{"id":4477,"date":"2023-02-28T13:43:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T13:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4477"},"modified":"2023-03-01T09:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T09:55:19","slug":"monthly-news-february-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4477","title":{"rendered":"Monthly News – February 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many thanks to all of you for your support and your donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linux Mint 21.2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In preparation for Linux Mint 21.2, the changes below were implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nemo 5.8 will feature multi-threaded thumbnails. Instead of generating each thumbnail one by one, Nemo will generate multiple thumbnails in parallel. This uses more CPU but it results in loading directory content faster, especially for directories which contain a large amount of media files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CJS 5.8, the Cinnamon Javascript interpreter, will be rebased on GJS 1.74 and make use of SpiderMonkey (libmozjs) 102. The current version of cjs uses SpiderMonkey 78.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

XDG Desktop Portal implementations are being written for Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce. This will provide better compatibility between desktop environments and non-native applications such as flatpaks or libAdwaita apps (though these are usually written only for GNOME anyway). Among other things this will make it possible for these apps to take screenshots or to support dark-mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warpinator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warpinator is designed to let people see each other and share files on the local network as easily as possible and without setup. Although access to the local network itself should be monitored\/restricted in the first place, once you’re connected to it, you can see and interact with other Warpinator instances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SUSE security team recently performed a review of the codebase and highlighted some concerns. Discussions followed and decisions were taken to harden the security in Warpinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Security bugs (CVE-2022-42725) were fixed to prevent files potentially being written outside of the download directory in the case of a malicious remote copy of Warpinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting a group code became a requirement for the application to remain open indefinitely or to be started automatically after login. Only computers which share the same group code see each other and their communication is encrypted. This was done to prevent a malicious copy of Warpinator from pretending to be someone else on the network and initiate transfers, especially in cases where the target’s instance is set to automatically accept incoming requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People who want to casually share files now and then would communicate first, agree on timing and what’s being shared. They’d launch their instances around the same time and expect what they agreed on. In this scenario the lack of setup requirement is key and there is no significant need for a group code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In preparation for future potential bugs or security issues, changes are currently being implemented to completely isolate Warpinator from the filesystem and make it technically unable to write anywhere other than in the incoming folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warpinator is used in many different ways and in different environments. Whether it’s in an office with a secure network and a multitude of computers which trust each others and are constantly open to transfers… or on a public Wifi between two friends’ laptops, or even as we recently mentioned just you sending files to yourself from\/to a smartphone, a steam deck or another box. We want Warpinator to work for everyone, to be as secure as possible in environments where it’s setup to be secure (with a group code, autostart, auto-accepting requests etc..), and to require no configuration in use cases where users themselves communicate first and don’t rely on the network to trust each others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Server upgrades<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve been upgrading some of the servers. This caused a little bit of downtime in the past few days on the blog and on the forums in particular. We’d like to apologize for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Gold Sponsors:

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\"Linux<\/a>
\"Simple<\/a><\/p>\n

Silver Sponsors:<\/p>\n

\"Sucuri\"<\/a>
\"ThinkPenguin:<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Bronze Sponsors:

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\"Vault<\/a>
\"AYKsolutions<\/a>
\"hSo\"<\/a>
\"BGASoft<\/a>
\"Feathercoin\"<\/a>
\"HamoniKR\"<\/a>
\"Laser<\/a>
\"Look<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n

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

A total of $12,770 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 498 donors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$200, Terry L.
$119 (6th donation), Michael S.
$108, David K.
$100 (7th donation), Jean P. R.
$100 (7th donation), Mike M.
$100 (6th donation), Bruce M.
$100 (5th donation), William C.
$100 (4th donation), DBG
$100 (4th donation), Jerry A.
$100 (4th donation), Konrad W.
$100 (4th donation), Paul C.
$100 (2nd donation), David S.
$100 (2nd donation), Ronald W.
$100, Barry S.
$100, David R.
$86 (5th donation), Jean-luc W.
