by ·366 Comments

This is the BETA release for Linux Mint 19 “Tara” MATE Edition.

Linux Mint 19 Tara MATE Edition

Linux Mint 19 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2023. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.

New features:

This new version of Linux Mint contains many improvements.

For an overview of the new features please visit:

“What’s new in Linux Mint 19 MATE“.

Important info:

The release notes provide important information about known issues, as well as explanations, workarounds and solutions.

To read the release notes, please visit:

“Release Notes for Linux Mint 19 MATE”

System requirements:

  • 1GB RAM (2GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
  • 15GB of disk space (20GB recommended).
  • 1024×768 resolution (on lower resolutions, press ALT to drag windows with the mouse if they don’t fit in the screen).

Notes:

  • The 64-bit ISO can boot with BIOS or UEFI.
  • The 32-bit ISO can only boot with BIOS.
  • The 64-bit ISO is recommended for all modern computers (Almost all computers sold since 2007 are equipped with 64-bit processors).

Upgrade instructions:

  • This BETA release might contain critical bugs, please only use it for testing purposes and to help the Linux Mint team fix issues prior to the stable release.
  • It will be possible to upgrade from this BETA to the stable release.
  • It will also be possible to upgrade from Linux Mint 18.3. Upgrade instructions will be published after the stable release of Linux Mint 19.

Bug reports:

  • Please report bugs below in the comment section of this blog.
  • When reporting bugs, please be as accurate as possible and include any information that might help developers reproduce the issue or understand the cause of the issue:
    • Bugs we can reproduce, or which cause we understand are usually fixed very easily.
    • It is important to mention whether a bug happens “always”, or “sometimes”, and what triggers it.
    • If a bug happens but didn’t happen before, or doesn’t happen in another distribution, or doesn’t happen in a different environment, please mention it and try to pinpoint the differences at play.
    • If we can’t reproduce a particular bug and we don’t understand its cause, it’s unlikely we’ll be able to fix it.
  • Please visit https://github.com/linuxmint/Roadmap to follow the progress of the development team between the BETA and the stable release.

Download links:

Here are the download links for the 64-bit ISO:

A 32-bit ISO image is also available at https://www.linuxmint.com/download_all.php.

Integrity and authenticity checks:

Once you have downloaded an image, please verify its integrity and authenticity.

Anyone can produce fake ISO images, it is your responsibility to check you are downloading the official ones.

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Many thanks in advance for testing the BETA!

by ·1,104 Comments

This is the BETA release for Linux Mint 19 “Tara” Cinnamon Edition.

Linux Mint 19 Tara Cinnamon Edition

Linux Mint 19 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2023. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.

New features:

This new version of Linux Mint contains many improvements.

For an overview of the new features please visit:

“What’s new in Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon“.

Important info:

The release notes provide important information about known issues, as well as explanations, workarounds and solutions.

To read the release notes, please visit:

“Release Notes for Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon”

System requirements:

  • 1GB RAM (2GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
  • 15GB of disk space (20GB recommended).
  • 1024×768 resolution (on lower resolutions, press ALT to drag windows with the mouse if they don’t fit in the screen).

Notes:

  • The 64-bit ISO can boot with BIOS or UEFI.
  • The 32-bit ISO can only boot with BIOS.
  • The 64-bit ISO is recommended for all modern computers (Almost all computers sold since 2007 are equipped with 64-bit processors).

Upgrade instructions:

  • This BETA release might contain critical bugs, please only use it for testing purposes and to help the Linux Mint team fix issues prior to the stable release.
  • It will be possible to upgrade from this BETA to the stable release.
  • It will also be possible to upgrade from Linux Mint 18.3. Upgrade instructions will be published after the stable release of Linux Mint 19.

Bug reports:

  • Please report bugs below in the comment section of this blog.
  • When reporting bugs, please be as accurate as possible and include any information that might help developers reproduce the issue or understand the cause of the issue:
    • Bugs we can reproduce, or which cause we understand are usually fixed very easily.
    • It is important to mention whether a bug happens “always”, or “sometimes”, and what triggers it.
    • If a bug happens but didn’t happen before, or doesn’t happen in another distribution, or doesn’t happen in a different environment, please mention it and try to pinpoint the differences at play.
    • If we can’t reproduce a particular bug and we don’t understand its cause, it’s unlikely we’ll be able to fix it.
  • Please visit https://github.com/linuxmint/Roadmap to follow the progress of the development team between the BETA and the stable release.

