Hello everyone,

Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of you who support the project with your donations.

Linux Mint 22.2

The team is working on a BETA release for Linux Mint 22.2.

This new version introduces an HWE kernel, fingerprint authentication, theme updates, accent color support and improved libAdwaita compatibility. Work also continues in the Cinnamon edition, to make input methods and keyboard layouts compatible with Wayland.

Packages and projects are being finalized. Pull requests are being merged. There is no set date for the release but we’re hoping to get the BETA out by the end of July or the beginning of August.

LMDE 7

After Linux Mint 22.2 gets its stable release, the focus is likely to switch in September to LMDE 7, codenamed “Gigi”.

Gigi will come with all the improvements featured in Linux Mint 22.2 but on top of a Debian 13 package base instead of Ubuntu 24.04.

Another key improvement in LMDE 7 compared to LMDE 6 will be that it will support OEM installations.

Moderation

We unfortunately had to tighten moderation settings on this blog and it’s a real shame.

When we say everyone is welcome here, it means absolutely EVERYONE, no exceptions. This can only work if divisive topics are left behind and people refrain from labeling or excluding each other. Here, we’re all the same. Everybody’s welcome to participate. There’s no such thing as “freedom of speech”. We’re not here to fight for such or such ideas, we’re here to build something together and to protect our project and our community. We want comments to be on-topic and constructive, always.

We will not tolerate any kind of ideology.

We’re already bombarded by commercial spam. This is one of the last places in our community where you can interact without having to authenticate. I’m really hoping it can stay that way.

Sponsorships:

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:

Gold Sponsors:
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Silver Sponsors:
Datadog
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ThinkPenguin: For Everything Freedom
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C0MPLÉX1 SEO
Chargeblast
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Tinken Inc
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Donations in June:

A total of $15,453 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 468 donors:

