======================================================================= LINUX MINT 15

Cinnamon 1.8

MAIN FEATURES

- Desklets [dalcde]
- Ability for cinnamon-settings to browse/install/remove/update themes/applets/extensions/desklets remotely [clem]
- Bumpmaps [esteban] [dalcde]
- Control Center (Cinnamon and GNOME properties within one same settings tool) [clem]
- Rethink Cinnamon 2D, fallback to a non-shadow CPU-less intensive session in software rendering mode and/or Muffin/OpenBox (whatever happens, the user should know he's not running the "real" Cinnamon, he should be told why, and he should find himself with a working WM (even a minimalistic one like OpenBox)).

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

- Configurable color schemes for themes
- Calendar events - similar to KDE's implementation [clem]

NEW APPLETS

- email notifier (imap/pop)
- Pulse-like RSS reader

NEW DESKLETS

- System monitor
- Picture, video, slideshow frame
- Terminal    

Nemo 1.8

MAIN FEATURES

- Action API (reads desktop files in /usr/share/nemo/launchers. An action is basically a text file which defines a name, an icon, an executable and which file extensions nemo shows the action for when the file is right-clicked. A typical example of this would be a "Edit tags" action which would apply to *.mp3 files.). 
- Disk Management (mintdisk integration etc..)
- File preview
- UI improvements (sidebar selection, independent path bar, better looking breadcrumbs etc..)    

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

- Add devices to MoveTo/CopyTo

MDM 1.2

- Add a "border" property to "entry" objects so themes can get borders around text fields
- Write a new renderer which supports animations and interactivity to get on par with unity-greeter in terms of looks

Mint Tools

- UI Improvements for Software Management
- UI Improvements for live-installer

R&D

- Screensaver
- Driver Manager
- Add ubiquity features to live-installer (better partitioning, fs support, webcam support, EFI, OEM..etc)
- R&D on "from scratch" package base and investigation on pros and cons of dpkg compared to other packaging systems (multi-version installation, static/dynamic support, snapshots, delta, update reversals etc..)