Download links:

Here are the download links for the 64-bit ISO:

A 32-bit ISO image is also available at https://www.linuxmint.com/download_all.php.

Integrity and authenticity checks:

Once you have downloaded an image, please verify its integrity and authenticity.

Anyone can produce fake ISO images, it is your responsibility to check you are downloading the official ones.

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Many thanks in advance for testing the BETA!

by ·207 Comments

Many thanks to all of you, for your patience with the upcoming releases and for your help and donations to this project.

All 3 editions of Linux Mint 19 (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce) are currently in QA. The various bugs which were found were fixed and we’re expecting them to pass QA tomorrow. We’re planning the BETA release for Monday the 4th.

We hope you’ll enjoy testing these BETAs and we look forward to receiving your feedback.

The BETA phase for Mint 19 will be longer than usual, with a stable release planned for the end of June. A lot of code was ported to python3, gksu was removed and replaced with pkexec, MATE now supports HiDPI automatically, we’re using a brand new package base, the theme engine in GTK 3.22 is very different than in GTK 3.18 and might cause a few issues in Mint-X, and we’ve switched to Mint-Y and its new set of icons so we’re expecting many little bugs and paper cuts.

These are usually very easy to fix, we just hope there won’t be too many 🙂

Sponsorships:

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:

Platinum Sponsors:
Private Internet Access
Gold Sponsors:
Linux VPS Hosting
Silver Sponsors:

Acunetix
Sucuri
Bronze Sponsors:
Vault Networks *
AYKsolutions Server & Cloud Hosting
7L Networks Toronto Colocation *
Goscomb
BGASoft Inc
David Salvo		 Community Sponsors:

Donations in April:

A total of $11,275 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 534 donors:

$304 (2nd donation), B. Nikola aka “Germmare”
$300, Maciej F.
$272, Christian F.
$250, Wendy J.
$145 (17th donation), Jon Espenschied aka “xeno”
$125, Timothy D.
$109 (3rd donation), Heinz G.
$109, Néstor A. S.
$109, Jürgen S.
$100 (3rd donation), Mirza B.
$100 (2nd donation), Martin G.
$100 (2nd donation), Ray W. aka “Ambiray”
$100 (2nd donation), H. J. M.
$100, Len W.
$100, Peter P.
$100, Paul R.
$100, Minjun Y.
$100, Todd H.
$100, David B.
$100, Yasser T.
$100, Erik J.
$100, Craig V. V.
$97, Willian B. D. S.
$87 (2nd donation), Alfred B.
$65 (4th donation), Ion L. I.
$54 (13th donation), Dr. R. M.
$54 (4th donation), Dirk B.
$54, Juan Valencia Calvellido aka “calvellido”
$54, Stephan Tietz
$54, Jan H.
$54, Volkan C.
$54, Lasse L.
$54, Pierre E.
$54, Champeau C.
$54, David P.
$54, Anthony W.
$54, Jörg G.
$50 (8th donation), Thomas T. aka “FullTimer1489”
$50 (3rd donation), Stephen T.
$50 (3rd donation), Michael K.
$50 (2nd donation), Tony C.
$50 (2nd donation), Timmn
$50 (2nd donation), Dallas H.
$50 (2nd donation), Programmed Precision
$50 (2nd donation), Peter P.
$50 (2nd donation), Brian S.
$50, Savvas H.
$50, ScreenType GmbH
$50, Scott M.
$50, Rod S.
$50, Walter S.
$50, Tim K.
$50, Joseph G.
$50, Barton H.
$50, aka “siggjen”
$50, Bryce P.
$44 (2nd donation), Peter D.
$44 (2nd donation), Sylvain D.
$44, Karl H.
$44, Antonín S.
$44, Philippe R.
$40 (3rd donation), M. B. .
$40, Jason F.
$40, Dimitrios G.
$40, Dean M.
$40, Bruno K.
$35 (2nd donation), Marco V. D. B.
$35, Tim L.
$33 (98th donation), Olli K.
$33 (3rd donation), Nadim K.
$33 (2nd donation), Michael P.
$33 (2nd donation), Benjamin E.
$33, Diego M.
$33, Andre B.
$33, Martin M.
$33, Klaas H.
$30 (6th donation), Murray C.
$30 (4th donation), jowind
$30 (3rd donation), Rob L
$30 (3rd donation), Gert G.
$30 (3rd donation), silver_whiskers
$30, John E.
$30, Iain K.
$30, Angus J. S.
$30, Araldo P.
$30, Michal S.
$30, John
$30, Israel B.
$30, Kenneth R.
$30, Jp G.
$27.84, Fletcher K.
$27 (3rd donation), Elias K.
$27 (2nd donation), Ingolf B.
$27 (2nd donation), E F.
$27 (2nd donation), Gerhard A.
$27, Keith M.
$27, Thomas R.
$27, Frank H.
$27, Ignacio Perez Laborda
$27, Peter B.
$27, Stef C.
$27, Thomas P.
$27, Paul J.
$27, Hans-Ulrich L.
$27, Wolfgang H.
$25 (81th donation), Ronald W.
$25 (38th donation), Curt Vaughan aka “curtvaughan ”
$25 (22nd donation), Larry J.
$25 (7th donation), Michael Welch aka “Dr. Mike”
$25 (6th donation), Charles W.
$25 (6th donation), John A.
$25 (5th donation), Douglas J.
$25 (5th donation), James F.
$25 (4th donation), Rene H. aka “Hogi”
$25 (4th donation), Paul S.
$25 (4th donation), Roy B.
$25 (3rd donation), CW P.
$25 (3rd donation), David L.
$25 (2nd donation), Donna B.
$25 (2nd donation), Brad T.
$25, Brian S.
$25, Ronny B.
$25, Barry D.
$25, Robert P.
$25, Brian M.
$25, Robert F.
$25, Steve S.
$25, Eb7#9
$25, John B.
$25, Ronald K.
$25, Holland-eastern
$25, Corey P.
$25, Glendale M.
$25, Carl B.
$25, Eugene Z.
$25, Brad L.
$25, Sunjay V.
$25, Harold F.
$25, John S.
$25, Roger L. R.
$25, Robert P.
$25, Terrance M.
$25, Luis M.
$24, Lars B.
$22 (15th donation), Derek R.
$22 (4th donation), Helmut T.
$22 (4th donation), Lucien
$22 (4th donation), Frank V.
$22 (3rd donation), Sven-uwe U.
$22 (2nd donation), Manfred R.
$22 (2nd donation), Steffen U.
$22 (2nd donation), Tommy P.
$22 (2nd donation), Matthias B.
$22, Roy R.
$22, Antony C.
$22, Jean-luc Barras
$22, Saturnino F. A.
$22, Karsten R.
$22, Petr S.
$22, Walter B.
$22, Bert, Mannheim
$22, Dietrich B.
$22, Jens L.
$22, Harry B.
$22, Alexander W.
$22, G H.
$22, Uwe K.
