You can now download Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon and MATE Beta

Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" MATE

The Linux Mint project leader, Clement Lefebvre, recently announced the launch and immediate availability of the Beta versions of Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” Cinnamon and MATE.

Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" Beta gives users the ability to test the Cinnamon and MATE editions of the upcoming operating system, which is now based on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (Xenial Xerus) distribution, but use kernel packages Ubuntu Linux 4.8 16.10 (Yakkety Yak). This means that it will have support until the year 2021.

“Linux Mint 18.2 is a version with long-term support until the year 2021. It brings updated software and brings improvements and new functions to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. This new version of Linux Mint contains many improvements, ”says today's announcement.

The Cinnamon edition of Linux Mint 18.2 “Sonya” has a Cinnamon 3.4 desktop

Cinnamon spices

Cinnamon spices

Unsurprisingly, the Cinnamon edition of Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" features the newly released Cinnamon 3.4 desktop environment, which brings great improvements to the handling of desktop icons. The web portal Cinnamon Spices was also renovated to allow you to add desklets, themes, applets and extensions to your Cinnamon desktop.

Among other improvements included in the beta versions of the Cinnamon and MATE editions of Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" we can also mention improvements to Bluetooth support, optimizations for Xed, Pix, Xreader, Xviewer, Xplayer, Update Manager and Software Sources applicationsas well as the adoption of LightDM as the default login manager.

Without further ado, you can download Cinnamon and MATE Beta editions of Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya" right now in Live ISO images for 32-bit or 64-bit architectures.

Note that these are pre-release versions of Linux Mint 18.2 "Sonya", so you should not use them as your standard default desktop, just test them.


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  1.   Tzaphkiel raven said

    Motherfuckers, just install 18.1

    1.    hernan fiorentino said

      always wait for you to install to get a new one?

    2.    javier sanz said

      but it's still beta, any hero who wants to risk?

  2.   Chema Gomez said

    I have installed it. The performance in general is more or less the same as always, very good. And finally they have added a function that I had been waiting for a long time: the automatic ordering of the desktop icons. Let's see if it doesn't take long to get the final version out. As always very happy with each new version of Mint that they release.