$600, Eric F. aka “f0r73”
$531 (3rd donation), SunWare Solartechnik Produktions-GmbH & Co KG
$531, David W.
$500, Luke | onlyfastcode.com
$400, Maxwell
$300 (4th donation), Gregory F.
$265, H.J.M. S.
$250 (4th donation), Benjamin M.
$212, Loraine M.
$200 (9th donation), James F.
$200, Gail N.
$159,
$159, Daniel M.
$150, Loretta O.
$120 (7th donation), Michael P.
$107 (2nd donation), Paul E.
$106, Camping-Park L%FCneburger Heide
$106, Cryptobuffet
$106, Hans D. aka “HWD”
$106, Johannes H.
$106, Ludwig A.
$106, Murray L. H.
$106, Ole H.
$100 (22nd donation), John Mc aka “Land Research Project
$100 (14th donation), Mountain Computers, Inc aka “MTNCOMP aka GGPCTU
$100 (5th donation), Dale H.
$100 (2nd donation), Anita L.
$100 (2nd donation), Mark S.
$100, Andrey S.
$100, Brent F.
$100, gerald S.
$100, John B.
$100, Travis F.
$100, William R.
$84 (3rd donation), Sebastian Friedrich
$70, Nick M.
$61 (72nd donation), Michael R.
$53 (18th donation), Paul S. E. aka “Paul”
$53 (11th donation), Jyrki A.
$53 (11th donation), Mimi
$53 (5th donation), CH
$53 (4th donation), Derek M.
$53 (4th donation), Hakan C.
$53 (4th donation), Marius M.
$53 (3rd donation), António Salsinha – Graphic Designer
$53 (3rd donation), Frank J.
$53 (3rd donation), Henk B.
$53 (2nd donation), David
$53 (2nd donation), Marek Stapff
$53 (2nd donation), Mark B.
$53 (2nd donation), Peter F.
$53 (2nd donation), Stefan R.
$53 (2nd donation), Tom D. C.
$53, Alexander E.
$53, Christian A.
$53, Dominik B.
$53, Felipe A. I.
$53, Jens K.
$53, Juan M. L. Z.
$53, Karl W.
$53, Lars-olof G.
$53, Laurens R.
$53, Manfred M.
$53, Michael Z.
$53, Nina W.
$53, Paul R.
$53, Pieter V. W.
$53, Rick van den Bergh aka “Nostalgia Realm
$53, Stefan B.
$53, Stefan K.
$53, Toni A.
$50 (9th donation), Mothy
$50 (6th donation), Anthony C. aka “Ciak”
$50 (5th donation), Ranald C.
$50 (4th donation), Stephen B.
$50 (3rd donation), Kris J.
$50 (2nd donation), Alan G.
$50 (2nd donation), Andrew B.
$50 (2nd donation), Bernard B.
$50 (2nd donation), Dinilson P.
$50 (2nd donation), Hubert R.
$50 (2nd donation), Robert J. C.
$50 (2nd donation), Steven F.
$50 (2nd donation), Todd S.
$50 (2nd donation), William M. aka “BillMcG”
$50, andy_van_isle
$50, Anonymous
$50, Brandon L.
$50, Daniel M. P.
$50, Daniel W. S.
$50, Isaac L.
$50, Isabella S. R.
$50, Jimmy O.
$50, John S.
$50, Jonathan C.
$50, Khalid A.
$50, Matthew N.
$50, Richard Pate Photographic Art
$50, Robert J. E. J.
$50, Ryan B.
$50, Thomas D.
$50, thomas J.
$50, Tristan C.
$50, Victor C.
$50, Wai C.
$40 (10th donation), Eric W.
$40 (2nd donation), Gary S.
$37 (7th donation), Anthony G M.
$37 (6th donation), Anna U.
$36, Jean M.
$35 (8th donation), P W E.
$31 (2nd donation), Gianni G.
$31, Erica O.
$31, Oliver R. aka “LinuxOlli
$31, Stephen R.
$31, William N.
$30 (2nd donation), Paul H.
$30 (2nd donation), Yusuke M.
$30, Bernard G.
$30, Dan R.
$26 (2nd donation), Abilio R.
$26, Anastasiia D.
$25 (52nd donation), Linux Mint Sverige
$25 (20th donation), Richard N.
$25 (11th donation), Mihnea Rădulescu
$25 (6th donation), Gary D.
$25 (2nd donation), Mark O.
$25 (2nd donation), Theron K.
$25, paolo C.
$25, Stephen K.
$25, Stephen M.
$25, Travis T.
$24 (28th donation), aka “AsciiWolf”
