Bangalore: Two giants, Mint and Ubuntu has been continuously trading blows for the number one spot in the Linux distribution world. But who is the real number one? Well it’s hard to say. Both of them are keen on bringing the best to users and right now they are on the verge of launching their new version by mid 2012. Just a few weeks ago we saw the groundbreaking beta release of Ubuntu’s Fedora 17. Ubuntu have already patched up to bring the full version by the end of this month. And now the Linux Mint Project has just given us a sneak preview of their next generation release – the Linux Mint or “Maya”.

As the final version of Mint 13 is about to release soon, here’s slight peek into the 5 things to look forward in “Maya”.

1. Two Editions:

The Maya will offer two desktop editions. The popular, Cinnamon Desktop 1.4 is one. If you don’t know what Cinnamon desktop is, here’s a slight preview.

This new desktop shows the current and all other the workspaces available on the system. Users can switch between the workspaces, drag or drop windows into workspaces and above that you can decide how many workspaces you need. You can either create the new ones or even delete ones you don’t want. Another best feature is that it supports 39 languages.

Returning to the edition, the second edition is the “productive, stable and mature,” (as the project puts it) MATE 1.2 desktop.