed to cinnamon-settings-daemon) and plays in sync with the login sequence;
• other small refinements and a lot of bug fixes.

The Background settings module now supports slideshows (to control it, a new panel applet was added)

New Cinnamon Notification settings

The screensaver now supports custom date format and custom fonts

New Privacy settings

Redesigned Cinnamon Themes settings module, which now includes previews for themes that support this

Changes in Linux Mint 17.1 MATE edition

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• users who have installed Linux Mint 17.1 RC can get the final release by simply installing the updates available in the Update Manager;
• Linux Mint 17 can be upgraded to Linux Mint 17.1 via the Update Manager - official instructions HERE;
• Linux Mint versions older than 17 can't be upgraded to Linux Mint 17.1.

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• added menu categories to System > Preferences;
• LightDM GTK Greeter Settings was updated to version 1.10;
• updated the default GTK theme (Yuko) with better GTK 3.14 support;
• thanks to a GTK2 bugfix, MATE should have better multi-monitor support;
• MATE Tweak allows switching between Marco and Compiz without requiring a logout/login;
• added PowerPC as an officially supported architecture;
• updated LightDM GTK Greeter to 2.0.0 which now includes a MATE logo in the session switcher;
• merged MATE Compatibility integration into upstream Compiz .

Default applications/packages

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Install MATE Desktop 1.8 in Ubuntu

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core mate-desktop-environment

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/precise-mate
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core mate-desktop-environment

sudo apt-get purge atril atril-common caja caja-common engrampa engrampa-common eom eom-common gir1.2-mate-panel libatrildocument3 libatrilview3 libcaja-extension1 libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libgxps2 libmarco-private0 libmate-desktop-2-17 libmate-menu2 libmate-panel-applet-4-1 libmate-slab0 libmate-window-settings1 libmatedict6 libmatekbd-common libmatekbd4 libmateweather-common libmateweather1 marco marco-common mate-applets mate-applets-common mate-backgrounds mate-control-center mate-control-center-common mate-desktop mate-desktop-common mate-desktop-environment mate-desktop-environment-core mate-icon-theme mate-icon-theme-faenza mate-media mate-media-common mate-media-pulse mate-menus mate-notification-daemon mate-panel mate-panel-common mate-polkit mate-polkit-common mate-power-manager mate-power-manager-common mate-session-manager mate-settings-daemon mate-settings-daemon-common mate-settings-daemon-pulse mate-system-monitor mate-system-monitor-common mate-terminal mate-terminal-common mate-themes mate-utils mate-utils-common pluma pluma-common

Control center, window preferences and notification settings, with a test notification

Panel applets

One of the many themes shipped with Ubuntu MATE 14.10 by default

While it includes the default MATE applications such as Caja (file manager), Pluma (text editor) and so on, Ubuntu MATE 14.10 ships with some applications you'll also find in other Ubuntu flavors, like Firefox, Pidgin, Thunderbird, Transmission, LibreOffice, Totem or Rhythmbox, so users coming from Ubuntu w/ Unity should feel at home from this point of view. Also, for the display manager, LightDM is used by default, with the GTK greeter:

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Changes in Ubuntu MATE 15.04 (Vivid Vervet)

• enabled restating X via Ctrl+Alt+Backspace;
• enabled screen reader activation via LightDM indicators and LightDM key bindings;
• enabled touch to click by default for touchpads;
• added menu categories to System > Preferences;
• thanks to a GTK2 bugfix, MATE should have better multi-monitor support;
• merged MATE Compatibility integration into upstream Compiz;
• Ubuntu 15.04 has adopted multilib GObject introspection runtime (gir) which means Caja plugins now work "out of the box";
• more.

Default applications / packages

• MATE Tweak (a MintDesktop fork) - lets you configure which icons to show on the desktop, enable/disable compositing, change the window buttons layout, show/hide icons in menus and buttons and more;
• MATE Menu (a MintMenu fork) - a searchable menu for the MATE panel. This is not the default menu, but you can add it to the panel by right clicking the panel, selecting Add to Panel and then adding "MATE Menu";
• Totem has been replaced by VLC;
• Plank, the elementary OS dock, is now installed by default in Ubuntu MATE (but it's not used by default);
• Tilda, a Quake-like drop-down terminal;
• Folder Color, a Caja (it also supports Nemo and Nautilus) extension which allows changing individual folder colors (useful for organizing your folders, make some important folder stand out, etc.), as well as change all the the folder colors or add emblems;
• guvcview, an app that uses your webcam to take photos and videos;
• LightDM GTK+ Greeter Settings, a tool which allows modifying various login screen settings such as the theme, font, background and much more.

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