Hi everyone,

We received 474 donations in July. I’m always amazed when I see these numbers. It’s both humbling and highly motivating to picture that many people enjoying what we do and wanting to help us. I really appreciate it. Many thanks for your support and these donations!

You might be wondering what’s coming next and in which order. As you know we’re planning two releases (LMDE 6 and Mint 21.2 EDGE) but we also have long-term plans. One of these is to update our ISO production framework. Among other things this fixes secureboot. This is a big task but it’s really important for us.

We’ve been hesitating on how to prioritize these. What ended up happening was that we worked both on LMDE and the new ISO framework.

We’ve been reducing the differences between old and new ISOs, we even made a tool to compare them. We’re now at a stage where we’re pretty confident we’ll move to the new framework and we’ll have secureboot support for upcoming images.

LMDE 6 is almost ready to enter QA. It looks stable, it has all the changes featured in Mint 21.2 and it uses a Debian 12 base and a 6.1 kernel. It should use pipewire by default also.. though we haven’t tested that yet so I shouldn’t really be talking about it.

Both LMDE 6 and Mint 21.2 EDGE will be released this month.

Sponsorships:

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:

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Bronze Sponsors:

Donations in July:

A total of $11,905 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 474 donors:

$539, Joshua G. aka “Periodle”
$500, Dana C.
$212 (5th donation), Andreas S.
$200 (2nd donation), Michael L.
$108 (5th donation), J aka “look but don’t touch. Thank you”
$108 (4th donation), Bert-jan Wiegeraad
$107 (53th donation), Michael R.
$100 (38th donation), Fast Junkie
$100 (19th donation), Philip W.
$100 (2nd donation), Jack K.
$100 (2nd donation), sector0 networks
$100, Clive Newstead
$100, Edmund B.
$100, John A.
$100, Lee J.
$100, Marci S.
$100, Nancy U.
$83 (10th donation), Jacques P.
$80 (10th donation), James L.
$76 (6th donation), Alexander M.
$70, Michael H.
$65, Kevin T.
$60 (8th donation), Joe K.
$54 (8th donation), Volker P.
$54 (7th donation), Steverj aka “Somerset Scrumpy”
$54 (5th donation), Bernhard M.
$54 (5th donation), Giovanni D. S. aka “ChibiOS”
$54 (4th donation),
$54 (4th donation), Christian G.
$54 (4th donation), Ezequiel O.
$54 (3rd donation), Dr. S. K.
$54 (3rd donation), Tiny H.
$54 (3rd donation), Tommaso P.
$54 (2nd donation), Alexandre H.
$54 (2nd donation), Bastian H.
$54 (2nd donation), Daniel K.
$54 (2nd donation), Lars E. S.
$54 (2nd donation), Mathias G.
$54, Alexis M.
$54, Christian S.
$54, Domenico M.
$54, Jérôme B.
$54, Leif J.
$54, Pauli R.
$54, Roland V.
$54, Saulius G.
$54, Sergey A.
$54, Stefan H.
$54, Steffen S.
$54, Thomas S.
$50 (74th donation), Anthony C. aka “ciak”
$50 (22nd donation), Hans J.
$50 (21st donation), George H.
$50 (10th donation), Mihail S.
$50 (7th donation), Kyle S.
$50 (7th donation), Marty L.
$50 (6th donation), Adam W.
$50 (6th donation), Al B.
