{"id":4336,"date":"2022-07-02T09:50:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T08:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4336"},"modified":"2022-07-02T22:14:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T21:14:48","slug":"monthly-news-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4336","title":{"rendered":"Monthly News – June 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you for your patience and many thanks to all our donors and sponsors.<\/p>\n

Linux Mint 21 is almost ready for BETA. We’re entering QA testing this week-end. The BETA release will happen next week.<\/p>\n

Linux Mint 21<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last month we got negative feedback about systemd-oom.\u00a0 After investigating some of the issues we decided not to add it to Linux Mint 21.<\/p>\n

Home directory encryption continues to be available in the installer.<\/p>\n

The decision was made to keep os-prober enabled by default to guarantee proper dual-boot detection out of the box.<\/p>\n

Webp support was added to xviewer and thumbnailers.<\/p>\n

Blueman 2.3 is in and replaces Blueberry.<\/p>\n

In rsync mode, Timeshift now calculates the required space for the next snapshot and skips it if performing that snapshot lead to less than 1GB free space on the disk.<\/p>\n

Check your Automated Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n

On June 21st at 3pm, mintupdate 5.8.3 was released. It only contained two changes, the removal of files we no longer needed and a bump of its package’s debhelper version from 9 to 10.<\/p>\n

A few hours later we received a bug report from a user who had taken this update. His automated updates which were disabled until then had been enabled by the update on his behalf. We investigated the situation and found out there was a nasty side effect to updating to debhelper 10; It enabled all the systemd services and timers provided by the package!<\/p>\n

We quickly reverted the debhelper version back to 9 and released mintupdate 5.8.4 that same day at 9pm.<\/p>\n

Mintupdate 5.8.3 was only available for about 6 hours but users who took it as an update got their automated updates enabled by default.<\/p>\n

To know if you were impacted go to “Update Manager -> View ->\u00a0 History of Updates” and see if mintupdate 5.8.3 is present in the list. If it’s there, you are impacted and your automated updates are enabled. If it’s not (say you’re still on an old version, or you went directly from 5.8.2 to 5.8.4), then you’re not impacted.<\/p>\n

If you are impacted go to “Update Manager -> Edit -> Preferences -> Automation” and disable “Automatic Updates”.<\/p>\n

In Mint 21, mintupdate 5.8.5 no longer relies solely on systemd timers\/services to be enabled. The fact that such a small and innocent change lead to a huge regression really surprised us. This is a lesson for us and it confirms that we should rely on frameworks such as systemd or debhelper as little as possible.<\/p>\n

Sponsorships:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gold Sponsors:
\"Linux<\/a>
\"Simple<\/a>
Silver Sponsors:
\"Sucuri\"<\/a>
\"ThinkPenguin:<\/a><\/td>\n		Bronze Sponsors:
\"Vault<\/a>
\"AYKsolutions<\/a>
\"hSo\"<\/a>
\"BGASoft<\/a>
\"Feathercoin\"<\/a>
\"HamoniKR\"<\/a>
\"Ian<\/a>
\"Laser<\/a>
\"Look<\/a>
\"Uwe<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Donations in May:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A total of $7,214 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 307 donors:<\/p>\n