$22 (4th donation), Cevad O.
$21 (108th donation), Johann J.
$21 (60th donation), Peter E.
$21 (27th donation), Stefan W.
$21 (22nd donation), Benjamin W. aka “UncleBens”
$21 (21st donation), Marek S.
$21 (13th donation), Emanuele Proietti aka “Manuermejo”
$21 (9th donation), Peter C.
$21 (6th donation), Gabriele G.
$21 (5th donation), Stephen C.
$21 (4th donation), David W.
$21 (4th donation), Roland K.
$21 (3rd donation), Jean-pierre V.
$21 (3rd donation), Kris K.
$21 (3rd donation), Marc R.
$21 (3rd donation), Mateusz M.
$21 (3rd donation), Philip S.
$21 (3rd donation), Toon V.
$21 (2nd donation), Alfonso B.
$21 (2nd donation), christophe O.
$21 (2nd donation), Florian A.
$21 (2nd donation), Frank W.
$21 (2nd donation), Leonard H.
$21 (2nd donation), Martin H.
$21 (2nd donation), Pgm R.
$21 (2nd donation), Volker W.
$21 (2nd donation), Weinand S.
$21, Andre V.
$21, Andrea F.
$21, Antonia H.
$21, Armin S.
$21, Bernd G.
$21, Bernhard S.
$21, Curd-Juergen S.
$21, Didier E.
$21, Dominique V.
$21, Felix R.
$21, FLEURIVAL H.
$21, Javier R.
$21, Jochen E.
$21, Julius J.
$21, Kari B.
$21, Kevin G.
$21, Kevin Schnurbusch aka “Istalrî”
$21, KPRco
$21, Liam T.
$21, Linda V. E.
$21, LJ W.
$21, Lorenz G.
$21, Luca G.
$21, Luk%E1%9A L.
$21, Marco R.
$21, Martin D.
$21, Matthias W.
$21, Mesut M.
$21, Mili D.
$21, MIQUEL R. P. aka “Maki”
$21, MR J. R.
$21, Odin B.
$21, Reg L.
$21, Ren%E9 C.
$21, Ronny S.
$21, Sebastian B.
$21, Sebastian L.
$21, Sonja C.
$21, Stefan A. aka “Keulinsche”
$21, Tomas K.
$21, Vadim B.
$21, Vasco S.
$21, wietze B.
$20 (69th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (47th donation), John D.
$20 (33rd donation), vagrantcow
$20 (28th donation), Aimee W.
$20 (12th donation), redman
$20 (9th donation), DaveW
$20 (8th donation), Erich K.
$20 (8th donation), Zile
$20 (7th donation), Joseph G.
$20 (6th donation), J. S. .
$20 (6th donation), John P.
$20 (4th donation), Brian C.
$20 (4th donation), Bruce C.
$20 (4th donation), Daniel B.
$20 (4th donation), Kevin Humphreys
$20 (4th donation), Leela A.
$20 (3rd donation), Logan Gartrell
$20 (3rd donation), Raymond T.
$20 (3rd donation), Sergio Arroyos
$20 (2nd donation), Andrew Y.
$20 (2nd donation), Cesar G.
$20 (2nd donation), David R.
$20 (2nd donation), Denise D.
$20 (2nd donation), Dirk S. aka “balkaninvest
$20 (2nd donation), Greg L.
$20 (2nd donation), James B.
$20 (2nd donation), John M.
$20 (2nd donation), Joseph
$20 (2nd donation), Joshua S. aka “Better than Jeffrey H.”
$20 (2nd donation), Kevin D.
$20 (2nd donation), Lutz L.
$20 (2nd donation), Thomas M.
$20 (2nd donation), Ulf W.
$20, ALEKSANDR A.
$20, Allan G.
$20, Anthony R.
$20, Anthony R.
$20, Back Office Geeks
$20, Bill D.
$20, Brian D. O.
$20, Bruce L.
$20, DG
$20, Eddie N.
$20, Hans Z.
$20, Ingvar A.
$20, Jan I. L.
$20, Jared R.
$20, Jerred W.
$20, Joaquin H.
$20, Joe D.
$20, KENNETH D.
$20, Luke W.
$20, Michael H.
$20, Paul M.
$20, Randall W.
$20, Rigs by Russ
$20, Ron L.
$20, Sabrina F.
$20, Susan M.
$20, TAKAO Y.
$20, Tyler H.
$20, Văduva R.
$18 (5th donation), James H.
$16 (3rd donation), Bernd K.
$15 (5th donation), Harald H.
$15 (3rd donation), Balazs B.
$15 (3rd donation), Norberto C. N. aka “Konbini-San”