$50 (6th donation), Jerry L.
$50 (5th donation), David T.
$50 (5th donation), Jack B.
$50 (4th donation), Far West Computer Consulting
$50 (4th donation), William M.
$50 (3rd donation), IBS Corporation
$50 (2nd donation), Brandon M.
$50 (2nd donation), Media Dynamics, Inc.
$50, Andrew P.
$50, Arunas A.
$50, Clay F.
$50, Darwin D.
$50, Dirk P.
$50, Elizabeth L.
$50, Gregory A.
$50, Jane C.
$50, Joshua M.
$50, Kevin M.
$50, Kevin P.
$50, Mitchell E.
$50, Nathan R.
$43 (4th donation), Renaud C.
$43, William L. aka “Hilyxx”
$40 (2nd donation), Christian E.
$35 (7th donation), John Eady
$35 (3rd donation), Mathieu C.
$32 (5th donation), Frank B.
$32 (4th donation), Dominique P.
$32 (3rd donation), Christian S.
$32 (2nd donation), Gerhard K.
$32 (2nd donation), Matthieu B.
$32, Jean-claude M.
$32, the way home be
$30 (33rd donation), Wolfgang P.
$30 (11th donation), Murray C.
$30 (9th donation), jowind
$30 (8th donation), Daniel M.
$30, David M.
$27 (20th donation), John K. aka “jbrucek”
$27 (6th donation), GJ aka “oldgit”
$27 (3rd donation), Johann K.
$27, Hans Peter S.
$27, Oliver R.
$27, Wouter V.
$25 (29th donation), Linux Mint Sverige
$25 (22nd donation), Kevin S.
$25 (11th donation), Andrew Currie
$25 (4th donation), Chuck G.
$25, Aundra J.
$25, Mark S.
$25, Nicholas K.
$22 (38th donation), Peter E.
$22 (23rd donation), Denis D.
$22 (22nd donation), Joachim M.
$22 (18th donation), Bjarne K.
$22 (11th donation), Tomi P.
$22 (9th donation), Daniel Gruhn
$22 (9th donation), Robert W.
$22 (8th donation), Carsten Wehner
$22 (8th donation), Chema Cortés
$22 (8th donation), Jürgen B.
$22 (8th donation), Michał M. aka “Zaraki”
$22 (8th donation), Tom S.
$22 (8th donation), Wolfgang N.
$22 (7th donation), Florian G.
$22 (7th donation), Geoffrey Allgood
$22 (7th donation), Raymond L.
$22 (7th donation), Stephen W.
$22 (6th donation), Alexander H.
$22 (6th donation), Cornelis V.
$22 (6th donation), David K.
$22 (6th donation), Divoto
$22 (5th donation), Rolf-Jürgen G.
$22 (5th donation), Stefan W.
$22 (5th donation), Vittorio F.
$22 (4th donation), Johnny H.
$22 (4th donation), Michael K.
$22 (4th donation), Richard W.
$22 (4th donation), Waldemar P. aka “valldek”
$22 (3rd donation), Fritz P.
$22 (3rd donation), Jens H.
$22 (3rd donation), Jonas U.
$22 (3rd donation), Michael B.
$22 (3rd donation), Thomas P.
$22 (3rd donation), Vittorio A.
$22 (2nd donation), Axel B.
$22 (2nd donation), Fabio Rossini S.
$22 (2nd donation), Francisco R.
$22 (2nd donation), Hartmut P.
$22 (2nd donation), Kari H.
$22 (2nd donation), Marek J.
$22 (2nd donation), Martin D. aka “Raqua”
$22 (2nd donation), Reiner Z.
$22 (2nd donation), Vasilis G.
$22, Antoine M.
$22, Antonio R.
$22, Bezelgoho
$22, Dario D.
$22, Derek W.
$22, Dirk E.
$22, Dušan P.
$22, Hannes B.
$22, Hans Joachim O.
$22, Harri Y.
$22, Heiko P.
$22, Helmut R.
$22, Jean Jacques S.
$22, Jeanjacques G.
$22, Karl-heinz K.
$22, Klaus G.
$22, Leslie R.
$22, Martin K.
$22, Martino M.
$22, Massimiliano C.
$22, Pertti N.
$22, Peter M.
$22, Piotr K.
$22, R V.
$22, Richard H.
$22, Ronald T.
