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Many thanks to all of you for your support and for your donations.

New website

The new website which design was presented last month is now 75% finished. The vast majority of pages were written. Work continues on the logos, the font contrast and addressing the remaining issues.

You can follow our progress on this project at https://github.com/linuxmint/website-wizixo/issues/31.

We’ll deploy it on our server this month and transition our current website towards it.

Artwork

The team is also currently focused on reviewing Linux Mint’s look and feel. Many little changes are being discussed and implemented to improve the desktop’s look.

Mint-X received styling for in-app notifications and a better looking Nemo toolbar:

Mint-Y is being streamlined to provide less complexity and work better in a variety of cases:

  • Instead of providing two separate titlebar themes (one light and one dark) it will provide just one which will dynamically adjust its colors to the selected control theme.
  • The “darker” variants which mixed dark toolbars with light windows and had poor compatibility with mono icon themes will be discontinued.
  • The Mint-Y Cinnamon theme will provide a light panel (though we’ll still ship with Mint-Y-Dark by default).
  • The theme will support dark applications.

That last point consists in letting certain applications look dark even in the light theme. In Linux Mint 20.3 we will take advantage of this to ship some of the apps in dark:

  • Celluloid
  • Xviewer
  • Pix
  • Hypnotix
  • Gnome terminal

 Each of these applications will have a setting in its preference window to disable/enable dark mode. Note that support for dark apps will work with Cinnamon, Marco (MATE’s window manager) and Metacity, but not with Xfwm (which is used by default in Xfce).

The Mint-Y icon theme received new emblems.

Titlebars are being redesigned. Ubuntu’s default titlebar is very similar to ours but with a more intuitive maximize/unmaximize icon and larger buttons. We’re bringing this in Mint-Y. The hover zone around the icon will also be larger to make it easier to click these buttons and the shadows will look more consistent between CSD and non-CSD windows. Last but not least we’re currently testing the idea of removing the circle around the close button icon in unfocused windows, to give the focused window a more distinct look and reduce the amount of highlight in the rest of the desktop.

Many other aspects are being reviewed, such as emblems, GTK4 support, color variations, the nemo sidebar, symbolic icons and desktop sound events.

Das Keyboard

We’re happy to announce that Das Keyboard is now a Linux Mint Silver Sponsor.

Das Keyboard is an American company which specializes in TKL and full-size mechanical keyboards. They provide a range of keyboards with macros, RGB lighting, double-shot ABS or PBT keycaps, aluminum top panel and cherry MX switches.

Their “smart” boards come with a unique feature. They let you configure shortcuts and events which affect the RGB lighting on your keyboard. How about making your M key blink in red when you get an email? How about your num keys illuminating themselves based on your RAM usage?

Das Keyboard even provides an API so you can create your own applets.

With a contribution of $500/month Das Keyboard actively helps our project. If you’re in the market for a new keyboard check them out!

Sponsorships:

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:

Gold Sponsors:
Linux VPS Hosting
Simple Mobile Tools
Silver Sponsors:
Das Keyboard
Sucuri
ThinkPenguin: For Everything Freedom
Bronze Sponsors:
Vault Networks *
AYKsolutions Server & Cloud Hosting
hSo
BGASoft Inc
Feathercoin
HamoniKR
Laser Pointer Forums, LLC
Look To The Right SEO
Synapse Search
Uwe Schneider GmbH		 Community Sponsors:

Donations in July:

A total of $12,054 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 516 donors:

$647, Hans Vermeulen
$500, Mary R.
$300, Robb D.
$216 (9th donation), Sten L.
$216 (6th donation), Philippe L.
$110 (4th donation), Paul R.
$108, Birgit S.
$108, Tove S.
$108, Arno G.
$100 (6th donation), Thomas H.
$100 (6th donation), Andrew Gouw
$100 (5th donation), Markus S.
$100 (4th donation), Robin S.
$100 (4th donation), TM
$100 (2nd donation), John L.
$100 (2nd donation), Peter E.
$100 (2nd donation), Gilbert B.
$100 (2nd donation), Don Jr.
$100, Philippe D.
$100, Brian C.
$100, Kristoffer H.
$60, Susan S.
$59 (4th donation), Markus G.
$54 (7th donation), Torsten P.
$54 (6th donation), Timo M.
$54 (6th donation), Michael J.
$54 (3rd donation), Guy B.
$54 (3rd donation), Maurizio M.
$54, Rainer Werner B.
$54, FerrerJPB
$54, Dieter T.
$54, Gilles C.
$54, Peter P.
$54, Thomas K.
$54, Eckart H.
$51, Stephen G.
$50 (51th donation), Anthony C. aka “ciak”
$50 (26th donation), Thomas T. aka “FullTimer1489”
$50 (10th donation), An L.
$50 (10th donation), Vladimir Litvinenko
$50 (6th donation), Paul R.
$50 (5th donation), The W.
$50 (4th donation), Dave K.
$50 (3rd donation), Lynn G.
$50 (3rd donation), Rent A Handyman aka “Cardoso”
$50 (3rd donation), Philip S.
$50 (2nd donation), Alan R.
$50 (2nd donation), Daniel B.
$50 (2nd donation), John Wiersba
$50 (2nd donation), Michael S.
$50 (2nd donation), Tom M.
$50 (2nd donation), Thomas B.
$50 (2nd donation), Stephanie S.
$50, Rajesh K.
$50, James S.
$50, Richard O.
$50, Walter S.
$50, Mario A.
$50, John D H.
$50, Zeke B.
$50, John S.
$50, Mark W.
$50, Paul M.
$50, Edward W.
$50, Paul A.
$50, Dave B.
$50, Micheal B.
$50, Todd S.
$50, Christopher E.
$50, Hendrik W.
$43 (136th donation), Olli K.
$40 (6th donation), Anthony L.
$40 (2nd donation), Larry T.
$40, Michel B.
$40, Charles W.
$38, Zuzana M.
$35 (15th donation), Ted S.
$35, Raymond F. aka “Electrotechie”
$32 (3rd donation), Rafael S. A.
$32 (2nd donation), Henry T.
$32, Scot C.
$32, Jordi aka “scatter.cat“
$32, Tim K.
$30, Robert W.
$27 (18th donation), Joachim M.
$27 (3rd donation), Thomas G. aka “thg14”
$27, Arminas A.
$27, Fabian S.
$27, Abel C.
$27, Eduardo C.
$25 (12th donation), Scott O.
$25 (5th donation), Richard N.
$25 (3rd donation), Keith M.
$25, Paul R.
$25, Shawn B.
$25, Reuben N.
$22 (16th donation), Peter E.
$22 (15th donation), Nigel B.
$22 (8th donation), Frank J.
$22 (7th donation), Johannes F.
$22 (6th donation), Francis N.
$22 (3rd donation), William H.
$22 (3rd donation), Karlheinz R.
$22 (3rd donation), Divoto
$22 (3rd donation), Francois B.
$22 (2nd donation), Siegfried W.
$22 (2nd donation), Thomas E.
$22 (2nd donation), Christophe A.
$22 (2nd donation), Cezary Z.
$22 (2nd donation), Daniel J.
$22 (2nd donation), Giovanni D. S. aka “ChibiOS“
$22, Matthias B.
$22, Alexander L.
$22, Thomas P.
$22, Abilio R.
$22, Gregor S.
$22, Rainer F.
$22, Lars F.
$22, Graham B.
$22, Martin S.
$22, Tobias A.
$22, John E.
$22, Matthieu B.