$15 (2nd donation), Jonas K. aka “Jonas”
$15, anonymous
$15, Gerald G. G.
$15, Jens-Peter G.
$15, Jesse D. K.
$15, Kevin Q.
$15, Stefano G.
$13, gino R.
$12 (2nd donation), Stibbon Leather
$11 (14th donation), Bengt Falke aka “Falke”
$11 (7th donation), Alessandro S.
$10 (111st donation), Thomas C.
$10 (55th donation), Philip Woodward
$10 (47th donation), Thomas R.
$10 (39th donation), Sami Mannila
$10 (38th donation), Tugaleres.com
$10 (35th donation), Denys G. aka “GD Next
$10 (28th donation), Wilson G.
$10 (20th donation), Abdulkadir H. aka “Askari”
$10 (18th donation), Michael P. aka “www.perron.de
$10 (17th donation), platypus products
$10 (15th donation), TONY aka “STRUZZIN ELECTRONICS
$10 (13th donation), Axel R.
$10 (10th donation), JvdB
$10 (8th donation), Geoffrey P.
$10 (8th donation), Stefan S.
$10 (7th donation), Gene E.
$10 (7th donation), Tomasz K.
$10 (6th donation), Abe Z.
$10 (6th donation), Craig D.
$10 (6th donation), Günther H.
$10 (5th donation), Andrew I.
$10 (5th donation), Artem Ignatyev aka “ZaZooBred”
$10 (5th donation), Claudio A.
$10 (5th donation), Damir L.
$10 (5th donation), John B.
$10 (5th donation), Network Marketing Blog
$10 (5th donation), Stephen P.
$10 (4th donation), Evan M.
$10 (4th donation), Luc V.
$10 (4th donation), M.B.
$10 (3rd donation), Christoph V.
$10 (3rd donation), Claudio F.
$10 (3rd donation), Daniel W.
$10 (3rd donation), Heiko L.
$10 (3rd donation), Jeffrey S.
$10 (3rd donation), John T.
$10 (3rd donation), Lucie T. aka “shaolinlucie
$10 (3rd donation), Matthias H.
$10 (3rd donation), Roel V. S.
$10 (3rd donation), Victoria J.
$10 (2nd donation), Armin V.
$10 (2nd donation), Cezar G.
$10 (2nd donation), Došlo R.
$10 (2nd donation), Frederik L.
$10 (2nd donation), Jivko R.
$10 (2nd donation), Kenton B.
$10 (2nd donation), kstevenson
$10 (2nd donation), Luka L.
$10 (2nd donation), Marco D.
$10 (2nd donation), Mariusz B.
$10 (2nd donation), Mohamed E.
$10 (2nd donation), Ramiro M.
$10 (2nd donation), Russell M.
$10 (2nd donation), Salvatore T.
$10 (2nd donation), SunBaked272
$10 (2nd donation), Tamas R.
$10 (2nd donation), Werner B.
$10 (2nd donation), Wes M.
$10, Vlad aka “UASK”
$10, A M.
$10, André S.
$10, Andreas O.
$10, Andrew S.
$10, Andy R.
$10, ANNA L
$10, Arthur U.
$10, Barry T.
$10, Beatrice B.
$10, Bernhard S.
$10, Brandon W.
$10, Carsten H.
$10, Celtia M. L.
$10, CHRISTIAN D. S. A.
$10, Christian R.
$10, Daniel I.
$10, Daniel P.
$10, Darold H.
$10, David B.
$10, david J.
$10, Denali W.
$10, Diego D. B. O.
$10, Diego V.
$10, DOMENICO A.
$10, Eduardo Maio
$10, Ferran T. B.
$10, Fredrik C.
$10, Giovanni R.
$10, Harold T.
$10, Heinrich V. V.
$10, hermann K.
$10, HOWARD S.
$10, Ingemar H.
$10, ion S.
$10, j.w. V. D.
$10, Jarod L.
$10, John C.
$10, Juan D. L. R.
$10, Kiril V. aka “Nidux
$10, Kristian H. Sejersen
$10, Krzysztof P.
$10, Lucas F. J. B.
$10, ludovic T.
$10, Luka G.
$10, Marcel R.
$10, Marcio C.
$10, Marco K.
$10, Markus W.
$10, Matt N.
$10, Michael P.
$10, Pawe I.
$10, Pedro S.
$10, Rennie H.
$10, Ricardo P.
$10, richard F.
$10, ronald H.
$10, Sebastian S.
$10, Sergei D.
$10, Soeren
$10, Thorsten K.
$10, Volker R.
$10, Zachary H.
$8 (2nd donation), Özkan V.
$8, William G.
$232 from 60 smaller donations