$22, Séléna V.
$22, Spyros K.
$22, Thomas P.
$22, Yrag L.
$21 (21st donation), Ke C.
$21 (19th donation), François P.
$20 (66th donation), Rick R.
$20 (58th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (43th donation), Stefan M. H.
$20 (19th donation), Nigel B.
$20 (12th donation), Joao Kodama
$20 (10th donation), stewy
$20 (9th donation), Soeren S.
$20 (8th donation), Mark F.
$20 (8th donation), Pablo L. aka “LAFO”
$20 (8th donation), Thomas C.
$20 (7th donation), Bill and Susan
$20 (7th donation), Dean P @ DT
$20 (7th donation), Michael A C.
$20 (4th donation), Mario M.
$20 (4th donation), Mark C.
$20 (4th donation), Stephane L.
$20 (3rd donation), Adrian O.
$20 (3rd donation), Andrew S.
$20 (3rd donation), Mariusz B.
$20 (3rd donation), Robert H.
$20 (3rd donation), SAVE4ENERGY
$20 (2nd donation), Andreas G.
$20 (2nd donation), Gordon W.
$20 (2nd donation), Ron B.
$20, Alvaro Zuniga
$20, Alvin H.
$20, Anthony G.
$20, Avri A.
$20, Badriya M.
$20, Bobby L.
$20, Clement D.
$20, David M.
$20, Diarmaid R.
$20, Don S.
$20, Emir D.
$20, Gary L.
$20, Gordon S.
$20, Harry D M.
$20, Hsu C.
$20, In honor of SMG aka “mintydave”
$20, Jack T.
$20, James F.
$20, James M.
$20, Laura H.
$20, Matthias B.
$20, Nicolás C.
$20, Raymond H.
$20, Richard K.
$20, Robert A.
$20, Ronald S.
$20, Smiths – SellOurStuff
$20, Steven R.
$20, Thomas S.
$20, Timothy J H.
$20, Timothy T.
$20, Tom O.
$19 (2nd donation), J.G.
$18 (5th donation), ineuw
$16 (8th donation), Reidar S.
$16, Andrew R.
$16, Bartosz Baranowski
$16, Marius M.
$15 (4th donation), Christian Aubry aka “amicalmant”
$15 (3rd donation), Michael H.
$15 (2nd donation), Steven W.
$15, Jeffery B.
$15, Mj J.
$14 (85th donation), Johann J.
$13 (2nd donation), Daphne P.
$12 (10th donation), Gary N.
$12 (5th donation), J M. H. C.
$12, William David H.
$11 (49th donation), Francois-R L.
$11 (39th donation), Daniel S.
$11 (37th donation), Thomas R.
$11 (16th donation), Tugaleres.com
$11 (14th donation), Denys G.
$11 (14th donation), Yves R. aka “Long_Time_User”
$11 (13th donation), Peter R.
$11 (10th donation), Bernhard L.
$11 (10th donation), Emanuele Proietti aka “Manuermejo”
$11 (10th donation), Ivan Stamenov
$11 (10th donation), Klaus Heckenbach
$11 (9th donation), Rupert B.
$11 (8th donation), Florian P.
$11 (7th donation), Raphael G.
$11 (6th donation), Antoni Aloy Torrens
$11 (6th donation), Ernie H.
$11 (6th donation), Joe S.
$11 (6th donation), Ralf M.
$11 (5th donation), John G.
$11 (4th donation), Erik H.
$11 (4th donation), Franz Z.
$11 (3rd donation), Maurizio Giacobbe aka “maurizioweb”
$11 (3rd donation), Patrick B.
$11 (3rd donation), Sandu I.
$11 (3rd donation), Serge S.
$11 (3rd donation), Simon Clark
$11 (3rd donation), Yvan.P. aka “Yv30Pe03”
$11 (2nd donation), Francis S.
$11 (2nd donation), Henk V.
$11 (2nd donation), Iztok M.
$11 (2nd donation), Jean-michel A.
$11 (2nd donation), José P.
$11 (2nd donation), Jouni P.
$11 (2nd donation), Jro
$11 (2nd donation), Massimo M.
$11 (2nd donation), Michael J.
$11 (2nd donation), Pascal C.
$11 (2nd donation), Siegfried M.
