Linux mint 18 xfce edition is now available

Linux Mint 18 has long been available to all Linux users with the Cinnamon 3.0 desktop environment, created specifically for this distro. Linux Mint developers are now making their official version of Linux Mint 18 Xfce Edition available to all mortals.

Linux Mint 18 Xfce Edition: Available before its official announcement

Although there is no official announcement of this new version at the time of writing, we already know that the ISO images of the new version of Linux Mint 18 Xfce Edition appear on the main FTP channels before the project leader, Clemente Lefebvre, inform the entire community about your release.

Definitive versions of Linux Mint Xfce 18 Edition are now available for download on 64-bit and 32-bit platforms. Based on the Ubuntu LTS 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) operating system and using Linux Kernel 4.4 LTS, the Xfce edition of Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" comes with a great set of new features.

Linux Mint 18 Xfce Edition with Mint-Y theme

One of the most important novelties regardless of the desktop environment used (Xfce, MATE or Cinnamon) are the so - called X-Apps. For the first time, Mint will default to its own applications that are not seen in other distros. These Apps will use the latest technologies like GTK3 and include support for HiDPI high resolution screens.

The update manager is one of the sections that have improved the most in Linux Mint 18, with a face-lift to the interface and with the possibility of managing Kernel updates from there as if it were any other application.

The new update manager

The developers comment that Linux Mint along with its new Theme Mint-Y improves the performance offered by previous versions of the distro. You can download the ISO right now at the following link. Download Linux Mint 18 Xfce Edition.