$22, Ezequiel O.
$22, Matthias B.
$22, Anthony B.
$22, RedFox
$22, Mr N M.
$22, Jan M.
$22, Peter D.
$22, Flavio B. aka “2stroke engines 4ever”
$22, Simon G.
$22, Lars W.
$22, Olivier L.
$22, Guillaume P.
$22, Pauli K.
$22, Waldemar O.
$20 (56th donation), Curt Vaughan aka “curtvaughan “
$20 (36th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (36th donation), Jim A.
$20 (10th donation), Jon G.
$20 (9th donation), Robert L.
$20 (8th donation), V. Mark Lehky aka “SiKing“
$20 (6th donation), Matthew L. A. aka “Matt”
$20 (5th donation), Henrik Hemrin
$20 (5th donation), Robert A.
$20 (4th donation), Mr G. J. A.
$20 (4th donation), J. B. .
$20 (4th donation), Andrei Sinkevich
$20 (3rd donation), Daniel G.
$20 (3rd donation), Robert G.
$20 (3rd donation), Edward F.
$20 (3rd donation), Barry D.
$20 (3rd donation), Nate P. aka “cog_nate”
$20 (3rd donation), Joseph J.
$20 (3rd donation), Philippe S.
$20 (2nd donation), Claude M.
$20 (2nd donation), G.M.
$20 (2nd donation), John S.
$20 (2nd donation), Erick Peebles
$20 (2nd donation), Neil F.
$20, Christophe I.
$20, Chad Swahnberg
$20, Jan V.
$20, John H.
$20, Andy P.
$20, Michael W.
$20, Scott M.
$20, Raymond F.
$20, Corey L.
$20, Jens A.
$20, Mark S.
$20, Daniel W.
$20, Frank H.
$20, Anthony B.
$20, Alexander M.
$20, Aaron K.
$20, Artur
$20, Fred A.
$20, Emanuel O.
$20, Uttenweiler’s
$20, Noel M.
$20, Gary M.
$20, Aliaksei Y.
$20, Michael S.
$20, John H.
$20, Alan J A.
$18 (33rd donation), Michael R.
$16 (54th donation), Andreas S.
$16 (4th donation), M. J. .
$16 (2nd donation), Reidar S.
$15 (9th donation), Limo Rental Methuen MA
$15 (5th donation), Douglas S.
$15 (2nd donation), Painting Company Fort Lauderdale
$14 (2nd donation), Victor H.
$14, Dimitar S.
$12 (60th donation), Johann J.
$12 (23rd donation), Lance A.
$11 (16th donation), Daniel S.
$11 (11th donation), José G. aka “picaso”
$11 (10th donation), Rene Schwietzke aka “Rene S.“
$11 (7th donation), Laurent M aka “lolomeis”
$11 (6th donation), Marko U.
$11 (6th donation), Caspar F.
$11 (6th donation), Enrico C.
$11 (4th donation), Christophe C.
$11 (4th donation), Ernie H.
$11 (3rd donation), Ralf M.
$11 (3rd donation), William Bill T. aka “Sailorashore”
$11 (2nd donation), Lazo L.
$11 (2nd donation), Gerald H.
$11 (2nd donation), Owen R. aka “Owweeee”
$11 (2nd donation), António S.
$11 (2nd donation), Stefan E.
$11 (2nd donation), Richard W.
$11 (2nd donation), Joseph M.
$11 (2nd donation), Rafaz C.
$11 (2nd donation), Pavlo Pyshkin aka “pavlopyshkin.wordpress.com”
$11 (2nd donation), Franz Z.
$11, Rafael Jose M.
$11, Mr. Anthony A.
$11, Ole E.
$11, Martin O.
$11, Sebastian C.
$11, Marcin .
$11, Giorgio V.
$11, Harald T.
$11, Olaf S.
$11, Flo
$11, Niclas O.
$11, Samuel B.
$11, Francisco Javier M.
$11, Johannes P.
$11, Eduardo B.
$11, Petri L.
$11, Antonio L.
$11, Alex A. aka “cambiatealinux“
$11, Michael Z.
$11, Brah Rah
$11, Andrea O.
$11, Paolo F.