$86 (2nd donation), Frederic J.
$80 (32nd donation), Wolfgang P.
$80 (9th donation), James L.
$80 (3rd donation), Vincent F.
$75 (9th donation), Jacques P.
$73, J.l.p.w. V.
$72 (29th donation), Ted S.
$65 (8th donation), Ion L. I. aka “Pontxino”
$54 (152th donation), Olli K.
$54 (17th donation), Naoise G.
$54 (15th donation), Bjarne K.
$54 (12th donation), Bernard H.
$54 (11th donation), Hans-Georg Thien
$54 (9th donation), Gabriele Bandini aka “GiBi Gab<\/a>“
$54 (7th donation), Rasmus A.
$54 (6th donation), C. Lamb aka “Mike”
$54 (6th donation), Markus G.
$54 (6th donation), Volker P.
$54 (4th donation), Thomas R.
$54 (3rd donation), Philippe A.
$54 (3rd donation), Rainer Werner B.
$54 (3rd donation), Ugo J.
$54 (2nd donation), Gerd M.
$54 (2nd donation), Nigel B.
$54 (2nd donation), Oliver R.
$54 (2nd donation), Pieter N.
$54 (2nd donation), Rob B.
$54, Andreas D.
$54, Christoph A.
$54, Faj M.
$54, Hubert R.
$54, Ian W.
$54, Ivan .
$54, Manfred K.
$54, Martin L.
$54, Mikael S.
$54, Sebastian L.
$54, Tanja T.
$54, Ulrich D.
$54, Urs K.
$54, Wolfgang S.
$50 (68th donation), Anthony C. aka “ciak”
$50 (10th donation), Todd W.
$50 (8th donation), Nasser Bader aka “VIRUS<\/a>“
$50 (7th donation), Joe K.
$50 (7th donation), Terrence P.
$50 (6th donation), Bogdan P.
$50 (6th donation), Don P.
$50 (6th donation), Douglas Swinhart<\/a>
$50 (6th donation), Kyle S.
$50 (6th donation), Marty L.
$50 (5th donation), Al B.
$50 (5th donation), Allen G.
$50 (5th donation), Daniel O.
$50 (5th donation), Michael C.
$50 (5th donation), Susan S.
$50 (4th donation), Dan R.
$50 (4th donation), Herman B.
$50 (4th donation), Ranald C.
$50 (3rd donation), Charles N.
$50 (3rd donation), Jay H.
$50 (3rd donation), Jim W.
$50 (3rd donation), Ludwig R.
$50 (3rd donation), Salomon G.
$50 (2nd donation), Andrew Z.
$50 (2nd donation), Carl B.
$50 (2nd donation), Douglas B.
$50 (2nd donation), Edward S.
$50 (2nd donation), Far West Computer Consulting
$50 (2nd donation), Jan B.
$50 (2nd donation), Leigh B.
$50, Alan W.
$50, Allan O.
$50, Anthony P.
$50, Behzad M.
$50, Brandon M.
$50, Charles A.
$50, Christopher J
$50, Dylan C.
$50, Gregory F.
$50, Jacob G.
$50, James R.
$50, John B.
$50, J\u00f6rn F.
$50, Justin O.
$50, Martin-pierre L.
$50, Patrick C.
$50, Richard N.
$50, Robert F N.
$50, Russell S.
$50, Sam G.
$50, Shane H.
$50, Tanja N.
$48 (4th donation), Randall D.
$43 (7th donation), Jan R.
$43, Brian M.
$40 (6th donation), John B.
$40 (4th donation), PaulC
$40, Andrew P.
$40, Jean L.
$39 (3rd donation),
$39, Ren\u00e9 Z.
$36 (3rd donation), Ingo S.
$35 (2nd donation), Georges A.
$35, Michael W.
$34, Andrew Morse
$32 (6th donation), Francesc M. C.
$32 (5th donation), Wolfgang S.
$32 (4th donation), Gerardo A. M.