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Patrons:

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Hello everyone,

Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of you who support the project with your donations.

Sponsorships:

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:

Gold Sponsors:
Linux VPS Hosting
IPv6.rs
Silver Sponsors:
Datadog
Sucuri
ThinkPenguin: For Everything Freedom
Bronze Sponsors:
AYKsolutions Server & Cloud Hosting
Agile.Coach
BGASoft Inc
C0MPLÉX1 SEO
Chargeblast
nesevo GmbH & Co. KG
Tinken Inc
VANT

Donations in May:

A total of $15,377 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 501 donors:

$707 (6th donation), Daniel P. aka “Monkey”
$531 (4th donation), Andreas B.
$531 (2nd donation), Olli P.
$318, Laurent J. aka “Mad Rabbit
$300 (6th donation), Keith M.
$212, alain B.
$200 (17th donation), Tomasz E.
$169 (8th donation), Wolfgang S.
$120 (2nd donation), Alexander K.
$120, Adrian E.
$106 (5th donation), Jiří B.
$106 (3rd donation), Elmar V.
$106 (3rd donation), F. S.
$106 (2nd donation), Jan M.
$106, Alexander L.
$106, Andreas F. M.
$106, Dieter O. B.
$106, Hans S.
$106, Jaakko M.
$105 (3rd donation), David L.
$100 (21st donation), John Mc aka “Land Research Project
$100 (11th donation), Michael S.
$100 (7th donation), David T.
$100 (6th donation), Charles H.
$100 (3rd donation), Brady B.
$100 (3rd donation), Faisal Yousuf
$100 (2nd donation), Jason F.
$100, Antonio P.
$100, Herbert L.
$100, Mark A. M.
$100, Michael B.
$100, Michael L.
$95, peter A. W.
$84, Peter C.
$79 (2nd donation), J. S.
$79, Christian T.
$79, Sven S.
$65 (7th donation), Susan S.
$65, Waylon J. E.
$63, ANTHONY C.
$63, Mike W.
$60 (10th donation), Joe K.
$60, Karen P.
$53 (7th donation), Quim aka “slackjp”
$53 (5th donation), Johan P.
$53 (3rd donation), Daniel T.
$53 (2nd donation), Alexander S.
$53 (2nd donation), Andreas F.
$53 (2nd donation), Martin T.
$53 (2nd donation), Michael C.
$53 (2nd donation), Ron D.
$53 (2nd donation), Sebastian Friedrich
$53, Alexandre D. S.
$53, Andre B.
$53, Bastiaan S.
$53, Daniel F.
$53, Daniel G.
$53, Diedrich R.
$53, Ed G.
$53, Elmar R.
$53, Francis K.
$53, Georg H.
$53, Iulian D.
$53, Ivica B.
$53, Juha T.
$53, K D. B.
$53, Luis M.
$53, Marc J.
$53, Marek Stapff
$53, Olaf K.
$53, SALOME V. D.
$53, Thomas N.
$53, Tom D. C.
$53, TZer0
$53, Ursula C.
$53, vincent A.
$53, Vitalijus P.
$51 (21st donation), Adam K.
$50 (10th donation), Michael T.
$50 (9th donation), George M.
$50 (8th donation), Mothy
$50 (5th donation), Anthony C. aka “Ciak”
$50 (5th donation), Peter J, aka “Dr Peter”
$50 (3rd donation), Richard B. T.
$50 (2nd donation), Armin M.
$50 (2nd donation), Christopher M.
$50 (2nd donation), Douglas S.
$50 (2nd donation), Joshua D.
$50 (2nd donation), Nancy A.
$50, aka “Max”
$50, André L.
$50, Charles H.
$50, Derek N.
$50, Elwyn A.
$50, Giorgi Q.
$50, James C.
$50, Jay S.
$50, jeremy H.
$50, Johnny-Rico
$50, Joshua M. J.
$50, Katherine S.
$50, Kurt A.
$50, Kyle H.
$50, mark M.
$50, Martin B.
$50, Michael F.
$50, Michael M.
$50, Michael R.
$50, Radu Privantu
$50, Randall R.
$50, Sarosh P.
$50, seth H.
$50, Steven D. P.
$50, Valentin R.
$50, Youssef E. G.
$50, ZeSheng S.
$45 (6th donation), The W.
$44, Federico S.
$42, Albert S.
$39 (3rd donation), Neil M.