$11 (2nd donation), Volker J.
$11, Alexander B.
$11, Anton Bernd S.
$11, Artur K.
$11, Bengt Falke
$11, Benjamin S.
$11, Beverly J.
$11, Bruno R.
$11, Carlo Mario D.
$11, Carlos P.
$11, Christoph Haas aka “Signum”
$11, David M.
$11, Federico U.
$11, Fred V.
$11, Graham H.
$11, Jose A. P.
$11, Jose F.
$11, Julio Abel M.
$11, Leonardo R.
$11, Marc D.
$11, Marek S. (LMDE Supporter)
$11, Michael H.
$11, Michele D.
$11, Nicolas M.
$11, Owen R.
$11, Rudolf V.
$11, Sergey P.
$11, Thomas P.
$11, Traugott K.
$11, zzzzzzzz .
$10 (88th donation), Thomas C.
$10 (82th donation), Frank K.
$10 (35th donation), Philip Woodward
$10 (27th donation), Tomasz K.
$10 (21st donation), Solar Panels Saskatoon
$10 (17th donation), Dylan B.
$10 (16th donation), Bruce M.
$10 (16th donation), Minneapolis Towing and Roadside Assistance
$10 (15th donation), Jorge R.
$10 (13th donation), Bruno Weber
$10 (13th donation), Troy T.
$10 (12th donation), Philip E.
$10 (11th donation), clinica estetica bucuresti
$10 (11th donation), Michael P.
$10 (9th donation), Don S.
$10 (7th donation), Organic CBD Gummies
$10 (7th donation), platypus products
$10 (6th donation), Klaang
$10 (5th donation), David W.
$10 (5th donation), Gustavo A. B.
$10 (5th donation), Michael W.
$10 (4th donation), Anthony H.
$10 (4th donation), Hans aka “Hans”
$10 (4th donation), Lawrence C.
$10 (4th donation), Rafał K. aka “inflop”
$10 (3rd donation), Eric M.
$10 (3rd donation), François B.
$10 (3rd donation), H.V. L.
$10 (3rd donation), Jody M.
$10 (3rd donation), Peers T.
$10 (3rd donation), Sergey S.
$10 (3rd donation), Thevirtua
$10 (2nd donation), Alonzo J.
$10 (2nd donation), Andrew W.
$10 (2nd donation), David H.
$10 (2nd donation), David S.
$10 (2nd donation), Dorel T. aka “Dorel Tanase”
$10 (2nd donation), IA
$10 (2nd donation), Josef E.
$10 (2nd donation), Michał K. aka “PoldekPL”
$10 (2nd donation), Mike A.
$10 (2nd donation), moon musiq aka “Netlabel for Industrial, Dark Ambient, and Noise”
$10 (2nd donation), P F C.
$10 (2nd donation), Rimon K.
$10 (2nd donation), Stephen W.
$10 (2nd donation), Tim B.
$10, Alex R.
$10, AlumiCase
$10, Andres G.
$10, Anvelope Iarna
$10, Blanford B.
$10, Carlos Ruben Ortiz Marrero aka “Ruben”
$10, Charles K.
$10, Daniel E.
$10, Daniel S.
$10, Donald C.
$10, Edward F.
$10, Edwin M.
$10, Elvis T. aka “Luno”
$10, FABER FRANCIOLLI EIGLMEIER VIDAL aka “fabervidal”
$10, Felipe P.
$10, Gustavo N.
$10, Hermilo M.
$10, https://calicris.ro
$10, https://foicucod.ro/
$10, https://noinu.ro/
$10, https://statiunea-turistica-bran.ro
$10, https://www.theseo.ro/
$10, John S.
$10, Jose A.
$10, Krzysztof B.
$10, kSEO
$10, Lars Otto N.
$10, Laurie M.
$10, Manuelita U.
$10, Mark K.
$10, Marketing aka “Advertoriale”
$10, Medical
$10, myindex.ro
$10, Outsourcing
$10, Rolland R.
$10, Sarfraz A.
$10, Simon B.
$10, Stiri sportive
$10, Tanase D.
$10, Thomas C.
$10, Timothy B.
$10, Web Design
$10, weberplus gmbh
$10, Wiakeem H.
$8 (4th donation), Kevin M.
$8, Ralph H.
$7, Christopher H.
$7, Kamran N.
$6 (2nd donation), Dogival L.
$6, Uwe K.
$195 from 51 smaller donations