$32 (4th donation), R. Sch.
$32 (3rd donation), Peter Thornton Tate.
$32 (2nd donation), Jim M.
$32, Goetz S.
$32, Ingo K.
$32, P
$30 (11th donation), Intrinsic<\/a>
$30 (2nd donation), Les G.
$29 (5th donation), Olaf Bousche aka “Bushman”
$27 (9th donation), Harald M.
$27 (5th donation), Eugenio B. aka “OdyArt”
$27 (4th donation), Benedikt F.
$27 (4th donation), Ralf S.
$27 (2nd donation), Daniel K.
$27 (2nd donation), Luis R.
$27, Max Constantin K.
$27, Scott F.
$27, Thill S.
$25 (23rd donation), Linux Mint Sverige<\/a>
$25 (10th donation), Andrew Currie<\/a>
$25 (5th donation), Leroy H.
$25 (5th donation), Thomas N.
$25 (3rd donation), Chuck G.
$25 (2nd donation), John B.
$25, C R W.
$25, Samuel B.
$24, Nigel J.
$23 (3rd donation), S K.
$22 (32nd donation), Peter E.
$22 (12th donation), Dominique M.
$22 (11th donation), Rene Schwietzke aka “Rene S.<\/a>“
$22 (10th donation), Bernhard M.
$22 (9th donation), Dirk M.
$22 (8th donation), Andreas M.
$22 (7th donation), Jorge R. R.
$22 (7th donation), Keith M.
$22 (7th donation), Lennart J.
$22 (6th donation), George T.
$22 (6th donation), Marco P.
$22 (6th donation), Udo F.
$22 (6th donation), Ulrich H.
$22 (5th donation), Alexander H.
$22 (5th donation), Michael Z.
$22 (4th donation), Cedric B.
$22 (4th donation), Cornelis V.
$22 (4th donation), Cuauhtemoc M.
$22 (4th donation), David M.
$22 (4th donation), Frank B.
$22 (4th donation), Holger B.
$22 (4th donation), Liviu B.
$22 (3rd donation), Edelbert L.
$22 (3rd donation), Eduard K.
$22 (3rd donation), Fabiano C.
$22 (3rd donation), Jean-pierre G.
$22 (3rd donation), J\u00f6rg-michael S.
$22 (3rd donation), Norman E.
$22 (3rd donation), Rolf-j\u00fcrgen G.
$22 (2nd donation), Chris B.
$22 (2nd donation), Igor D.
$22 (2nd donation), Michael S.
$22 (2nd donation), Milan \u0160.
$22 (2nd donation), Walter H.
$22 (2nd donation), Walter T.
$22, Adriano C.
$22, Alistair Y.
$22, Amh D.
$22, Andr\u00e9 K.
$22, Antoni Aloy Torrens<\/a>
$22, Bernd B.
$22, Frank P.
$22, Fred P.
$22, Gerard B.
$22, Glenn F.
$22, Harff-dieter S.
$22, Heidi U.
$22, Jean M.
$22, Jewgeni S.<\/a>
$22, Johann D.
$22, John C.
$22, Joni J.
$22, Kris K.
$22, Lucio F.
$22, Ludwig K.
$22, Lukas L.
$22, Lukas P.
$22, Markus W.
$22, Martin M.
$22, Michal H.
$22, Michel G.
$22, Olga R.
$22, P G.
$22, Pierre M.
$22, Raul A.
$22, Sophie K.
$22, Stephan T.
$22, Victor V.
$21 (2nd donation), Philip
$20 (53th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (19th donation), George H.
$20 (19th donation), SecureRandom<\/a>
$20 (14th donation), Aimee W.
$20 (12th donation), Carl K.
$20 (12th donation), Frank H.
$20 (8th donation), Bruce N.
$20 (8th donation), Daniel V. M.
$20 (7th donation), Thomas C.
$20 (6th donation), Peter L. aka “Pedro<\/a>“
$20 (5th donation), Divoto
$20 (5th donation), Lynn H.