$11, Elie’s Freehand Pipes
$11, Giovanni O.
$11, Giorgio C.
$11, François J.
$11, Eugen H.
$11, Joerg B.
$11, Kay E.
$11, Pablo R.
$11, Lois O.
$11, Martina P.
$11, Petr A.
$11, Kostantinos C.
$11, Maurizio C.
$11, Jens
$11, Matt B.
$10 (87th donation), Tree Service Kansas City
$10 (81th donation), Tree Removal Raleigh NC
$10 (65th donation), Thomas C.
$10 (59th donation), Fence Baton Rouge
$10 (31st donation), LJNL aka “lauranl”
$10 (26th donation), Francois-R L.
$10 (24th donation), Serhii B. aka “sinpavla“
$10 (15th donation), Carpet Cleaning Winnipeg
$10 (12th donation), Fence Company Raleigh
$10 (12th donation), Tree Removal Kelowna
$10 (11th donation), Dylan B.
$10 (11th donation), Abdulkadir H.
$10 (10th donation), Solar Panels Saskatoon
$10 (10th donation), Randy D.
$10 (9th donation), Concrete Contractors Raleigh
$10 (8th donation), Kenton B.
$10 (8th donation), Roy D.
$10 (6th donation), Minneapolis Commercial Cleaners
$10 (6th donation), Team Clean llc
$10 (5th donation), Minneapolis Towing
$10 (3rd donation), Matthew C.
$10 (3rd donation), ezday computers
$10 (2nd donation), Andres U.
$10 (2nd donation), Stephen C.
$10 (2nd donation), Javier M.
$10 (2nd donation), Mila G.
$10 (2nd donation), Samuel S.
$10 (2nd donation), Marcelo Matos
$10 (2nd donation), Robert Z.
$10 (2nd donation), Andrew G.
$10 (2nd donation), Guillaume B.
$10 (2nd donation), Mario M.
$10, Daphne P.
$10, Buzz
$10, Angela B.
$10, John T.
$10, Norm M.
$10, Antonio C.
$10, Garry S.
$10, Gunnar P.
$10, Dmitrii’ U.
$10, Eric B.
$10, Lukas Z.
$10, Mark R.
$10, landscaping st catharines
$10, Rafal K.
$10, Edmundas B.
$10, Pool Safety Inspections Brisbane
$10, Alan T.
$10, Marek N.
$10, Carleton G.
$10, Christian M.
$10, Alexander H.
$10, Alexis K.
$10, ARF
$10, Carpet Cleaning Edina
$10, Jeffrey S.
$10, Matthew G.
$10, David F.
$10, Andrew M.
$10, Dmytro K.
$8 (7th donation), Ric D.
$6 (3rd donation), Markus S.
$6 (2nd donation), Bruno Y.
$5 (62th donation), Eugene T.
$5 (52th donation), Bhavinder Jassar
$5 (26th donation), Hristo Gatsinski
$5 (21st donation), Thomas R.
$5 (15th donation), Kirill
$5 (13th donation), Sérgio D. S. S. aka “sersantos”
$5 (9th donation), Timo K.
$5 (8th donation), Joshua O.
$5 (5th donation), Jeffery G.
$5 (4th donation), Daniel P. J.
$5 (4th donation), Tom N.
$5 (3rd donation), Alan Nunn
$5 (2nd donation), Sergio G. P.
$5 (2nd donation), Mateusz G.
$5 (2nd donation), Colin H.
$5, Andre L.
$5, Camilo Jose F.
$5, Moss B.
$5, Robert M.
$5, Blake F.
$5, Emil Shteinberg aka “WorriedLemon”
$5, Hamm S.
$5, Sigurd Sverdrup-Thygeson
$5, Carl G.
$4, Andrea Gertrud V.
$4, Götz G.
$3 (11th donation), Szilard S.
$3 (9th donation), Yinguang Z.
$3 (3rd donation), Farria Law Group aka “Litigation Attorney Fort Worth”
$3 (2nd donation), Fergus T.
$3 (2nd donation), Andrey Mozjuhin aka “Restavr”
$3 (2nd donation), Louis M.
$3, zzzzzzz .
$29 from 20 smaller donations

