The distribution comes with MATE 1.10 and a ton of updates

Jun 30, 2015 21:22 GMT  ·  By

The Linux Mint team has revealed that the final version of Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" MATE is now available for download. It comes with MATE 1.10 and a ton of other improvements for the rest of the operating system.

Starting with the 17.x branch of Linux Mint, the developers have decided only to use Ubuntu LTS version as the base. This allows them to bypass any kind of intermediary release of Ubuntu and focus more on bringing updates for the main branch. This is the main reason why we have a major new update for Linux Mint just a year after the official release.

Linux Mint Mate is the second most used operating system in the family, and it all has to do with MATE, which is both a conservative desktop environment and modern at the same time. It has really low system requirements, and it has gathered a lot of fans. Any Linux Mint release will cover both Cinnamon and MATE flavors.

What's new in Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" MATE

The upgrade of the desktop environment to version 1.10 is definitely the highlight of this update for the MATE flavor, but there is a bunch of other stuff that might interest a lot of users, including upgrades to the login screen, the display manager, the Software Sources, the Update Manager, and quite a few others.

"Linux Mint 17.2 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2019. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable to use. Linux Mint 17.2 features the latest MATE 1.10 desktop environment," reads the official announcement.

The developers have explained that Caja is now able to better handle plugins, PulseAudio, ALSA and OSS are now automatically detected, the update manager is much clearer about the incoming updates, the bash command completion has been improved, and a small upgrade to the Linux kernel.

You can download Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" MATE right now from Softpedia and give it a spin. You can also check the gallery below. Enjoy!

Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" MATE (9 Images)

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