Its almost six months have past when
Linux Mint 13 “Maya” was released, but now its time to upgrade it as the developers at
Linux Mint has officially released and declared the availability of
Linux Mint 14 code named
"Nadia". Linux Mint 14 is based on
Ubuntu 12.10, but offers a more traditional choice of desktop environments instead of Ubuntu's often controversial Unity interface. The two flavors available offer two different desktops, one with the project's own custom-built
Cinnamon (a GNOME 2-like user interface based on GNOME 3) and the
MATE fork of GNOME 2. According to the
blog post by Linux Mint project founder Clement "Clem" Lefebvre -For the first time since
Linux Mint 11, the development team was able to capitalize on upstream technology which works and fits its goals. After 6 months of incremental development, Linux Mint 14 features an impressive list of improvements, increased stability and a refined desktop experience.