$108 (16th donation), Naoise G.
$108 (3rd donation), W. S. .
$108, Andrew W.
$100 (34th donation), Fast Junkie<\/a>
$100 (11th donation), TM
$100 (5th donation), Paul R.
$100 (2nd donation), Larry E.
$100 (2nd donation), Peter S. aka “Pierre”
$100, Richard W.
$100, Herb P.
$100, Ethan T.
$75 (2nd donation), Randall C.
$75, Jock’s White Van Services
$65 (2nd donation), Marcus A.
$59, Martin G.
$54 (145th donation), Olli K.
$54 (12th donation), Paul S. E. aka “Paul”
$54 (6th donation), Nadim K.
$54 (5th donation), C. Lamb aka “Mike”
$54 (5th donation), Peter G.
$54 (5th donation), Niklas
$54 (5th donation), Jorge R. R.
$54 (3rd donation), Heinrich S.
$54 (3rd donation), J\u00f6rg G.
$54 (3rd donation), Oliver B.
$54 (3rd donation), Clifford C.
$54 (3rd donation), Marco V.
$54 (2nd donation), Ralf M.
$54, RedWine
$54, Cornelis B.
$54, Andrei M.
$54, Thomas R.
$54, Andreas S.
$54, Erich L.
$54, Vidar Jon B.
$54, J\u00f6rg S.
$50 (16th donation), George H.
$50 (7th donation), Michael T.
$50 (6th donation), Karl B.
$50 (6th donation), Derek B.
$50 (3rd donation), Timothy P.
$50 (2nd donation), International Translation Services LLC
$50 (2nd donation), Ronald Z.
$50 (2nd donation), L. I.
$50 (2nd donation), Terry H.
$50 (2nd donation), Richard J.
$50, Daniel P.
$50, Albert L.
$50, Darwin H.
$50, Scott S.
$50, Kelvin P.
$50, Don M.
$50, Dean R.
$50, Lightages Multimedia
$50, Roberto R.
$50, Richard L.
$50, Vitalii R.
$50, Gonzalo B.
$36 (23rd donation), Ted S.
$32 (7th donation), Harry F.
$32 (6th donation), Frank H.
$32 (2nd donation), Daniel Pereira
$32 (2nd donation), Felix A. aka “unfelbar”
$32, Jose P.
$30 (5th donation), GJ aka “oldgit”
$30 (2nd donation), Katherine K.
$30, Les G.
$27 (3rd donation), linmint
$27 (2nd donation), Robin W.
$26 (42th donation), Michael R.
$25 (16th donation), Linux Mint Sverige<\/a>
$25 (10th donation), Donna B.
$25 (9th donation), Marc B.
$25 (2nd donation), Beatrice G.
$25, Myron J.
$24 (2nd donation), Uwe T.
$22 (25th donation), Peter E.
$22 (9th donation), Filip N.
$22 (8th donation), Jean-claude M.
$22 (8th donation), Harald M.
$22 (7th donation), Francis N.
$22 (5th donation), Markus G.
$22 (5th donation), Arvi O.
$22 (3rd donation), Ghislain D. aka “gslndlb”
$22 (3rd donation), Thomas M.
$22 (3rd donation), Stefan B.
$22 (2nd donation), Guillaume P.
$22 (2nd donation), Bernd S.
$22 (2nd donation), Jesus Carlos B.
$22 (2nd donation), Jos\u00e9 L. R. P. aka “NoisyDad”
$22 (2nd donation), Michael F.
$22 (2nd donation), J\u00f6rg-michael S.
$22 (2nd donation), Alain C.
$22, Marian H.
$22, Christophe S.
$22, Roman B.
$22, Malte H.
$22, Wim V.
$22, J S.
$22, Dirk E.
$22, Donca V.
$22, Stephen C.
$22, Udo D.
$22, Szabolcs K.
$22, Geurt S.
$22, Marchionni M.
$22, Anonymous
$22, Jeroen A.
$20 (60th donation), Curt Vaughan aka “curtvaughan “
$20 (46th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (21st donation), vagrantcow<\/a>
$20 (9th donation), Palmleaf
$20 (6th donation), DaveW
$20 (6th donation), Thomas B.
$20 (5th donation), Bogdan P.
$20 (4th donation), Dave Messenger<\/a>
$20 (4th donation), Peter L. aka “Pedro<\/a>“
$20 (3rd donation), John S.
$20 (2nd donation), Evregreen Arts
$20, Philip S.
$20, Michael R.
$20, Roger P.
$20, Donald K.
$20, Paul E F.
$20, Enes D.
$20, Edward N.
$20, Robert R.
$20, Christian S.
$20, James W.
$20, Larry S.
$20, Per Gunnar R.
$20, Daniel A.
$20, John S.
$20, Martin R.
$20, St\u00e9phane L.
$16 (64th donation), Andreas S.
$16 (4th donation), Giovanni M. aka “gmaggior”
$16 (3rd donation), James H.
$16 (2nd donation), Christoph D.
$16 (2nd donation), Mark E.
$16, Marcelo A.
$16, Arjen K.
$15 (17th donation), Pawel M.
$15 (7th donation), George M.
$15, Ankit Tushar D.
$14 (71th donation), Johann J.
$12 (132th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
$11 (36th donation), Francois-R L.
$11 (27th donation), Sami Mannila
$11 (26th donation), Daniel S.
$11 (19th donation), Alexander G. B.
$11 (8th donation), Thomas K.
$11 (7th donation), Adam P.
$11 (5th donation), Patricia E.