$35 (7th donation), P W E.
$35 (2nd donation), Robert L W.
$35, Rosaire D.
$35, THAPA S.
$31, Frode F.
$31, REGOJO M. aka “REGOM”
$31, Thorsten W.
$30 (11th donation), jowind
$30 (7th donation), Frank F.
$30 (3rd donation), Ron N. aka “TechNick”
$26, Achim S. thanks for LMDE
$26, Daniel Torkar
$26, Matei A. D.
$26, Nicole F.
$26, Tobias R.
$25 (51st donation), Linux Mint Sverige
$25 (10th donation), Mihnea Rădulescu
$25 (6th donation), John N.
$25 (2nd donation), Daniel W.
$25 (2nd donation), Marius V.
$25 (2nd donation), Sumanlal K.
$25, James A.
$25, John G.
$25, Kevin D.
$25, Kofi N
$25, Michael S. S.
$25, Rick L.
$24 (3rd donation), Cevad O.
$22, Oliver Ś.
$21 (107th donation), Johann J.
$21 (59th donation), Peter E.
$21 (28th donation), Denis D.
$21 (26th donation), Stefan W.
$21 (21st donation), Benjamin W. aka “UncleBens”
$21 (20th donation), Marek S.
$21 (13th donation), Hermann W.
$21 (9th donation), tenminutetechuk
$21 (8th donation), Rolf-Jürgen G.
$21 (8th donation), Thomas D.
$21 (6th donation), T.L. aka “T.L.”
$21 (5th donation), Jean-philippe P.
$21 (5th donation), Michele M.
$21 (5th donation), Mike E.
$21 (4th donation), Juan Francisco J.
$21 (4th donation), Lennart J.
$21 (4th donation), Ulrich J.
$21 (3rd donation), Curt S.
$21 (3rd donation), Gerard Gerritsen.
$21 (3rd donation), Luis M. M. I.
$21 (3rd donation), Marc C.
$21 (3rd donation), RAK
$21 (2nd donation),
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$21 (2nd donation), Dietrich R.
$21 (2nd donation), Frank B.
$21 (2nd donation), J M. P.
$21 (2nd donation), Mateusz M.
$21 (2nd donation), Wolfram R.
$21, Ambrogio C.
$21, Andreas S.
$21, Andrés B. A.
$21, Andrew P.
$21, Axel T.
$21, Besnik N.
$21, Brian K.
$21, Catherine S.
$21, Daniele A.
$21, Darren M.
$21, Elmar D.
$21, ETIENNE G.
$21, Fave
$21, Florian B.
$21, Frank T.
$21, Garry W.
$21, Jan V.
$21, Joan S.
$21, John F.
$21, Kai G.
$21, Lucian U.
$21, Luciano P.
$21, Marc W.
$21, Marcel A.
$21, mario H.
$21, Martin S.
$21, Miriam K.
$21, nicolas D. R.
$21, Orthopedie Schmidt
$21, Paula B.
$21, Peter G.
$21, peter R.
$21, Robert H.
$21, sami L.
$21, Sander R.
$21, Steven D.
$21, Tautvydas B.
$21, Thomas J.
$21, Tobias E.
$21, Tycho V. W.
$21, Ulrich V.
$21, Volcan Media SpA
$21, Yann G.
$20 (68th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (52nd donation), Stefan M. H.
$20 (17th donation), Edward A.
$20 (15th donation), John W.
$20 (14th donation), Robert D. aka “MacDhai
$20 (7th donation), Bezantnet, L.
$20 (6th donation), Hans G. H.
$20 (6th donation), Ingo P.
$20 (4th donation), Charles Edge in Memoriam
$20 (4th donation), Michael G.
$20 (4th donation), roger
$20 (3rd donation), Dan R.
$20 (3rd donation), Derrick G.
$20 (2nd donation), Joe V.
$20 (2nd donation), Kalib B.
$20 (2nd donation), Mehmet Y.
$20 (2nd donation), Michael N.
$20 (2nd donation), Roberto G.
$20 (2nd donation), William S.
$20, aaron S.
$20, Daniel B.
$20, David J. M.
$20, David P. Z.
$20, David R.
$20, Douglas A. H.
$20, Gabriel B.
$20, Gary S.
$20, Geoffrey C.
$20, Harlow M.
$20, Jacob K.
$20, Jose M.
$20, Justin S.
$20, Ken J.
$20, Ken R. B.
$20, Kourosh S.
$20, Larry A.
$20, Larry D.
$20, Melanie H.
$20, Peter S.
$20, Randall W.
$20, Randall W.
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Mint 20.x EOL

It’s been 5 years already!