$22, Pierre C.
$22, Martin W.
$22, Stéphane L.
$22, Fabian T.
$22, Christian K.
$22, Wróbel, B.
$22, Bogusz S.
$22, Reg O.
$22, Jens Wedel
$22, Philip H.
$22, Luis G. G.
$22, Milos M.
$21 (3rd donation), Sam S.
$20 (13th donation), Henry W.
$20 (9th donation), Michel S.
$20 (8th donation), Daniel A.
$20 (6th donation), Justin Oros
$20 (5th donation), Michele L.
$20 (3rd donation), Michael T.
$20 (3rd donation), Tyler K. M.
$20 (3rd donation), Kostas M. K.
$20 (2nd donation), Otis L.
$20 (2nd donation), Anthony C.
$20 (2nd donation), John Thomas
$20, Dj P.
$20, Jason M.
$20, Richard B. aka “USArmyRangerVet”
$20, Frank V. T.
$20, Josef C. aka “josefca”
$20, Lance W.
$20, Bryan R.
$20, Russell R.
$20, Cigdem H.
$20, E.Flamand
$20, Pooja Y.
$20, Ryszard B.
$20, Bernard F.
$20, Neil B.
$20, Rob J.
$20, Chen Y.
$20, Juan G.
$20, Zimon W.
$20, Shane G.
$20, Manohar D.
$20, Steve B.
$20, Mats F.
$20, Jerome W.
$20, Marcus S.
$16 (15th donation), Andreas S.
$16 (14th donation), Francisco L. D. A.
$16 (2nd donation), Ludwig B.
$16 (2nd donation), Robert M.
$16 (2nd donation), R. B.
$16 (2nd donation), Laszlo R.
$16, Roman B.
$16, Sigyn H.
$16, Ulrich J.
$16, Frederic B.
$16, Kai A.
$16, Johan D. M.
$15 (5th donation), Kok E. B.
$15 (4th donation), John M.
$15 (4th donation), Kari H.
$15 (3rd donation), Renato S.
$15 (2nd donation), Jerzy K. aka “Jukan”
$15 (2nd donation), Rushikesh J.
$15 (2nd donation), Harold M.
$15, Steven J.
$15, Christopher B.
$15, Phillip R.
$15, Alicia C.
$15, Rafel I.
$15, Clive & Janine B. aka “Mr & Mrs Bee”
$14 (10th donation), Ray
$13 (25th donation), Anonymous
$13 (5th donation), H ScottB
$13, Sven J.
$12 (85th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
$12 (4th donation), Stephen R.
$12, D.S. aka “Schroeffu”
$12, Dennis K.
$12, Carlos E. C.
$11 (15th donation), Johann J.
$11 (7th donation), Tomi P.
$11 (7th donation), Eskild T.
$11 (6th donation), Antonio aka “pengu73”
$11 (5th donation), Sabine L.
$11 (4th donation), Yves R.
$11 (4th donation), Michiel B.
$11 (3rd donation), Ulrich K.
$11 (3rd donation), Fred W.
$11 (3rd donation), Slobodan Vrkacevic
$11 (3rd donation), Nicolas D.
$11 (3rd donation), Roger K.
$11 (2nd donation), Jakob V.
$11 (2nd donation), Thomas L. aka “Tool”
$11 (2nd donation), Svein K.
$11 (2nd donation), Stefano C.
$11 (2nd donation), R. S. .
$11 (2nd donation), Roberto I.
$11 (2nd donation), Jaime M.
$11, lol mdr
$11, Lothar U.
$11, Norbert N.
$11, Gerardus J. W. C.
$11, Mark M.
$11, Ferruccio R.
$11, David C.
$11, Dirk L.
$11, Jan H.
$11, Kjerkreit Ytre, Anders Kiær
$11, Laurent F.
$11, Erik T.
$11, Erland N.
$11, Mathias B.
$11, Marco Cantoni
$11, Mike S.
$11, J M.
$11, Federico R.
$11, Emanuele F.
$11, Alois S.
$11, Peter K.
$11, Michal D. aka “dorko20”
$11, Marco A.
$11, J F. P. E.
$11, Walter Z.
$11, Antonio M.
$11, Stefanos S.
$11, Leonard V. H.
$10 (29th donation), Thomas C.
$10 (20th donation), Paul O.
$10 (20th donation), Frank K.
$10 (13th donation), Christopher R.
$10 (13th donation), Dinu P.
$10 (11th donation), Terrance G.
$10 (10th donation), Andre Cardoso
$10 (9th donation), Fabio Ranquetat aka “Ranquetat”
$10 (8th donation), Fabio Ranquetat aka “Ranquetat”
$10 (8th donation), Richard L. S.
$10 (8th donation), Elsukov V.
$10 (7th donation), Agenor Marrero aka “Antecmaster”
$10 (6th donation), Thomas D. Y.
$10 (5th donation), Gary L.
$10 (5th donation), Grzegorz I.
$10 (4th donation), aka “Cachafaz”
$10 (4th donation), Randy D.
$10 (4th donation), James H.
$10 (4th donation), James O.
$10 (4th donation), Thomas H.
$10 (3rd donation), Sandra W.
