Yurk! Sorry, I don't like the Logo at all!

I thought the redesign was to do with the STRUCTURE of Linux Mint, not a piddly logo change.

And the central menu isn't as worker-friendly when you have a screen-full of stuff already on there.

And what's with the predilection for the panel at the BOTTOM of the screen. We are always working downwards on the screen. Therefore it's more useful to put the panel at the TOP of the screen and out of your way. Just because MSFT and Apple put their panels at the bottom of the screen is no reason not to think carefully about panel placement.