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Introduction

This is Linux Mint 7, codename Gloria, based and compatible with
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope and its repositories.

What's new in Linux Mint 7 Gloria?

Based on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, Linux 2.6.28, Gnome 2.26 and
Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" features a lot of improvements and
the latest software from the Open Source World.

Linux Mint 7 "Gloria"

mintMenu improvements
Highlights: New "Suggestions" feature, keyboard shortcut, trash
status

mintMenu lets you filter the list of applications to quickly access
what you're looking for. A new feature called "Suggestions" was
introduced in Linux Mint 7: When filtering gives no results the menu
now shows a set of suggestions related to what is being searched.

mintMenu suggesting actions on "gftp"

This makes it easier to install new applications or packages on the
fly or to search the portal or the repositories, directly from the
menu itself.

The menu can now be opened from the keyboard by pressing the left
Control key and the left Super key (Windows key) simultaneously. This
is configurable of course so you can assign it any key you want (note
that you'll need to restart the menu for this take effect). The menu
also closes itself when either the Super key or the escape key are
pressed.

Favorites now come pre-filled and comments are shown under the
applications. These features were already present in previous
releases but weren't well known by most users.

Applications comments are now enabled by default

Pre-filled favorites in mintMenu

Hovering the menu now shows the Linux Mint release version and
edition as a tooltip.

The trash icon now indicates whether the trash is empty or not and a
right click option was added to empty it.

Video of mintMenu
mintInstall improvements
Highlights: Featured applications, pre-filled information, seamless
screenshots downloads, improved GUI layout

Some of the most popular applications were gathered in a new window
named "Featured applications". This window shows the popular
applications which are available and not currently installed on the
system:

Featured applications in mintInstall

This makes it simpler for you to install most of what people are
commonly looking for, all in one go.

The mintInstall frontend now comes pre-filled with all the data
required to browse and install software, with the exception of the
screenshots. Compared to the older versions of mintInstall this means
you don't actually need to refresh the application to be able to use
it.

When missing, screenshots are downloaded automatically. Of course,
the "Refresh" button can still be used to download all of them at
once.

The GUI layout was improved. The main window now shows less
information and the once called "Versions" button was replaced with
"More info".

mintInstall's main window

This opens a window where you can see the versions, licenses, package
names and repositories, but now also the upstream website, a long
description, and the size of the packages.

mintInstall's "More Info" window

MintInstall now runs in root mode and doesn't store any information
in your home folder anymore.

Video of mintInstall
mintUpdate improvements
Highlights: Changelogs, package sizes, usability,

The changelog tab now supports Linux Mint packages. Previous versions
of mintUpdate could only show changelogs for packages maintained by
Ubuntu.

mintUpdate now shows the download size associated with each package
upgrade.

mintUpdate now shows the download size of each upgrade and supports
Linux Mint changelogs.

In accordance with the Gnome usability guidelines mintUpdate's system
tray icon does not blink anymore. The presence of available updates
is still quite noticeable as different icons are being used. The
update manager now feels even less intrusive.

Video of mintUpdate
mintUpload improvements
Highlights: Ads-free, GUI improvements, graphical service manager,
SCP/SFTP support

All ads were removed from the the default service.

The GUI layout was improved in mintUpload to make the application
simpler to use and to hide information which wasn't relevant to the
selected upload service.

mintUpload's main window

Services can now be created, edited or deleted graphically via a new
service manager.

mintUpload's new service manager

Editing a service in mintUpload

Two new protocols are supported by mintUpload: SCP and SFTP.

Credits go to Philip Morrell, Manuel Sandoval, and Dennis Schwertel
for their work on the SCP/SFTP support and for their continuous help
in improving mintUpload.
mintWelcome

Linux Mint now comes with the following welcome screen:

mintWelcome pointing new users to a few directions

Video of mintWelcome
Command line goodies - apt version, rtfm

You can quickly get the version of an installed package by typing
"apt version" followed by the package name. For instance, "apt
version firefox" gives you the version number of the firefox package.

RTFM is not an insult anymore, it's now a command. It's a simple link
to the "man" command of course and it's nothing special, but if
someone ever RTFMs you after you've asked questions on the IRC, don't
feel bad about it, just say thank you. This is our way to make fun of
the unfortunately well-established RTFM syndrom and we hope, if
anything, you find it amusing.
New artwork

The default icon set was replaced with Gnome Colors.

Various upstream improvements in the Murrina engine used by the
traditional Linux Mint theme make widgets, and buttons in particular,
look better than they did before.

A new theme was included and set as default, based on Shiki Colors
and the Mint-Dew wallpaper from Zwopper.

The new Shiki-Mint theme, Shiki-Wise + Mint Dew
Other improvements

Firefox now comes with the Moonlight plugin and support for
Silverlight 1.x.

The Firefox google search engine was enhanced to show links to
popular search engines, as well as cached links and similar pages.

The Linux Mint 7 Gloria repositories are now signed.

Changes in the packages organization and the introduction of the
mint-info virtual package make it easier to add additional desktops
environments and editions on top of other ones. The new package
hierarchy also makes it easier to upgrade Linux Mint.

mintSystem now comes with a new adjustment system, which restores
important files at boot time. This strengthens the system against
Ubuntu package upgrades overwriting Mint's specific configuration.
This adjustment system can be configured in
/etc/linuxmint/mintSystem.conf.

It is now possible to check the integrity of the liveCD and to boot
the installer on its own.

MintAssistant was removed, and the installer now applies the same
password to root as the one you choose for the main user.

mintDesktop was simplified:

mintDesktop

Xchat now replaces Xchat-Gnome as the default IRC client:

The Xchat IRC client

Video of Xchat

A new command-line tool called Inxi, was introduced:

Inxi in action

Inxi shows various information about your system. An Inxi report can
help a lot when asking questions on the forums or in the IRC as it
helps others understand more about your system.

Small improvements:

"apt purge" was fixed.
"apt source" now runs in user mode.
All Mint tools are now launchable from the command line.
All Mint tools now detect their environment and adapt to it. In
particular they know whether to use gksu or kdesudo. The consequence
of this is that packages like mintupdate-gnome or mintupdate-kde are
not needed anymore, and the same package is now compatible with all
desktop environments.
All Mint tools using an about dialog now show their own version
number.

Upstream Improvements

Linux Mint 7 Gloria comes with a linux 2.6.28 kernel.

Gnome 2.26 comes with noticeable improvements in PulseAudio support,
screen management, file-sharing, and disc burning.

The Ubiquity installer features graphical improvements and support
for the ext4 filesystem.

Ubuntu 9.04 also introduced better notifications, faster boot times,
enhanced suspend-and-resume and better switching between Wi-Fi and 3G
connections.