Linux Mint, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution, has for the upcoming release of version 12 of its own shell designed, on top of Gnome 3 running. According to the developer is Gnome 3 more user-friendly.
The new environment, that MGSE is called, in the eyes of the Linux Mint team has a number of shortcomings of the Gnome Shell, running on top of Gnome 3 runs, help solve. So would the Gnome Shell is too much focus on the running applications in place of windows, while the new Gnome gui for multitasking stiffer would expire.
MGSE in Linux Mint 12 consists of a number of layers that are each turned on and off. With these components, a user must have his work run in accordance with the methodology in a more traditional gui, such as Gnome 2. The components include an applications menu, a taskbar with tray icons and a window manager.
According to the developers deliver these MGSE components, a desktop environment for many users, the better it will work than Gnome Shell. The distribution grew in the past year, considerably in popularity because it is held to the Gnome 2 gui, while other Linux distributions have opted for the often criticized Gnome Shell or, as Canonicals Unity in the latest Ubuntu releases, with a own gui came. Linux Mint allows even that and maybe Ubuntu in popularity will surpass.
Linux Mint 12 also makes it possible to get 3d acceleration to use as Linux Mint in Virtual Box as a virtual machine is rotated. In addition, there is a fallback mode is present, if the gpu can’t be used. Further work is underway to support for Mate, a fork of Gnome 2. Degree can be in contrast to Firefox 2 next to Firefox 3 to be rotated without compatibliteitsproblemen. Or Extent the release of Linux Mint 12 will pick up, however, is still uncertain.
To the development of Linux Mint to pay for it, get the development team a part of the revenues of a number of search engines. In version 12 of Linux Mint all search engines are removing their income from searches may not want to share and possibly even their block ads.
Linux Mint aims to be a release on or around november 20, but the developers want the operating system to only release when they are good enough. A release candidate should be on the 11th of november to come true.