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Thank you for your donations and for your support. I hope you enjoyed the latest Linux Mint 21.2!

Work started on LMDE 6. The upcoming version of our Debian-based distribution will be codenamed “Faye”. It will come with all the features and changes introduced in Linux Mint 21.2. There is no ETA for its release. Once everything is ready we’ll take the opportunity to work on additional features and see how much we want to further reduce the gap in functionality between Linux Mint and LMDE.

In parallel to LMDE 6 we’re also planning to release an EDGE ISO for Linux Mint 21.2. This ISO will feature a kernel 6.2 and make it easier to boot Mint on brand new hardware.

Looking further ahead (after LMDE 6 and the EDGE ISO), we’re likely to reduce the scope for Linux Mint 21.3 which is planned for Christmas 2023. We’ve got many exciting ideas, I’m sure some of the cool new features we have in mind will be implemented, but we want to prioritize some long-term aspects and dedicate some of our time to them. Namely, we want to update our ISO production tools and fix secureboot. We also want to spend time on studying the pros and cons of Wayland and to assess the work needed in its potential adoption. Last but not least we’re keeping an eye on Ubuntu, their increased focus on Snap, the quality of their 24.04 package base and what this means for us going forward.

Note: We’ve got a vocal minority of LMDE users. As usual we’ll come up with a great release. I appreciate the fact that they love what we do. I ask them to please remain civil when it comes to criticizing Ubuntu and to understand that we do what’s best for Linux Mint as a whole, both when we work on LMDE, when we work on Linux Mint and when we form long term strategies. The news sometimes gets blown out of proportion and people can get really passionate over very little. If you look at the past you can appreciate how calm we are as a team and how serene we are with our development. We’re rarely affected by upstream decisions. When we are, or when we might be, we’re able to invest, to mitigate them and get to where we want to be. That’s how we’ve got something like LMDE already, whether we ever need it or not. Don’t panic, don’t lobby for rushed decisions based on fears or passion, we know who we are and we know what we’re doing.

Sponsorships:

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Donations in June:

A total of $8,600 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 301 donors:

$216, Simon T.
$200 (2nd donation), Danny T.
$200, Thomas M.
$194, Victor S.
$162 (2nd donation), Thomas K.
$108 (16th donation), Heiko P. aka “CyCroN”
$108 (5th donation), Marco V.
$108 (2nd donation), Floorprofi
$108 (2nd donation), John J.
$108, André P.
$108, Tiago G.
$108, Uros B. aka “U2ros”
$100 (37th donation), Fast Junkie
$100 (5th donation), Michael P.
$100 (4th donation), Eddie B.
$100 (2nd donation), Olivia C.
$100 (2nd donation), Thomas H.
$100, Bill E.
$100, Daniel S.
$100, Joe M.
$100, John L.
$100, Sye D.
$100, Sylvain L.
$76, Mark G.
$60, William S.
$54 (20th donation), Geoff P
$54 (14th donation), Paul S. E. aka “Paul”
$54 (11th donation), Torsten P.
$54 (7th donation), Jyrki A.
$54 (7th donation), Volker P.
$54 (5th donation), Marcin G.
$54 (5th donation), Philippe A.
$54 (4th donation), Herve C.
$54 (3rd donation), Charlie M.
$54 (3rd donation), Johan P.
$54 (3rd donation), Jure V.
$54 (3rd donation), Ulrich H.
$54 (3rd donation), Uwe T.
$54 (2nd donation), Jean-loup P.
$54 (2nd donation), Jeroen T.
$54 (2nd donation), Kevin B.
$54 (2nd donation), Peter G.
$54, Baptiste Pillot
$54, Ben S.
$54, Bernd G.
$54, Johannes F.
$54, Julio C.
$54, Stephen H.
$54, Søren S.
$54, Ugo Z.
$50 (73th donation), Anthony C. aka “ciak”
$50 (20th donation), George H.
$50 (5th donation), Brett W.
$50 (5th donation), Dean R.
$50 (3rd donation), Brian H.
$50 (3rd donation), Jozua H.
$50 (2nd donation), Andreas S.
$50 (2nd donation), Mark S.
$50 (2nd donation), William E. aka “Bill”
$50, Cecil H.
$50, David D.
$50, Gary B.
$50, Getulio K.
$50, Gil A.
$50, Jean C.
$50, Michael M.
$50, Phillip F.
$50, Scott C.
$50, Stephen S.
$50, Systems Plus Internet Inc.
$50, Vincent P.
$50, William N.
$38 (4th donation), Rüdiger A.
$38, Riccardo B.
$35 (5th donation), David K.
$34 (2nd donation), Renee M.
$32 (4th donation), Martin A.
$32 (3rd donation), Henry T.
$32 (2nd donation), Kris K.
$32, Mr Ian A S.
$32, Phill V.
$27 (2nd donation), Rainer G.
$27, Dr. Jörg S.
$27, Loïc R.
$27, Markus B.
$25 (28th donation), Linux Mint Sverige
$25 (12th donation), Richard N.
$25 (7th donation), Nathan G. aka “Concrete Contractors Tuscaloosa AL”
$25 (2nd donation), Tony T.
$25, Marcia H.
$25, Shaun M.
$22 (84th donation), Johann J.
$22 (38th donation), Daniel S.
$22 (37th donation), Peter E.
$22 (7th donation), Jose A. V.
$22 (7th donation), Maurice G. aka “guilmau”
$22 (6th donation), Michael T.
$22 (5th donation), Antoni Aloy Torrens
$22 (5th donation), Chistoph B.
$22 (3rd donation), Rienk R.
$22 (2nd donation), Alexander W.
$22 (2nd donation), Ed L.
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$22, Aleksi L.
$22, Alexander K.
$22, Anita B.
$22, Belgian Ryker Biker
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$22, Daniel M.
$22, Hans H.
$22, Hartmut P.
$22, Hendrik S.
$22, Jan S.
$22, Jürgen K.
$22, Leo A.
$22, Mathieu L.
$22, Pierre V.
$22, Rene Humberto C.
$22, René Paul S.
$22, Stefan S.
$22, Thomas R.
$22, Zdenek S.
$20 (57th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (25th donation), vagrantcow
$20 (22nd donation), Denis D.
$20 (9th donation), Bruce N.
$20 (8th donation), Peter L. aka “Myfathersson”
$20 (7th donation), DaveW
$20 (7th donation), Peter L. aka “Pedro”
$20 (6th donation), Mark R.
$20 (4th donation), Frederick S.
$20 (4th donation), Glenn Meyer
$20 (4th donation), James H.
$20 (3rd donation), Clark R.
$20 (3rd donation), Michael G.
$20 (3rd donation), Rafał K. aka “inflop”
$20 (3rd donation), Robert C.
$20 (3rd donation), roger
$20 (2nd donation), Alexandre B.
$20 (2nd donation), Cameron R.
$20 (2nd donation), Fabio S.
$20 (2nd donation), John H.
$20 (2nd donation), Lawrence K.
$20 (2nd donation), Lyle S.
$20 (2nd donation), William L.
$20, Alan B.
$20, Cary Paul L.
$20, Edward L.
$20, Francis S.
$20, Jeffrey D.
$20, Joseph C.
$20, Parker A.
$20, Pernal B.
$20, Randall O.
$20, Ron B.
$20, Samuel S.
$18 (4th donation), ineuw
$16 (7th donation), Reidar S.
$16, Hakan C.
$16, Pe D.
$15 (5th donation), Corey J.
$15 (2nd donation), Judah H.
$13, Manfred T.
$12 (136th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
$12, Krešimir P.
$11 (48th donation), Francois-R L.
$11 (16th donation), José G. aka “picaso”
$11 (15th donation), Tugaleres.com
$11 (13th donation), Denys G.
$11 (13th donation), Roger aka “GNU/Linux werkgroep”
$11 (12th donation), Adis H.
$11 (7th donation), Darius O.
$11 (7th donation), Lazo L.
$11 (6th donation), Axel R.
$11 (6th donation), Johann K.
$11 (6th donation), Raphael G.
$11 (5th donation), Noël D. K.
$11 (5th donation), Ronald S.
$11 (4th donation), Stefan W.
$11 (3rd donation), Björn M.
$11 (3rd donation), Markku R.
$11 (3rd donation), Michael M.
$11 (3rd donation), Nemanja J.
$11 (2nd donation), Andrii G.
$11 (2nd donation), Axel D.
$11 (2nd donation), Claudio S.
$11 (2nd donation), Keith M.
$11 (2nd donation), Marc L.
$11 (2nd donation), Markus L.
$11 (2nd donation), Mykhailo Makarov
$11 (2nd donation), Peter C.
$11 (2nd donation), Raymond C.
$11, Albert E.
$11, Alejandro F.
$11, Alexis L.
$11, Andreas R.
$11, Antonio M.
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It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 21 and 21.1 to version 21.2.

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

If you installed Cinnamon spices (applets, desklets, extensions, themes), upgrade them from the System Settings.

3. Upgrade the operating system

Upgrading to Linux Mint 21.2 is fast and 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 21.2 Victoria”.

Follow the instructions on the screen.

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

4. Change artwork (optional)

Linux Mint 21.2 features artwork changes.

We recommend you reboot your computer for all changes to properly apply.

To select a theme launch the “Themes” settings. The 20.2 look is available under the name “Mint-L”.

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 (6.0.3 or higher) and mint-upgrade-info (1.2.2 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.