Happy New Year!

The end of 2022 was as hectic as it was exciting. We managed to stick to our schedule and reach our goals just before the holiday season.

91 reports were addressed during the BETA including a handful of release blockers. As always I want to address special thanks to all the people who helped us find bugs.

Linux Mint 21.1 was then released for download on the 20th of December and as an upgrade the day after. It was a huge success. The fact that it was close to Christmas played a role. The new artwork gave the release more visibility than usual. We gathered very positive feedback on some of the new features and the improvements that were pushed into this release. We were really happy to see your reactions.

The donations for December were higher than ever at $25,470. The number of donors reached 721 last month. To us this is a clear message that we made a lot of people happy with our work. We’re delighted! Many thanks for these donations!

In your feedback we also identified future areas of improvement. For instance, we noticed not everybody liked the new folder icons. This is something we’ll tackle in 21.2.

Before starting the next development cycle we’ll focus on a series of bug reports which were marked as non-urgent and which didn’t block the release. Some of them got fixed already so we’ll push a series of package updates this week.

LMDE 5 is already up to date with Linux Mint 21.1, it received its backports just before the holidays. Some of the mint tools will be backported in Linux Mint 21 early this year.

Many thanks to you all. We hope you have a great year 2023!

Sponsorships:

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Donations in November:

A total of $9,271 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 349 donors:

$216 (6th donation), Marcus H.
$200 (3rd donation), Ian S.
$200 (2nd donation), James N.
$200 (2nd donation), Peter Venton
$194, Gianni T.
$137 (3rd donation), Michael M.
$120 (6th donation), Alan H.
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$100 (4th donation), Pear D.
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$64, August W.
$54 (150th donation), Olli K.
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$54, Michael C.
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$54, Rainer O.
$54, Rikus Wessels aka “RikusW”
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$30 (4th donation), David K.
$30 (3rd donation), Linden R.
$28 (46th donation), Michael R.
$27 (7th donation), Juergen S.
$27, Martin H.
$27, Stefan S.
$25 (21st donation), Linux Mint Sverige
$25 (16th donation), George R. aka “Az4x4”
$25 (3rd donation), Michael H.
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$18 (5th donation), Imre N.
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$13 (4th donation), Terry R.
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$11 (76th donation), Johann J.
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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 592 patrons, for a sum of $2,727 per month.

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

It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 21 to version 21.1.

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 21.1 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 21.1 Vera”.

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 21.1 features artwork changes. The icons, the colors and the mouse cursor look different.

We recommend you reboot your computer for all changes to properly apply, then run the welcome screen to select your favorite color tones.

If you preferred the way Linux Mint looked prior to the upgrade launch the “Themes” settings. The 20.2 look is available under the name “Mint-Y-Legacy”.

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 (5.9.6 or higher) and mint-upgrade-info (1.2.0 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.

The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 21.1 “Vera” Cinnamon Edition.

Linux Mint 21.1 Vera Cinnamon Edition

Linux Mint 21.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. 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 21.1 Cinnamon“.

System requirements:

• 2GB RAM (4GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
• 20GB of disk space (100GB recommended).
• 1024×768 resolution (on lower resolutions, press ALT to drag windows with the mouse if they don’t fit in the screen).

Upgrade instructions:

• If you are running the BETA you don’t need to upgrade, use the Update Manager to apply available updates.
• Upgrade instructions for Linux Mint 21 will be provided shortly.

