Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” Installation Guide
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Good News for the Linux Mint users is that the latest version of Linux Mint 18 along with Cinnamon and Mate desktop environment has been released on 30th June 2016. Code name for Linux Mint 18 is “Sarah” and it is released under Long Term Support(LTS) and will get support until 2021. Some of the new features noticed in Linux Mint 18 are listed below :
- Linux Mint 18 released with two Desktop Environments : Cinnamon and Mate
- Latest version of Cinnamon Desktop “3.0”
- New Kernel Version 4.4
- Introduction of X-Apps which will allow users to use applications which are based on traditional GTK desktop.
- Improved Xed(default text editor) and Xviewer (Image viewer)
- Xreader – PDF and document viewer software.
- Xplayer – Default multimedia player based on Totem
- Improved Artwork (default theme)
In this article we will walk through “Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon” installation steps along with the screen shots.