If you want to help Linux Mint with a donation, please visit https://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php

Patrons:

Linux Mint is proudly supported by 572 patrons, for a sum of $2,460 per month.

To become a Linux Mint patron, please visit https://www.patreon.com/linux_mint

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Many thanks to all our donors, sponsors and partners and all the people who are involved in helping our project and our community. We received 380 donations in June and more than 500 in July. Not only do your donations help us  they constantly remind us you enjoy our work. On top of your feedback and support messages this is an amazing source of focus, pride and motivation for us.

Linux Mint 20.2 “Uma”

Linux Mint 20.2 was very well received. Over at ZDNet, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols said:

The years go by, and I keep trying one Linux desktop distro after the other. But for more than a decade now, I come back to Linux Mint. Why? It’s simple: Year in and year out, Mint remains the best, easiest-to-use Linux desktop. That’s the case again with the latest release, called Linux Mint 20.2 “Uma.”

We were delighted to see your reactions here on the blog when you started to use some of the new features. The search functions and the bulk renamer in particular proved to be very popular.

The upgrade path was opened shortly after the official release and a few weeks later the new features were ported towards LMDE 4.

We also took the opportunity to provide some of the improvements and bug fixes from Linux Mint 20.2 to 20 and 20.1 by backporting the latest version of the following packages: folder-color-switcher, gnome-online-accounts, hypnotix and youtube-dl, lightdm-settings, mint-themes, mintbackup, mintdrivers, mintinstall, mintlocale, mintreport, mintstick, mintsystem, mintupdate, mintupload, nvidia-prime-applet, warpinator and yelp.

The next development cycle is now open and the next target is Linux Mint 20.3. It is planned for Christmas 2021.

New website

When our current website was revealed it looked amazing. It did, people loved it, but that was in 2008. This was 13 years ago. The first thing people say when they see it nowadays is that it looks old and outdated. And they’re right, it is exactly that, old and outdated.

Although it was interrupted by the release of Linux Mint 20.2 work continues on a new website.

The new website will have a new look but it will also feature an adaptive layout, work well on any device, present information in a modern way and focus on what most visitors expect to find when they first browse it:

  • What is Linux Mint?
  • Why use Linux Mint?
  • How to install it?

With the stable release just behind us the timing is right and this project is given more focus.

If you’re talented in graphics design, UI/UX design, web design or even artwork in general get in touch with us. This project is hosted on github at https://github.com/linuxmint/website-wizixo and you can also get in touch with us directly by email at root@linuxmint.com.

Right now we’re working on this website but we’re also constantly looking for artists. Put bluntly we can implement pretty much anything, any website, any software application, we can make it work and work really well, but we can’t make it look nice 🙂 After this website we’ll have more websites to redesign, we’ll want our icon theme, GTK theme, titlebars and the look of the Linux Mint desktop in general to improve as well, and for this we need more artists to come and join us.

Sponsorships

Gold Sponsors:
Linux VPS Hosting
Simple Mobile Tools
Silver Sponsors:
Sucuri
ThinkPenguin: For Everything Freedom
Tibor Kaputa
Bronze Sponsors:
Vault Networks *
AYKsolutions Server & Cloud Hosting
hSo
BGASoft Inc
Feathercoin
HamoniKR
Laser Pointer Forums, LLC
Look To The Right SEO
Michael Hathaway
Synapse Search
Uwe Schneider GmbH		 Community Sponsors:

Donations in June:

A total of $9,129 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 380 donors:

$350 (3rd donation), Blue Ridge POS, LLC aka “Dewey“
$216 (6th donation), Duncan G. aka “catraeus“
$200, Fulton H.
$150 (2nd donation), Garlin Security Consulting, LLC
$135 (3rd donation), J aka “look but don’t touch. Thank you”
$120, Grigoriy Demin
$108 (7th donation), Jacques P.
$108 (2nd donation), Michael F.
$108, Jan S.
$108, Hans R.
$100 (4th donation), Andrew Gouw
$100 (3rd donation), Michael P.
$100, na5m
$100, John C.
$100, Brad C.
$100, John K.
$86 (4th donation), Rhydwen V.
$86 (3rd donation), Thomas I.
$75, Gord S.
$75, Amy B.
$54 (6th donation), Ingo Luedeke aka “TheGo”
$54 (6th donation), Bernard H.
$54 (5th donation), Karl H.
$54 (4th donation), Mark DR
$54 (4th donation), Philipp S.
$54 (4th donation), Rasmus A.
$54 (3rd donation), John B.
$54 (3rd donation), Uwe W.
$54 (2nd donation), A. P. .
$54 (2nd donation), Stephan D.
$54 (2nd donation), Vasiliy B.
$54, David V.
$54, Norbert V.
$54, Roman W.
$54, Graham H.
$54, H.S. aka “Huub”
$54, Alexandra V.
$54, Joseph K.
$54, Mike H.
$54, Bent Nielsen aka “BNi”
$54, Joachim R.
$50 (50th donation), Anthony C. aka “ciak”
$50 (17th donation), Hans J.
$50 (11th donation), Douglas J.
$50 (9th donation), stewy
$50 (5th donation), Guy L.
$50 (5th donation), Marty L.
$50 (5th donation), Edmund B.
$50 (4th donation), Joe K.
$50 (3rd donation), Pj Sylvia.
$50 (3rd donation), Martin C.
$50 (3rd donation), Michel R.
$50 (3rd donation), Terry P.
$50 (2nd donation), Nathaniel B.
$50 (2nd donation), Mark Patterson
$50 (2nd donation), William M.
$50 (2nd donation), Andrew S.
$50 (2nd donation), Jeff A.
$50 (2nd donation), Scott P.
$50 (2nd donation), Leopold F.
$50 (2nd donation), Scott N.
$50 (2nd donation), roger
$50 (2nd donation), Adam W.
$50 (2nd donation), Stuart C. D.
$50 (2nd donation), Jack B.
$50 (2nd donation), Clayton H.
$50 (2nd donation), Harry Fine Paralegal Services
$50 (2nd donation), John A. F.
$50, Claude A.
$50, Rhoda O.
$50, Myron S.
$50, Maxime B.
$50, Michael R.
$50, Kari K.
$50, Harry N.
$50, John B.
$50, Christ P.
$50, Alejandro P.
$50, Yul R.
$50, R Michael A.
$50, Ján L.
$50, Jerry R.
$43 (135th donation), Olli K.
$40 (7th donation), Robert T.
$40 (2nd donation), Charles R.
$38, Mr Ian Sheppard
$35 (14th donation), Ted S.
$35, Ali S.
$32 (2nd donation), Christian S.
$32 (2nd donation), Manuel López
$30 (18th donation), Kevin S.
$30 (9th donation), Vladimir Litvinenko
$30 (7th donation), jowind
$30 (2nd donation), Birger M.
$30 (2nd donation), :Karen-Ann: aka “Annie”
$30 (2nd donation), Ken S.
$30 (2nd donation), Carl T.
$30, James H.
$28 (6th donation), Adam K.
$27 (16th donation), John K.
$27, Thomas H.
$27, Christian T.
$27, Peter Thornton Tate.
$27, Mariano V.
$26 (14th donation), Tsatsorin E. aka “Eugene713“
$26 (3rd donation), Marion P.
$25 (13th donation), George R. aka “Az4x4”
$25 (8th donation), Andrew Currie
$25 (5th donation), Michael M.
$25 (5th donation), Linux Mint Sverige
$25 (3rd donation), Thomas N.
$25 (3rd donation), Michael F.
$25 (2nd donation), David K.
$25 (2nd donation), Matt W.
$25 (2nd donation), Kyle S.
$25, Ivan D.
$25, In honor of Bob B
$25, Jessy Cheung
$25, Sean B.
$24, Marcus E.
$22 (25th donation), Doriano G. M.
$22 (15th donation), Peter E.
$22 (11th donation), Dick B. aka “Dick”
$22 (10th donation), Teobaldo D.
$22 (6th donation), Chema Cortés
$22 (6th donation), Martin L.
$22 (6th donation), Jerome M.
$22 (5th donation), Krister R.
$22 (5th donation), Tapani H.
$22 (4th donation), daoud
$22 (4th donation), Andreas G.
$22 (4th donation), Sven-Uwe U. aka “surban”
$22 (4th donation), Joe S.
$22 (3rd donation), Benedikt F.
$22 (3rd donation), Wolfgang N.
$22 (2nd donation), Werner K.
$22 (2nd donation), William H.
$22 (2nd donation), Michel J.
$22 (2nd donation), Erwin S.
$22 (2nd donation), Klaus B.
$22 (2nd donation), Martin L.
$22 (2nd donation), Edward A Lockhart
$22 (2nd donation), Robert S.
$22 (2nd donation), Patrick C.
$22 (2nd donation), Vittorio A.
$22 (2nd donation), Marko B.
$22, Jonathan S.
$22, Juan M.
$22, Tony M.
$22, Lukas W.
$22, Johann K.
$22, John Baines
$22, Hans-helmut H.
$22, Ralf S.
$22, J.
$22, Jukka H.
$22, Henk T.
$22, Josef Z.
$22, Andreas Berg R.
$22, Dominykas C.
$22, Andrej K.
$22, Werner P.
$22, aka “splash”
$22, Daniel J.
$22, Rolf S.
$22, Ueli S.
$22, David Z.
$22, Lucas E.
$22, Cord S.
$22, Zoltan N.
$22, Farah K.
$20 (55th donation), Curt Vaughan aka “curtvaughan “
$20 (35th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (34th donation), Stefan M. H.
$20 (31st donation), Mike W aka “bajan52”
$20 (18th donation), vagrantcow
$20 (17th donation), Ke C.
$20 (15th donation), Michel S.
$20 (15th donation), François P.
$20 (11th donation), Brent P.
$20 (11th donation), Anon
$20 (8th donation), Robert L.
$20 (8th donation), Joao Kodama
$20 (6th donation), Stephen F.
$20 (5th donation), Mark F.
$20 (4th donation), Thomas C.
$20 (4th donation), Leroy H.
$20 (4th donation), David H.
$20 (4th donation), Kevin M.
$20 (4th donation), James W.
$20 (4th donation), Eric W.
$20 (4th donation), Lennart S.
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It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 20 and 20.1 to version 20.2.

