{"id":4285,"date":"2022-03-03T15:58:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T15:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4285"},"modified":"2022-03-03T15:58:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T15:58:20","slug":"monthly-news-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4285","title":{"rendered":"Monthly News – February 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sorry for the late blog post. I’ll be brief and to the point. Before I talk about Linux Mint, I hope everyone is safe and OK.<\/p>\n

The roadmap for Linux Mint 21 is taking form. It’s currently available at https:\/\/tree.taiga.io\/project\/linuxmint-linux-mint-21-1\/kanban<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The BETA release for LMDE 5 is out. We already received 22 bug reports. Many thanks to all the people who are helping us test it.<\/p>\n

In preparation for Linux Mint 21 we are updating Cinnamon’s Javascript interpreter and rebasing its window manager on a more modern version of Mutter. This is a huge task and it requires many code changes in Cinnamon itself and causes a significant number of regressions. We needed a full development cycle for this so the timing is perfect.<\/p>\n

Linux Mint 21 is likely to switch from Blueberry (which uses the gnome-bluetooth backend) to Blueman (which uses bluez). Feedback showed that it worked better with Bluetooth audio headsets and connected to a wider ranger of devices. On the development side of things, the latest version of gnome-bluetooth introduced changes which broke compatibility with Blueberry and its main developer isn’t keen on seeing his work used outside of GNOME. Blueman on the other hand welcomed a Mint migration and is open to changes. We’re currently testing Blueman and working on its integration within Linux Mint.<\/p>\n

The lack of thumbnail support for some common mimetypes was identified as a paper cut issue in Linux Mint. To tackle it a new Xapp project called xapp-thumbnailers<\/a> was started. The project currently supports the following mimetypes:<\/p>\n