$10 (3rd donation), Sávio Rodrigues
$10 (2nd donation), Chris L.
$10 (2nd donation), Abdulkarim Malkadi
$10 (2nd donation), Alyn L.
$10 (2nd donation), Colin W.
$10 (2nd donation), Sergey Z.
$10 (2nd donation), Lee B.
$10 (2nd donation), Ian M.
$10 (2nd donation), John D. aka “siliconjohn”
$10 (2nd donation), Christopher B.
$10, Hans-peter B.
$10, Edward S.
$10, Alexander Z.
$10, Marco Z.
$10, Leonard v.d. W.
$10, 許 郁彬
$10, Håvard J.
$10, Neil P.
$10, Stephen W.
$10, Robert S.
$10, Lutheran Library
$10, Air-gap Consulting aka “Air-Gap”
$10, Samuel A.
$10, Fernando A. P.
$10, Charl C.
$10, Angel L.
$10, John K.
$10, Robert S.
$10, Jonathan K.
$10, Eric H.
$10, Jeffery B.
$10, Kiyokawa E.
$10, Аксенов С.
$10, Ian C.
$10, Kenneth L.
$10, Paulo C.
$10, skeens
$10, Shawn P.
$10, Tim L.
$10, Alan W.
$10, Piyush P. aka “Piyush”
$10, Hakim K.
$10, Krylov A.
$10, A. Takitani
$10, Mohammad Z.
$10, Allery W.
$10, Clevere Itee aka “Kalle ”
$10, Colin M. C.
$10, Ariel Barkan
$10, Michael M.
$10, Yudy C.
$8.2, Ruth B.
$8, Elpidio F. P.
$7.9, John Y.
$7.8, Jurij S.
$7.5, Sean Madawala
$7.5, Thomas E.
$7.34 (2nd donation), Anwar U.
$7.12 (3rd donation), Clint M.
$7 (3rd donation), Jan Miszura
$7, Georgij G.
$6, Zheng R.
$6, Piotr P.
$5 (23rd donation), Eugene T.
$5 (17th donation), Jens-uwe R.
$5 (15th donation), Bhavinder Jassar
$5 (11th donation), Nicolás Costa de la Colina aka “NCosta”
$5 (10th donation), Guillaume G. aka “Tidusrose”
$5 (8th donation), Oligalma
$5 (7th donation), Korneliusz M. aka “audiokor”
$5 (6th donation), GaryD
$5 (5th donation), Stijn D.
$5 (4th donation), Arkadiusz T.
$5 (4th donation), Tree Service
$5 (3rd donation), Morgan aka “SEO E-Reputation”
$5 (3rd donation), Adrien L.
$5 (3rd donation), Tree Service
$5 (3rd donation), Cosimo I.
$5 (3rd donation), GrowthPath Pty Ltd
$5 (3rd donation), Constantin H.
$5 (2nd donation), Халилова А.
$5 (2nd donation), Richard K.
$5 (2nd donation), Ivo K. aka “Rijia”
$5 (2nd donation), Mark F.
$5 (2nd donation), David G.
$5 (2nd donation), Udo W.
$5 (2nd donation), Luiz H. R. C.
$5 (2nd donation), Critic Thoughts
$5 (2nd donation), Frank T.
$5 (2nd donation), Tree Service
$5 (2nd donation), Josh J.
$5 (2nd donation), J. D. .
$5 (2nd donation), Adjie aka “AJ”
$5, Cathi I.
$5, Nagornyi A.
$5, Elan S.
$5, Andreas L.
$5, Luca D. L.
$5, Ежевский К.
$5, Шитенков П.
$5, ezday computers
$5, Antonio C. L. S.
$5, John M.
$5, Nattapon S.
$5, Robert M.
$5, Roman B.
$5, Daniel F. B.
$5, Holger S.
$5, Frank T.
$5, Steven D.
$5, Víctor R.
$5, Tarantini M. P.
$5, Krishna P.
$5, Francois S.
$5, Suresh M.
$5, Scott McCrary
$5, Valmore R.
$5, Michele C.
$5, Oleksandr B.
$5, Rakshak T.
$5, Hallan S. E. S.
$5, Jacques N.
$5, Steeve M.
$5, Igor Simić
$5, Lubkowski N.
$5, Evans W.
$5, Adam G.
$5, Sergio D.
$5, James C.
$5, James D.
$5, William S.
$5, Dmitriy C.
$5, 马 威威
$5, John C.
$5, Joseph J. G.
$5, Dariusz M.
$5, Беликова А.
$5, Andrew I.
$5, Richard S.
$5, Paul Meyers Consulting aka “SEO North Bay”
$5, TechAntidote.com aka “ΞXΤЯ3МΞ”
$5, Chetser M. V.
$5, Marcel M.
$5, Вячеслав Федяшин
$5, Larry M.
$5, Pierre-henri V.
$4, Suresh M.
$3 (9th donation), cheval shire
$3 (2nd donation), Aaron C.
$3 (2nd donation), Bernard H.
$3 (2nd donation), Takatosi A.
$3, Jeroen S.
$3, Felicia A.
$3, Austin M.
$3, Vinicius S. C.
$3, Zulfikar A. P.
$3, Prit B.
$3, Richard M.
$3, Rick A.
$2.5 (5th donation), aka “AsciiWolf”
$79.25 from 57 smaller donations

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

Rankings:

  • Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 2759 (2nd)
  • Alexa (website ranking): 3280