Linux Mint 13, Maya

Linux Mint 13, code named Maya has been announced to be released by end of May 2012. I have been waiting for a long time for the next release of Mint and it seems the wait is almost at an end. Its been almost 6 months since I started using Mint and I have never looked back towards either Windows or Ubuntu which were my previous OS being used.

On their official blog, Clem said that "The choice for this codename has nothing to do with the Mayan Calendar or the notorious cataclysmic interpretations for 2012 (by then we’ll be looking at Linux Mint 14 and a different codename)."

Infact, Clem said that the code name Maya was selected after her daughter's name.

So all the Linux Mint fans out there, hold your breath till the end of May and I am sure we will all be surprised with the new release.

It is said that there will be separate releases for MATE and Cinnamon. So there's the end of MATE and welcome to Cinnamon, which according to me is going to become the default in Linux Mint 13.

Let's wait and watch. If you want to read about the latest LMDE release click on the Link below:

Linux Mint Debian LMDE 201204

Linux Mint: The Most Trending Distro

Linux Mint is one of the most trending Linux/GNU distro recently. It has seen a huge increase in its fan following and is rising rapidly amongst other heavy weight distros like Fedora and Ubuntu. Started in 2006, Linux Mint is now the 4th most widely used home operating system behind Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS and Canonical's Ubuntu.

Linux Mint 12, code-named Lisa, is the latest version of this distro. Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu which itself is based on Debian. Just like Ubuntu, Mint also uses .deb packages. It has a wonderful software centre, synaptic package manager and is free of almost all the bugs that creep into an Ubuntu system.

You can download the latest version of Linux Mint from their download page. It has Gnome 3 and MATE desktop environments by default. KDE and LXDE variants of the same also available for download. So download Lisa and give it a try, and I am sure you'll fall in love with it!

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