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Linux Mint 2.2 "Bianca" BETA 014 [01/02/2007]

Bianca screenshot

This release is based on Bea. It is the first release candidate for Linux Mint 2.2 "Bianca" which will be released on 20/02/2007.

Many thanks to the Linux Mint community from which we managed to gather precious ideas and feedback. We've brought a lot of changes into Bianca and we hope you'll like it.

Minty Artwork and a Brand New Desktop

Bea was nice and blue but people complained that it still looked Ubuntu-ish. Bianca comes with two brand new themes: Bianca-Blue and Bianca-Green which give the distribution a whole new "minty" look. Only one panel at the bottom, a Slab-like menu, new default icons.

New Innovations, New Software, New Repository

A new repository was added for users to get the latest innovations through APT upgrades. It is also possible to upgrade from Bea to Bianca. The following applications were added:

  • mintMenu — a replacement for the Gnome menu, inspired by SUSE's Slab and based on USP
  • mintConfig — a Control Center application inspired by SUSE's configuration tool and based on UCP
  • mintDisk — automatically mounts FAT32 and NTFS (Read/Write) partitions and places a shortcut on the desktop
  • mintDesktop — now comes as a package, has a graphical configuration frontend and automatically "mounts" Windows network neighbourhoods
  • mintWifi — now comes as a package

And Last But Not Least...

  • Inserting an iPod doesn't launch Amarok anymore
  • Upgraded all packages including Firefox to version 2.0.0.1
  • The live CD now supports two additional languages: Turkish and Spanish