$11 (5th donation), Tugaleres.com<\/a>
$11 (5th donation), Thomas R.
$11 (4th donation), No\u00ebl D. K.
$11 (4th donation), Frederik M.
$11 (4th donation), Gatis Kalnins aka “gatons<\/a>“
$11 (3rd donation), Jose C.
$11 (3rd donation), Ren\u00e9 R.
$11 (3rd donation), Ender T.
$11 (3rd donation), Eric H. aka “Eric”
$11 (2nd donation), Stephanie M.
$11 (2nd donation), Cyril Jouhanneau aka “sangorys”
$11 (2nd donation), Gianluca R. aka “Gica78R”
$11 (2nd donation), Felice A. P.
$11 (2nd donation), Aghiles C.
$11 (2nd donation), Roman T.
$11 (2nd donation), Jean Christophe A.
$11 (2nd donation), Johan A.
$11 (2nd donation), Thomas L. aka “hensys”
$11 (2nd donation), Rodolfo A.
$11 (2nd donation), Alexis G.
$11 (2nd donation), Ib Oscar J.
$11, Sascha B.
$11, Ennio M.
$11, Francis B.
$11, Eiaki M.
$11, Eero V.
$11, Jethro
$11, Alexander M.
$11, Nicholas J.
$11, Frank T.
$11, Tobias P.
$11, Dominique C.
$11, Emilio R.
$11, Denys G.<\/a>
$11, Pgm R.
$11, Daniele P.
$11, Santiago G.
$11, Roy R.
$11, Carlos Bentzen
$11, Ignacio F.
$11, Jose Ramon R.
$10 (98th donation), Tree Service Kansas City<\/a>
$10 (92th donation), Tree Removal Raleigh NC<\/a>
$10 (75th donation), Thomas C.
$10 (70th donation), Frank K.
$10 (70th donation), Fence Baton Rouge<\/a>
$10 (52th donation), Rick R.
$10 (23rd donation), Hemant Patel
$10 (23rd donation), Philip Woodward
$10 (23rd donation), Fence Company Raleigh<\/a>
$10 (20th donation), Concrete Contractors Raleigh<\/a>
$10 (16th donation), Abdulkadir H. aka “Askari”
$10 (14th donation), Dylan B.
$10 (11th donation), Joshua O.
$10 (10th donation), Philip E.
$10 (9th donation), William M.
$10 (9th donation), Kent J.
$10 (8th donation), Aimee W.
$10 (6th donation), Mihail S.
$10 (6th donation), Bathroom Renovations in Kelowna<\/a>
$10 (5th donation), Alan C.
$10 (5th donation), Kirk W.
$10 (5th donation), Adrian S.
$10 (5th donation), Oscar B.
$10 (3rd donation), Mark R.
$10 (3rd donation), Michael W.
$10 (3rd donation), Michael S.
$10 (3rd donation), Gustavo A. B.
$10 (2nd donation), Encryptomatic LLC <\/a>
$10 (2nd donation), Peter S.
$10 (2nd donation), George W.
$10 (2nd donation), Peter F.
$10 (2nd donation), Peter Vangsgaard<\/a>
$10 (2nd donation), Sergio Arroyos<\/a>
$10, Bakur A.
$10, Stephen S.
$10, Shawn P.
$10, Manfred C.
$10, James C.
$10, Scott P.
$10, Christopher T.
$10, Erci P.
$10, Karen M.
$10, Mary S.
$10, Ricardo T.
$10, Stevan F.
$10, Volker K.
$10, Umar B.
$10, Mark H.
$10, James D.
$10, Aliaksandr B.
$10, M J B.
$10, Markus B.
$10, Luca B.
$9 (2nd donation), Carlos M.
$8, Martin K.
$6, Eric L.
$6, Konstantin S.
$6, Rose H.
$5 (71th donation), Eugene T.
$5 (29th donation), Thomas R.
$5 (22nd donation), S\u00e9rgio D. S. S. aka “sersantos”
$5 (17th donation), Teobaldo D.
$5 (7th donation), Rafal K.
$5 (6th donation), Jacob Buhl M.
$5 (6th donation), Jeffery G.
$5 (5th donation), Lucas DH
$5 (4th donation), Edgar T.
$5 (2nd donation), Lorne F.
$5 (2nd donation), Gregory M.
$5 (2nd donation), Carl T.
$5 (2nd donation), Igor A.
$5 (2nd donation), Luis F C.
$5 (2nd donation), Giachodis V.
$5 (2nd donation), Michael F.
$5, Lucian T.
$5, Julian S.
$5, Carlos A.
$5, Alex Luton aka “Starcross”
$5, Michal M.
$5, Daniel Greg aka “006.5”
$5, Benjamin F.
$5, Long L.
$5, Karim L. aka “TheWalkingTrade”
$5, Alexander D.
$3 (9th donation), Ashraf H.
$3 (4th donation), Lucas Miller aka “lukmly013”
$3 (4th donation), Aliaksandr A.
$3 (2nd donation), Giovanni V.
$3, Jose R.
$14 from 10 smaller donations<\/p>\n

f you want to help Linux Mint with a donation, please visit https:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/donors.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Patrons:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Linux Mint is proudly supported by 604 patrons, for a sum of $2,913 per month.<\/p>\n

To become a Linux Mint patron, please visit https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/linux_mint<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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