The Linux Mint project today announced the codename and estimated release time of its first maintenance update for the Linux Mint 19 series, linux mint 19.1.
Based on the recent Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver, Linux Mint 19.1 will be called Tessa and is expected to arrive in late November or early December, as reported by Clement Lefebvre.
Lefebvre also mentions that Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa will have support for five years, until 2023, and that Linux Mint 19 Tara users will be able to update to this new version using the update tool included in the system.
"The second release in the Linux Mint 19.x series will be called Tessa, it will be released in November or December of this year and will be supported until 2023," Clement Lefebvre wrote in a post earlier today.
Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa is coming with Cinnamon 4.0
Among many improvements and news that will come with Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa, we can mention the inclusion of the Cinnamon 4.0 graphical environment, as well as the redesigned Software Sources tool - Software Sources - with a Xapp sidebar and title bar.
The Software Sources tool will have a section for “Optional fonts”, As well as a new option so that users can add their repositories without so much hassle, adapting to the decision of the developers of They should relocate the debug symbols and the dbgsym repositories.
The default theme Mint-y will also be updated With the arrival of Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa, the contrast will be improved by making the background colors darker, which will allow the labels to stand out more, as requested by the user community. More details on this next version of Linux Mint will be released very soon.