Hi everyone,

I’ll be very quick with the news this month as we’re getting very close to the stable release.

First of all, I’d like to thank all the people who helped us test the BETA. Many bugs were identified and fixed in the last two weeks and that is thanks to you! I’d like to thank our donors and sponsors as well, and all the people who support our project financially.

We entered QA testing again yesterday and we should be able to announce the stable release of Linux Mint 19.2 by the end of the week.

We’ll also open up and announce an upgrade path for users of Linux Mint 19 and 19.1 before the week-end.

Next week we’ll shift focus towards LMDE 3 and update it with Cinnamon 4.2 and all the new features from Linux Mint 19.2.

I hope you have a great Summer (or Winter if you live in the Southern Hemisphere) and you’re as excited as we are with the upcoming new release!

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Donations in June:

A total of $6609 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 350 donors:

$109 (3rd donation), Glen P.
$109 (3rd donation), Timo M.
$109 (2nd donation), Sandro P.
$109, Johan V. D. K.
$100 (3rd donation), Josef P.
$100 (2nd donation), Guy R.
$100 (2nd donation), Gary K.
$100 (2nd donation), Kyrascope L.
$100, Studio 1617
$100, John O.
$100, John L. Z.
$100, Jordan S.
$100, Adam S.
$100, Adam S.
$70 (5th donation), John H.
$60 (6th donation), Ole P.
$55, mintCast Team aka “mintCast
$55, Donald D.
$54 (6th donation), Paul S. E. aka “Paul”
$54 (5th donation), Quim aka “slackjp”
$54 (2nd donation), Jean-claude M.
$54, Aldo F.
$54, Paul R.
$54, Georg K.
$54, Torsten S.
$50 (8th donation), Anonymous User
$50 (2nd donation), Luis R. C. P.
$50 (2nd donation), Chester L.
$50 (2nd donation), Lorenzo N.
$50 (2nd donation), Troy O.
$50, James B.
$50, snuggie bear
$50, Thomas B.
$50, Hamid S.
$50, Tom M.
$50, Lee M.
$50, Dorsey P. Jr
$50, Roger M.
$50, Sandra F.
$40 (4th donation), Kendall G.
$38, Pierre H.
$36 (2nd donation), Felix M.
$33 (111th donation), Olli K.
$33 (6th donation), Stephen M.
$33 (4th donation), Marco V. D. B.
$33 (2nd donation), Michael H.
$33 (2nd donation), Roland K.
$30 (3rd donation), Peter G.
$30 (2nd donation), Darlynne V.
$30, Kevin M.
$30, Stanley S.
$30, Ken K.
$27 (5th donation), Marc S.
$27 (3rd donation), Carlos Morais aka “ccm”
$27 (2nd donation), John L. aka “John Appalling”
$27 (2nd donation), Holger B.
$27, Ulrich W.
$27, Martin S.
$27, Michael V.
$26, M. B.
$25 (94th donation), Ronald W.
$25 (19th donation), Ray
$25 (10th donation), Jack C.
$25 (7th donation), Curtis M.
$25 (7th donation), Vaughan B.
$25 (6th donation), Joseph G.
$25 (2nd donation), Christine R.
$25 (2nd donation), Drew Anderson dba Anderson Publishing
$25 (2nd donation), Chris A.
$25 (2nd donation), Joshua O.
$25 (2nd donation), Duncan G. aka “DigitalDunc”
$25, Getulio S.
$25, Troy S.
$25, Gregory B.
$25, Stephen M.
$25, Manuel K.
$25, Morgan W.
$25, Robert F.
$25, Jake Phillips
$25, Steven J.
$25, Jeff K.
$25, Robert R.
$25, Brett M.
$25, Vincent D.
$25, Patricia A. H. aka “patsy h”
$24, Andrew S.
$23 (3rd donation), W. H. .
$22 (6th donation), Lucien
$22 (3rd donation), Timo R.
$22 (2nd donation), Andrew P.
$22 (2nd donation), Hubertus B.
$22 (2nd donation), Christoph B.
$22, Braun M.
$22, Kevin Watzal
$22, Stephan W.
$22, Hl D.
$22, Pascal G.
$22, Jose L. M. R. D. A.
$22, SOLAYL SAS
$20 (27th donation), Jim A.
$20 (19th donation), Lance M.
$20 (10th donation), David Kelly aka “Daveinuk”
$20 (10th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (8th donation), Mike W aka “bajan52”
$20 (6th donation), Grady V. aka “Donate!
$20 (3rd donation), Michael T.
$20 (2nd donation), Paul S.
$20 (2nd donation), Jon B.
$20 (2nd donation), Vincenzo S.
$20 (2nd donation), Joe S.
$20, David W.
$20, Wayne R.
$20, Daniel P.
$20, Joel B.
$20, Richard B. T.
$20, Prox-Mail Consulting Ltd.
$20, Joel B.
$20, Michael D.
$20, Edd E.
$20, Jeff A.
$20, Bush L.
$20, Robert W.
$20, Quietguy B.
$20, Leroy L.
$20, Max R.
$20, Paul P.
$20, Daniel L.
$20, Julia R.
$20, Donald C.
$17.36, Sean B.
$16 (29th donation), Andreas S.
$16, Kaspars S.
$15 (10th donation), AJ Gringo
$15, Thomas R.
$15, Johan M.
$15, Alexey I.
$15, Braydon K.
$13 (30th donation), Johann J.
$13 (3rd donation), Primoz M.
$13 (3rd donation), Caio C. M.
$13, Charlie M.
$12 (99th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
$12 (11th donation), Radim aka “myself42”
