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Please note that the features presented in this blog post are a preview. They’re still being worked on and are planned for the next version of Linux Mint.

Release Strategy and Development Cycle

This is the first time we’ve taken a full year to develop Linux Mint. Going from a 6-month release schedule to a yearly one was a tough decision to make, but we’re really starting to see it pay off. We’re taking on projects and implementing changes which would previously have been considered too large or ambitious. We’ve got time. We don’t feel rushed. Development feels solid and the OS keeps getting better.

I’ve been working on Linux Mint for more than 20 years now. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many changes and new features implemented for a single release. It’s really exciting and it scares me a little bit because that also means we’re going to be very busy during the beta phase 🙂

Aside from new features, we’ve been fixing a huge number of bugs. We’ve also been working on Wayland compatibility, improving our processes and internal tools, and prototyping new editions.

Linux Mint 27 “Adrien”

Our next release is scheduled for Christmas, and it will be called Linux Mint 27 “Adrien”. 

I’ve really enjoyed using girls’ names since 2006. They gave each release an identity and made it feel much warmer than just a number. From “Ada” at the very start to “Zena” last year, we’ve now reached the end of the alphabet. It’s funny how this happened just as we’re moving to a new release schedule. I want to continue this tradition with the new series. This time we’re using boys’ names 🙂

As you can see, the release number represents the upcoming year. We’ll no longer use point releases, so the release after that will be 28. You’ll upgrade from 27 to 28 to 29, and so on.

Linux Mint 27 “Adrien” will be based on Ubuntu 26.04. It will be available in at least three editions: Cinnamon, Xfce and MATE.

Alarms

Alongside the new calendar, we’ve developed an application to manage alarms.

The application takes inspiration from Android, both in its interface and how it works.

It’s intuitive and really easy to use.

You can set recurring alarms, choose custom sounds, and receive notifications even when the application isn’t running.

This application is called “Clocks”. It is part of the Clockenstein project.

Alarm notifications are handled by the Clockenstein daemon and notification agent.

Other News

There’s a lot going on behind the scenes.

We’ve been working hard on three other projects, and we’re putting the finishing touches on them.

Next month we’ll talk about Superlight, Unfold, and Velocitty.

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Hi everyone,

Many thanks for your support and for your donations.

We’ve got quite a bit of news this month.

As usual, the features and improvements presented in this blog post are a preview. They’re still being worked on and are planned for the next version of Linux Mint.

XApp

The XApp project started within Linux Mint but it has grown a lot since then. Its libraries, tools and applications are used in many desktops and distributions.

It was given a new website to make it easier to discover all its components: https://xapp-project.org

Library

Thingy, known as the “Library” in the desktop, was redesigned.

Until now, documents were grouped by application. For instance, PDF files and all the other document types supported by XReader were grouped together under “Document Viewer”.

The library now organizes documents by type instead. It no longer matters which applications are installed or which formats they support.

The sidebar comes with predefined groups for common types of documents. You can choose which groups are visible and change their order.

You can also create your own groups and decide which types of files they contain.

For instance, you could create a group for a particular project, limited to a work directory and grouping multiple document types.

The library also lets you remove individual items from the list or clear the entire list of recently opened documents at once.

Xepub

Xepub is a new EPUB reader.

It provides a reading experience similar to what you would find on a Kindle or a Kobo.

In the desktop it will appear as your “Book Reader”.

You can navigate between chapters, search the contents of the book, add bookmarks and quickly navigate between them.

When you reopen a book, Xepub remembers where you were, so you can simply continue reading.

If you select a word, a menu gives you quick access to search engines, so you can look it up in a dictionary, find it on Wikipedia or translate it.

The search engines are fully configurable in the preferences.

You can change their URLs or add anything you might find useful.

If you select a passage, it gets highlighted as an annotation. You can give it the color of your choice and add a note.

 

And of course, you can adjust the zoom level, choose your preferred fonts and customize the reading experience to your liking.

Clockenstein

It’s alive! 🙂

Say hello to your “Calendar”.

Clockenstein is a brand new calendar application and the latest addition to the XApp family.

It supports multiple calendars and works with local calendars, Google Calendar and CalDAV services such as Nextcloud.

You can create and edit events and choose which calendar they belong to.

Down in the laboratory, there’s a little more going on. 🙂

When we worked on Clockenstein, one of the things we really wanted was to always know what was going on with remote calendars. Are they connected? Are they synchronized? And if something goes wrong, why?

Clockenstein keeps track of the state of each remote calendar and reports connection and synchronization issues in the application. If a calendar can’t be reached, you can still see its events, but it becomes read-only until the connection is restored.

Clockenstein has its own daemon and its own notification agent. So it doesn’t matter whether the Calendar application is open or not.

The daemon keeps remote calendars synchronized and keeps an eye on upcoming events for calendars that have reminders enabled.

When a reminder is due, the notification agent presents it on the desktop. You can dismiss it or snooze it to be reminded again later.

Finally, Clockenstein provides interfaces for desktop environments to interact with it, and even to replace its notification agent. The Cinnamon clock applet is fully compatible with these interfaces, so just like in the past, you’ll see your calendar events directly from the panel.

 

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Hi everyone,

Before we begin, let me thank all our donors and sponsors. Many thanks to all of you for the help you’re providing us!

We’ve got new HWE ISOs this month and some really exciting news. As always, please be aware that the features and improvements mentioned in this blog are a work in progress and that this is a preview of what’s to come and what’s planned for the next release of Linux Mint.

HWE ISOs

A new set of HWE ISOs is available for Linux Mint 22.3 with kernel 7.0.

For more information on HWE, or to download these ISOs: https://www.linuxmint.com/hwe.php

Environment Variables

The System Administration tool received a new page dedicated to environment variables.

Variables defined on this page are set system-wide for all user sessions (graphical and/or console).

Kernel Management

Kernel management was removed from the Update Manager and re-implemented within the System Administration tool.

This new implementation supports both Linux Mint and LMDE. It focuses on kernel series rather than individual kernels.

Kernel management is very simple: You decide which series you want to track and how many older kernels you want to keep. You then receive kernel updates for your tracked series in the Update Manager, and older kernels are automatically removed by the system on a weekly basis.

If you need to free up space immediately, cleanups can be triggered manually.

You can also click on the History button to see which kernels were removed and when.

If you install a kernel from an unknown or custom series, the tool will list its series and give you the ability to mark it as tracked.

In the screenshot below, we installed an OEM and a Real Time kernel.

When you track a known series, the tool installs its meta-packages and ensures you receive updates for that series. In the case of a custom series, the tool doesn’t know how to do that and warns you that it is your responsibility to do so.

If a series is not tracked, all of its installed kernels get automatically removed during the next cleanup. Unless… you protect them.

You can click the “View all kernels” button to install, remove, or protect individual kernels.

  

When a kernel is marked as “protected”, it becomes immune to kernel cleanups and never gets deleted.

Keyboard Layouts and IM

Cinnamon received support for Fcitx5 with full Wayland/X11 parity.

With Fcitx5 selected in the Input Methods settings, Cinnamon no longer launches ibus-daemon, but uses a different internal handler instead. It lets you define a single layout and delegates everything else to Fcitx.

Cinnamon also features a new keyboard layout viewer.

This viewer replaces the gnome-kbd viewer, which was discontinued.

Other improvements

Interacting with the panel when working with fullscreen windows feels much more natural than before. You can click other components of the panel, close the menu, open other applets, etc.

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