$20 (5th donation), Stacey B.
$20 (5th donation), Wladyslaw T.
$20 (4th donation), a donor
$20 (4th donation), Barry D.
$20 (4th donation), Diane K.
$20 (3rd donation), Allyn G.
$20 (3rd donation), Brandon H.
$20 (3rd donation), Don V.
$20 (3rd donation), Donald S.
$20 (3rd donation), Gary B.
$20 (3rd donation), Ierotheos K.
$20 (3rd donation), Peter B.
$20 (3rd donation), Simon B.<\/a>
$20 (3rd donation), Somner S.
$20 (2nd donation), IBS Corporation
$20 (2nd donation), Alan W.
$20 (2nd donation), Chamnong N.
$20 (2nd donation), Christopher H.
$20 (2nd donation), Garry D.
$20 (2nd donation), Gary T.
$20 (2nd donation), James G.
$20 (2nd donation), James S.
$20 (2nd donation), K.B.
$20 (2nd donation), Krzysztof K.
$20 (2nd donation), Mark E.
$20 (2nd donation), Mr Christopher J W.
$20 (2nd donation), Ren\u00e9 S.
$20, Andras Papai aka “Bitfarago”
$20, Brian S.
$20, Charles D.
$20, Charles W.
$20, Daniel L.
$20, Daniel R.
$20, Detlef B.
$20, Douglas B.
$20, Elwood H. aka “kenetics<\/a>“
$20, Gavin L.<\/a>
$20, Gordon L.
$20, James H.
$20, Jose G.
$20, Joseph H.
$20, Justin D.
$20, Kareem P.
$20, Kurt B.
$20, Lawrence M.
$20, Luke M.
$20, Maria S.
$20, Mark B.
$20, Martin M.
$20, Ravindu W.
$20, Richard F.
$20, Rimon K.
$20, Romeo C.
$20, Thomas B.
$18, Imre N.
$16 (78th donation), Johann J.
$16 (7th donation), Karlheinz R.
$16 (4th donation), Elias B.
$16 (2nd donation), Timothy H.
$16, Angel Luis V.
$16, Peter V.
$15 (14th donation), Bruce M.
$14 (45th donation), Paul O.
$13 (48th donation), Michael R.
$13 (2nd donation), Michael F.
$12 (4th donation), Michael W.
$11 (43th donation), Francois-R L.
$11 (34th donation), Thomas R.
$11 (33rd donation), Daniel S.
$11 (17th donation), Slobodan Vrkacevic<\/a>
$11 (15th donation), Marc V. K.
$11 (11th donation), JCSenar – linuxirun.com<\/a>
$11 (10th donation), Michiel B. aka “Fairyland Ironwolves<\/a>“
$11 (10th donation), Tugaleres.com<\/a>
$11 (8th donation), Denys G.
$11 (8th donation), Jean C. A.
$11 (8th donation), Robert W.
$11 (7th donation), Ivan Stamenov<\/a>
$11 (6th donation), J. D. .
$11 (5th donation), Axel P. aka “Lukess “
$11 (4th donation), Adam G.
$11 (4th donation), Alexander P.
$11 (4th donation), Axel R.
$11 (4th donation), Mario I.
$11 (4th donation), Michael T.
$11 (4th donation), Van G. H. aka “HarryT140E”
$11 (3rd donation), Amazias O.
$11 (3rd donation), Andreas D.
$11 (3rd donation), Christof Heckmann
$11 (3rd donation), David H.
$11 (3rd donation), Jens M.
$11 (3rd donation), Manel M.
$11 (3rd donation), Panagiotis S.
$11 (2nd donation), Bernd K.
$11 (2nd donation), Cezar B.
$11 (2nd donation), Dennis J.
$11 (2nd donation), Gunter D.
$11 (2nd donation), HP. Roos
$11 (2nd donation), Iker L.
$11 (2nd donation), Ja P.
$11 (2nd donation), Jose F.
