• One click install for multimedia codecs and extra applications
• The Software Manager
  • UI improvements
  • New splash screen
  • Fonts category
  • More accurate package information
  • More application icons by default
  • More accurate search by default
• The Update Manager
  • Performance boosts
  • Improved dependencies handling
  • Better changelog retrieval
  • UI improvements
• The Desktop Settings tool
  • “Desktop-agnostic”, detection and upcoming compatibility with other desktops
  • New setting for the fortunes in the terminal
• Artwork improvements
  • Backgrounds, overlay scrollbars, plymouth, Mint-X, search add-on.
• System improvements
  • new “apt download” command
  • Adobe flash plugins
• Changes in the software selection

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 11“.