Linux Mint 20.x releases (i.e. 20, 20.1, 20.2 and 20.3) reached EOL (End of Life) and are no longer supported. They will continue to work but they will no longer receive security updates from the repositories.

If you’re running Mint 20.x, you have two main options:

– Fresh installation of Linux Mint 22.1 (recommended): This is supported until 2029 and is the cleanest approach – backup your data and do a fresh install.

– Upgrade path through Mint 21: This gets you support until 2027 and involves multiple steps:

The minor upgrades towards 20.3 are quite simple, easy and fast. The upgrade from 20.3 to 21 on the other hand is a major upgrade. It is longer and more complicated. Take your time with this one and don’t hesitate to seek assistance within the community, in the chat room or on the forums.

For more information on upgrades visit https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upgrade.html.

Fingerprint Authentication

Linux Mint 22.2 will feature a brand new app called “Fingwit“.

Fingwit is a fingerprint configuration tool.

It detects if your computer has a fingerprint reader and lets you record your fingerprints.

It then configures your system to use fingerprint authentication for:

  • The login screen
  • The screensaver
  • sudo commands
  • Admin apps (pkexec)

Under the hood, Fingwit uses fprintd but provides a smarter PAM module than pam_fprintd.so. Whereas fprintd just uses fingerprint authentication all the time, Fingwit is able to detect problematic cases and dynamically switch between fingerprint and password authentication. For instance if you’re trying to log in but your home directory is encrypted, fingerprint authentication would log you in but your session would crash since ecryptfs requires your password. Fingwit detects that kind of things so you get fingerprint authentication as much as possible, but avoid such issues.

Fingwit is an XApp so it works everywhere, in any desktop environment and on any Linux distribution.

XViewer color correction

While working on themes and colors, it came to our attention that the XViewer image viewer was applying an EDID-based color correction filter to pictures and wasn’t showing pictures exactly as they were.

This “feature” could sometimes lead to a scenario where you could take a screenshot of an app, open up the screenshot, color pick the app and the screenshot of the app and get different color codes.

Color management is already handled at hardware and desktop level, so we found this feature in Xviewer surprising and counter-intuitive. We decided to make it optional and to disable it by default.

libAdwaita apps and patches

Starting with Linux Mint 22.2, libAdwaita will be patched to work with themes. Support for libAdwaita was added to Mint-Y, Mint-X and Mint-L.

The following apps will be upgraded to their libAdwaita versions:

  • gnome-calendar
  • simple-scan
  • baobab

libAdapta fork

In the scope of XApp and for our own projects, libAdwaita was forked into libAdapta:

https://github.com/xapp-project/libadapta

LibAdapta is libAdwaita with theme support and a few extra.

It provides the same features and the same look as libAdwaita by default.

In desktop environments which provide theme selection, libAdapta apps follow the theme and use the proper window controls.

LibAdapta also provides a compatibility header which makes it easy for developers to switch between libAdwaita and libAdapta without requiring code changes.

Framework

Last but not least, I wanted to talk about Framework a little bit.

The company sent me some of their hardware so I was able to test the Laptop 13 and the gaming Desktop already.

Their products are really nice. I hope to be able to review them soon and add them to our store section.

This isn’t just a commercial partnership. By testing this hardware we boost compatibility for the brand and significantly improve Linux Mint.

It’s thanks to Framework we implemented power profiles in Linux Mint 22.1. It’s also thanks to them that we worked on fingerprint authentication or pushed towards an HWE kernel in Linux Mint 22.2.

Their hardware challenges us to do better, because it’s packed with features in need for support.

It’s a lot of fun to play with modern tech and it’s a real treat when it contributes to making Linux Mint better!

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