If you’ve been waiting for this we’d like to thank you for your patience.

1. Create a system snapshot

You can use Timeshift to make a system snapshot before the upgrade.

If anything goes wrong, you can easily restore your operating system to its previous state.

Launch Timeshift from the application menu, follow the instructions on the screen to configure it and create a system snapshot.

2. Prepare for the upgrade

  • Disable your screensaver
  • If you installed Cinnamon spices (applets, desklets, extensions, themes), upgrade them from the System Settings

3. Upgrade the operating system

Upgrading to Linux Mint 20.2 is relatively easy.

In the Update Manager, click on the Refresh button to check for any new version of mintupdate or mint-upgrade-info. If there are updates for these packages, apply them.

Launch the System Upgrade by clicking on “Edit->Upgrade to Linux Mint 20.2 Uma”.

Follow the instructions on the screen.

If asked whether to keep or replace configuration files, choose to replace them.

4. Convert the system with usrmerge

We recommend you convert your system with usrmerge. This is done already for all fresh installations of Linux Mint 20.1 and 20.2.

For information on usrmerge, read https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/.

To convert your system, open a terminal and type:

5. Reboot the computer

Once the upgrade is finished, reboot your computer.

Commonly asked questions

  • If the upgrade is not available to you, check that you have the latest versions of mintupdate (5.7.3 or higher) and mint-upgrade-info (1.1.8 or higher) and restart the Update Manager by launching it again from the applications menu.
  • If the latest versions of mintupdate and mint-upgrade-info are not yet available in your mirrors, switch to the default repositories.
  • This happens rarely, but if you ever got locked and were unable to log back in, switch to console with CTRL+ALT+F1, log in, and type “killall cinnamon-screensaver” (or “killall mate-screensaver” in MATE). Use CTRL+ALT+F7 or CTRL+ALT+F8 to get back to your session.