$12 (2nd donation), Shahand A.
$12, Erik D. K. aka “Kevin”
$12, John H.
$11.11, Axel P.
$11 (31st donation), Paul O.
$11 (8th donation), Marc V. K.
$11 (5th donation), Thomas Z. aka “Nagev for the Slamina”
$11 (4th donation), Jordi F. N.
$11 (4th donation), Christian K.
$11 (3rd donation), Abdulkadir H.
$11 (3rd donation), Nicola C.
$11 (3rd donation), Christian K.
$11 (3rd donation), Dino Brugnolaro aka “brgdni
$11 (3rd donation), Matthias Rainer
$11 (3rd donation), DBG
$11 (2nd donation), Bill K.
$11 (2nd donation), Marc B.
$11 (2nd donation), Walter B. aka “Walter-CH
$11 (2nd donation), Stefan S.
$11 (2nd donation), brotenet
$11 (2nd donation), Konstantinos K. aka “SV1XV
$11 (2nd donation), Christian S.
$11 (2nd donation), Michael K.
$11 (2nd donation), Jesús B. L.
$11, Jonathan V. L.
$11, Rainer K.
$11, Marc S. P.
$11, Jose M. C. V.
$11, Franck P.
$11, Tommaso V. aka “Synaptic
$11, Champika S.
$11, Siarhei L.
$11, Arnaud N.
$11, Olli S.
$11, Bob S.
$11, Puneet T.
$11, Francisco G. G.
$11, Maria D. R. C. C.
$11, Plart, F.
$11, Bart W.
$11, Roman K.
$11, Rigas W.
$11, Willem V. D. M.
$10 (36th donation), Kouji Sugibayashi
$10 (34th donation), Frank K.
$10 (20th donation), Rick R.
$10 (14th donation), Laura NL aka “lauranl
$10 (13th donation), Wilson G.
$10 (6th donation), Michael P.
$10 (4th donation), Edward U.
$10 (4th donation), Roman Y.
$10 (4th donation), Edward U.
$10 (4th donation), Edson P.
$10 (4th donation), Willem V. U.
$10 (4th donation), Martin B.
$10 (3rd donation), Hugo G. aka “hugonz
$10 (3rd donation), Lance B.
$10 (3rd donation), DaveW
$10 (3rd donation), Jan S.
$10 (2nd donation), Stephen S.
$10 (2nd donation), Warren A.
$10 (2nd donation), George C.
$10 (2nd donation), Allen S.
$10 (2nd donation), Harrison U.
$10, Philip D.
$10, Brian G.
$10, Rayan L. R.
$10, Anderson M. D. S.
$10, Nhu N.
$10, Alexander F.
$10, Vaughn R.
$10, Jhonny M.
$10, Tobias A. E.
$10, Eugen J.
$10, Simon M.
$10, Robert L. T.
$10, Pablo B. V.
$10, Isaac W.
$10, Petr B.
$10, Ritchie B.
$10, B E. R.
$10, Alexandr C.
$10, Mohammed K.
$10, Daniel B.
$10, Tai K.
$10, James H.
$10, Andrew Y.
$10, Tracy F.
$10, James N.
$10, Robert G.
$10, Thomas S.
$10, Sat G.
$10, Chris M N.
$10, Kevin M.
$10, Barry M.
$10, Valdir F.
$10, George M.
$10, Hossein M.
$10, Christopher D.
$10, Funky_Bo0
$10, Hanmin L.
$10, Parker A. R.
$9 (2nd donation), Lauri P. Laux Jr aka “Junior
$8 (15th donation), Tomasz K.
$8 (2nd donation), Chris L.
$8 (2nd donation), Jose R. S.
$7 (9th donation), Mutsuhide.G aka “Joji.G”
$6 (33rd donation), Thomas F.
$6 (2nd donation), gmq
$6, Олифер К.
$6, Felipe Vargas
$5 (37th donation), Eugene T.
$5 (28th donation), Bhavinder Jassar
$5 (20th donation), Dmitry P.
$5 (7th donation), William Menezes
$5 (5th donation), Michael R.
$5 (5th donation), Artur M.
$5 (4th donation), Easyumzug24
$5 (4th donation), Jens G.
$5 (4th donation), Adnan C.
$5 (4th donation), Alexandr B.
$5 (3rd donation), Pedro de Oliveira aka “Bolas”
$5 (3rd donation), Cls D.
$5 (3rd donation), IxL
$5 (3rd donation), Praveen G Prakash
$5 (3rd donation), Hristo Gatsinski
$5 (3rd donation), Jerry F.
$5 (3rd donation), Eduardo B.
$5 (3rd donation), John M.
$5 (2nd donation), Robert R.
$5 (2nd donation), Mathias B.
$5 (2nd donation), Christof Heckmann
$5 (2nd donation), Cesar G. R.
$5 (2nd donation), Saša V.
$5 (2nd donation), Guillaume G.
$5 (2nd donation), Paweł M.
$5, Oskari J.
$5, Stanislav O.
$5, Peter B.
$5, Enrico C.
$5, Jorge C.
$5, Sandro E.
$5, aka “Shawn Chen”
$5, Adhir C.
$5, Robert R.
$5, Pavlito To Vlito
$5, Carlos L. R.
$5, Willie O.
$5, Andrew L.
$5, Azmath C.
$5, Dennis R.
$5, DJI Drones
$5, Bruno Z.
$5, Helge K.
$5, Amresh D.
$5, Jürgen K.
$5, John M. M.
$5, Evandro A.
$5, See B. O.
$5, Joseph O.
$5, David S.
$5, Kyle B.
$5, Mark O.
$4 (8th donation), David B.
$4 (2nd donation), Bel d.B.
$4, Christopher W.
$4, Наталія Г.
$4, Abner F. P. V. C.
$4, Gustavo A. A. S.
$4, Andrew R.
$3 (8th donation), User Manuals
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$3, Inácio M. N.
$2 (4th donation), Matheus aka “matheusxy
$2 (4th donation), zawebs
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$2 (3rd donation), zawebs
$2 (2nd donation), Dominique M.
$2 (2nd donation), Drone Financing
$2, Diogo M. Rocha
$2, Drone Financing
$2, Nothanael L. B.
$2, Fence Company Wilmington
$2, Financial Advisor Sarasota
$2, Nathaniel M.
$21.12 from 21 smaller donations

