{"id":3890,"date":"2020-04-30T17:13:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T16:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=3890"},"modified":"2020-07-27T11:55:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T10:55:50","slug":"monthly-news-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=3890","title":{"rendered":"Monthly News – April 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Work continues on Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” which is planned for June this year. Some of the features which were introduced in LMDE 4 were added to it, such as the live resolution bump in Virtualbox and the activation of APT recommends by default.<\/p>\n

Linux Mint 20 will be available in 3 editions (Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce) but only in 64-bit. It will be based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and use a Linux 5.4 kernel.<\/p>\n

Home directory encryption, which was removed in Ubuntu, will continue to be available.<\/p>\n

In Cinnamon the most notable features will be the increased Nemo performance, the ability to change the monitor refresh rate and support for fractional HiDPI resolutions. The systray applet will also delegate support for indicators (libAppIndicator) and StatusNotifier (Qt and new Electron apps) icons to the Xapp StatusIcon applet directly.<\/p>\n

On the desktop we’ll introduce a new file sharing tool which makes it really easy to send and receive files across the local network. As you know, we used a ridiculous sounding name to start working on this project and we were looking for a new name for it. We received a huge number of suggestions, which we considered and which we matched against one another. There were quite a few good names, but the funny ones didn’t sound as good as the original and the serious ones sounded too much like a Web 2.0 service. So after looking at names such as “Ethernator”, “Datanator”, “XFiles”, “Overcast”, “Capsule”, “DropZone”, we finally went back to the original name and decided to stick to it. “Warpinator” does sound ridiculous, but many people liked it and after hearing it so much we kind of get used to it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Warpinator now encrypts communication on the network and includes all the features we planned for it this release cycle. It received a new icon and the only thing missing now are translations. If you want to give it a try, here are packages for Mint 19.3 and LMDE 4.<\/p>\n

In LMDE 4, all you need is this package<\/a>. Download it, install it, Gdebi should ask to install its dependencies and these are available in the LMDE 4 repositories.<\/p>\n

In Linux Mint 19.3, the repositories don’t contain the required dependencies, so use the “Software Sources” tool to add the PPA below:<\/p>\n

ppa:clementlefebvre\/grpc<\/pre>\n
Then refresh your APT cache and you’ll then be able to install Warpinator using this package<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Apturl will use the aptdaemon backend instead of Synaptic and Gdebi will feature a newly revamped user interface:<\/p>\n\n\n
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The Mint-Y theme will provide much brighter colors than before. Here’s a comparison of some of the old colors (on the left) with some of the new ones (on the right):<\/p>\n\n\n
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Here’s Mint-Y-Blue as an example. It used to look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n
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and it now looks like that:<\/p>\n\n\n
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Yellow folders will also be available.<\/p>\n\n\n
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And as you enter the Linux Mint 20 desktop for the first time, the welcome screen will bring these colors to your attention and ask you which one you enjoy the most.<\/p>\n\n\n
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You can test these new colors by installing these packages<\/a>. Use them for a few days to get used to them and let us know what you think.<\/p>\n
And that’s all the news for this month. I hope you’ll enjoy playing with this early release of Warpinator. Don’t hesitate to send us your feedback and your bug reports<\/a>. Many thanks to all the people who send us donations and help fund this project and to all the people involved in Linux Mint and its community.<\/p>\n
Sponsorships:<\/strong><\/p>\n
Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gold Sponsors:
\"Linux<\/a>
Silver Sponsors:
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Bronze Sponsors:
\"Vault<\/a>
\"AYKsolutions<\/a>
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