$11 (2nd donation), Klaus-dieter W.
$11 (2nd donation), Marc
$11 (2nd donation), Massimo C.
$11 (2nd donation), Maurizio S. aka “s3gatto”
$11 (2nd donation), Paulo P.
$11 (2nd donation), Peter L.
$11 (2nd donation), Rainer N.
$11 (2nd donation), Richard D. aka “.initrd<\/a>“
$11 (2nd donation), Ronald S.
$11 (2nd donation), Waldemar P. aka “valldek”
$11, Alessandro D.
$11, Carsten K.
$11, Claudio C.
$11, David K.
$11, Detlev R.
$11, Eberhard G.
$11, Eduardo R.
$11, Elizabeth M.
$11, Giordano A.
$11, Giulio R.
$11, Jean-fran\u00e7ois A.
$11, John D.
$11, Karl L.
$11, Marcello M.
$11, Marco C.
$11, Mateusz S.
$11, Matu Teodor aka “Teo”
$11, Mauro S.
$11, Max P.
$11, Michele I.
$11, Nicolas F.
$11, Oliver R.
$11, Pavel J.
$11, Peter V.
$11, Philippe D.
$11, Philippe P.
$11, Quentin A.
$11, Rene G.
$11, Renzo R.
$11, Roland F. aka “rofibelm”
$11, Sean Y.
$11, Steffen K.
$10 (82th donation), Thomas C.
$10 (76th donation), Frank K.
$10 (59th donation), Rick R.
$10 (43th donation), Hristo Gatsinski
$10 (29th donation), Philip Woodward
$10 (25th donation), Tomasz K.
$10 (14th donation), Harold R.
$10 (12th donation), Jorge R.
$10 (12th donation), Kenton B.
$10 (11th donation), Terry B.
$10 (10th donation), Kitchen Renovations Kelowna<\/a>
$10 (10th donation), William M.
$10 (9th donation), multi brand fashion store<\/a>
$10 (8th donation), Ian C.
$10 (8th donation), Neil B.
$10 (6th donation), Bobcam Computer Solutions aka “Rob<\/a>“
$10 (5th donation), Centauriweb.com aka “Amixleau”
$10 (5th donation), Pawe\u0142 K.
$10 (5th donation), Rowen W
$10 (5th donation), Thevirtua
$10 (4th donation), Alfredo O.
$10 (4th donation), Erland \u00d6.
$10 (4th donation), Luke B.
$10 (4th donation), Peter Vangsgaard aka “pvangsgaard<\/a>“
$10 (3rd donation), Corey J.
$10 (3rd donation), Jan P.<\/a>
$10 (3rd donation), John A.
$10 (3rd donation), platypus products
$10 (2nd donation), Doug S.
$10 (2nd donation), Mauricio H. L.
$10 (2nd donation), Volker K.
$10 (2nd donation), Zeke K.
$10, Alberto Q.
$10, Angelos S.
$10, Ari A.
$10, Barry H.
$10, Bijesh V.
$10, Brendan W.
$10, Danny B.
$10, Elton M.
$10, Gaetan L.
$10, Gaspar Guadalupe T.
$10, Gehova L.
$10, Gordon M.
$10, Grace Faith Jack<\/a>
$10, Igor M aka “mi888”
$10, Kenneth H.
$10, Kyle K.
$10, Local Construction Fayetteville<\/a>
$10, Mark B.
$10, M\u00e9sz\u00e1ros Lajos E.V.
$10, Nicola L.
$10, Normand L.
$10, Patrick E.
$10, Robbin J.
$10, Rodolfo Z.
$10, Roy D.
$10, Sergiy T.
$10, Tharcisse S.
$10, Wayne C.
$8, Shuang S.
$6 (2nd donation), Dennis S.
$6, Dalton R.
$215 from 56 smaller donations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Linux Mint is proudly supported by 618 patrons, for a sum of $2,932 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To become a Linux Mint patron, please visit https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/linux_mint<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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