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

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

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This is the BETA release for Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” Xfce Edition.

Linux Mint 19.2 Tina Xfce Edition

Linux Mint 19.2 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 19.2 Xfce“.

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 19.2 Xfce

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 19 and 19.1. Upgrade instructions will be published after the stable release of Linux Mint 19.2.

Bug reports:

  • Bugs in this release should be reported on Github at https://github.com/linuxmint/mint19.2-beta.
  • Create one issue per bug.
  • As described in the Linux Mint Troubleshooting Guide, do not report or create issues for observations.
  • 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.
  • The BETA phase is literally a bug squashing rush, where the team is extremely busy and developers try to fix as many bugs as fast as possible.
  • There usually are a huge number of reports and very little time to answer everyone or explain why a particular report is not considered a bug, or won’t get fixed. Don’t let this frustrate you, whether it’s acknowledged or not, we appreciate everyone’s help.
  • 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!

This is the BETA release for Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” MATE Edition.

Linux Mint 19.2 Tina MATE Edition

Linux Mint 19.2 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 19.2 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 19.2 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 19 and 19.1. Upgrade instructions will be published after the stable release of Linux Mint 19.2.

Bug reports:

  • Bugs in this release should be reported on Github at https://github.com/linuxmint/mint19.2-beta.
  • Create one issue per bug.
  • As described in the Linux Mint Troubleshooting Guide, do not report or create issues for observations.
  • 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.
  • The BETA phase is literally a bug squashing rush, where the team is extremely busy and developers try to fix as many bugs as fast as possible.
  • There usually are a huge number of reports and very little time to answer everyone or explain why a particular report is not considered a bug, or won’t get fixed. Don’t let this frustrate you, whether it’s acknowledged or not, we appreciate everyone’s help.
  • 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!