The Linux Mint team has
announced the availability of a new development snapshot for Linux Mint.
The new testing snapshot, Linux Mint 18.3 Beta, features several
overhauled applications. The software manager and backup utilities in
particular have been given a new look. Linux Mint now makes it easier to
install third-party software, such as Google Earth and Steam, and
Flatpak packages can be installed through the software manager. The new
beta also features operating system snapshots using Timeshift. "
Linux
Mint 18.3 features Timeshift, a tool dedicated to system snapshots.
Timeshift is the perfect companion to the Linux Mint Backup Tool. It
doesn't save your personal data, it saves everything else. Thanks to
Timeshift you can create backups of the operating system itself. You
deleted system files by mistake? You can recover them. You upgraded to a
newer release and something isn't working well anymore? You can go back
in time." Further information can be found in the project's release announcements for the
Cinnamon and
MATE editions. Download (pkglist):
linuxmint-18.3-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso (1,815MB,
SHA256,
signature,
torrent,
release notes),
linuxmint-18.3-mate-64bit-beta.iso (1,836MB,
SHA256,
signature,
torrent,
release notes).