Download links:

Here are the download links:

• Torrent https://linuxmint.com/torrents/linuxmint-21.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso.torrent
• World LayerOnline
• Canada Manitoba Unix User Group
• Canada University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
• USA advancedhosters.com
• USA Clarkson University
• USA ette.biz
• USA Fremont Cabal Internet Exchange
• USA GigeNET
• USA Harvard School of Engineering
• USA James Madison University
• USA kernel.org
• USA Linux Freedom
• USA MetroCast Cablevision
• USA Open Computing Facility at UC Berkeley
• USA Purdue Linux Users Group
• USA Skynet Communications of Kentucky
• USA Sonic
• USA St. James R-1 School District
• USA Team Cymru
• USA TeraSwitch
• USA US Internet
• USA XMission Internet
• Belarus ByFly
• Bulgaria IPACCT
• Bulgaria Netix Ltd
• Bulgaria Telepoint
• Bulgaria University of Ruse
• Czech Republic CZ.NIC
• Czech Republic UPC Ceska republika
• Czech Republic Webglobe
• Denmark Dotsrc.org
• Denmark KLID
• France CREXIO
• France Crifo.org
• France Johnnybegood
• Germany Dark Penguin Network
• Germany dogado GmbH
• Germany FH Aachen
• Germany Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• Germany Funkfreunde Landshut e.V.
• Germany GWDG
• Germany Hochschule Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
• Germany IPB Internet Provider in Berlin GmbH
• Germany NetCologne GmbH
• Germany Netzwerge GmbH
• Germany PyrateLAN.party
• Germany University of Frankfurt
• Germany wilhelm.tel GmbH
• Greece GreekLUG
• Greece Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
• Greece MyAegean team, University of the Aegean
• Greece National Technical University of Athens
• Greece University of Crete
• Greenland Tele Greenland
• Hungary Quantum Mirror
• Ireland HEAnet
• Italy GARR
• Latvia University of Latvia
• Luxembourg root S.A.
• Moldova iHost
• Netherlands Evoluso.com
• Netherlands KoDDoS
• Netherlands LiteServer
• Netherlands NLUUG
• Netherlands Triple IT
• Poland ICM – University of Warsaw
• Portugal FCCN
• Portugal PTISP
• Portugal RNL – Técnico Lisboa
• Portugal Universidade do Porto
• Romania Hostico
• Romania Orange Romania
• Russia Powernet ISP
• Russia Truenetwork
• Russia Yandex Team
• Serbia University of Kragujevac
• Slovakia Energotel
• Slovakia Rainside
• Spain Aire Networks
• Spain Oficina de Software Libre do Cixug
• Sweden Academic Computer Club, Umea University
• Sweden c0urier.net
• Sweden Infania Networks
• Sweden Zetup
• Switzerland Init7
• Turkey Linux Kullanicilari Dernegi
• Turkey Rabisu
• Turkey Verinomi
• Ukraine ASTRA
• Ukraine IP-Connect LLC
• United Kingdom Bytemark Hosting
• United Kingdom UK Dedicated Servers
• United Kingdom UKFast
• United Kingdom University of Kent UK Mirror Service
• China Alibaba Cloud
• China Beijing Foreign Studies University
• China Nanjing University
• China Shanghai Jiao Tong University Linux User Group (SJTUG)
• China TUNA
• Hong Kong KoDDoS
• India NxtGen DataCenter
• India PicoNets-WebWerks
• Indonesia PT Global Intermedia Nusantara
• Iran Bardia Moshiri
• Iran HostIran
• Israel Israel Internet Association
• Kazakhstan Hoster.kz
• Kazakhstan PS Internet Company LLC
• Singapore 0x.sg
• South Korea KAIST
• Taiwan NCHC
• Taiwan TamKang University
• Thailand Kasetsart University
• Thailand Khon Kaen University
• Thailand Songkla University
• Australia AARNet
• Australia Internode
• New Zealand University of Canterbury
• Argentina Zero.com.ar
• Brazil C3SL
• Brazil Federal University of Sao Carlos
• Brazil ITS Telecomunicacoes
• Brazil Universidade Federal do Amazonas
• Chile NetActuate
• Chile Universidad de La Frontera
• Ecuador CEDIA
• Kenya Liquid Telecom
• South Africa Dimension Data
• South Africa University of Free State
• South Africa WIRUlink

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.

• Please read and follow the steps at https://linuxmint.com/verify.php
• Link to the sums: sha256sum.txt
• Link to the signed sums: sha256sum.txt.gpg

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun with this new release!