{"id":4586,"date":"2023-10-04T11:07:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T10:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4586"},"modified":"2023-10-04T11:14:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T10:14:05","slug":"monthly-news-september-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4586","title":{"rendered":"Monthly News \u2013 September 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’d like to thank everyone who participated in the BETA. Many thanks also to all the people who sent us donations. Your help is very much appreciated.<\/p>\n

ISO images and SecureBoot<\/strong><\/p>\n

A few months ago we mentioned that our ISO production tools and framework needed an upgrade. This was done prior to releasing LMDE 6 and Mint 21.2 EDGE and it allowed us to bring back support for Secureboot in both of these releases.<\/p>\n

We’re now able to produce ISO images faster than before and in a much simpler way. We also greatly reduced the internal differences between our Mint and LMDE images. They should support a wider variety of BIOS and EFI implementations and they now boot the same way.<\/p>\n

GTK4\/libAdwaita<\/strong><\/p>\n

While working on LMDE 6 we came across applications written with GTK4\/libAdwaita. These applications are designed for GNOME only and do not support themes. This makes them look different than all other apps and out of place within the desktop.<\/p>\n

We solved this issue in LMDE 6 by removing one of them and downgrading the other apps back to their GTK3 versions.<\/p>\n

Going forward we’ll need to come up with a decision on how to handle this long-term. This is something that will need to be done in preparation for Linux Mint 22.<\/p>\n

Releases<\/strong><\/p>\n

LMDE 6 and Mint 21.2 EDGE were recently released.<\/p>\n

These releases come with kernels 6.1 and 6.2 respectively, updated grub versions and secureboot support. Both releases feature the latest changes and new features announced in Linux Mint 21.2.<\/p>\n

LMDE 5 EOL<\/strong><\/p>\n

LMDE 5 will reach End of Life on July 1st 2024.<\/p>\n

Past that date the repositories will continue to work but the release will no longer receive bug fixes or security updates.<\/p>\n

To upgrade LMDE 5 to LMDE 6 visit https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4571<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

A total of $10,105 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 351 donors:<\/p>\n

$1000, Brad J.
\n $216, Ulrich K.
\n $200, Garrett S.
\n $150 (4th donation), William C.
\n $108 (5th donation), Peter A.
\n $100 (39th donation), Fast Junkie<\/a>
\n $100 (7th donation), Robert E.
\n $100 (5th donation), Konrad W.
\n $100 (4th donation), Dale H.
\n $100 (4th donation), Tim K.
\n $100 (3rd donation), David H.
\n $100 (3rd donation), Gregory A.
\n $100 (2nd donation), John S.
\n $100 (2nd donation), Robert P.
\n $100 (2nd donation), Roman T.
\n $100, Kirby S.
\n $100, Larry J.
\n $100, Troy H.
\n $83, Benjamin V.
\n $75 (3rd donation), Peter J, aka “Dr Peter”
\n $65, Adrian aka “adixor”
\n $54 (14th donation), Bernard H.
\n $54 (11th donation), Hermann W.
\n $54 (8th donation), Jyrki A.
\n $54 (5th donation), Christian G.
\n $54 (4th donation), Barry Patterson <\/a>
\n $54 (3rd donation), Daniel K.
\n $54 (3rd donation), Julian N.
\n $54 (3rd donation), Matthias P.
\n $54 (2nd donation), Johannes K.
\n $54 (2nd donation), Juliane S.
\n $54 (2nd donation), Michael E.
\n $54 (2nd donation), Michael J.
\n $54 (2nd donation), Sophie K.
\n $54, Andreas W.
\n $54, Anthony O.
\n $54, C C.
\n $54, Carlo Andrea B.
\n $54, Christian B.
\n $54, Eduard Paul H.
\n $54, Elisabeth Teresa M.
\n $54, Goran N.
\n $54, Gr\u00e9gory D.
\n $54, Heiko K.
\n $54, Joao M.
\n $54, Jose P.
\n $54, KHTronik – Kurt Harders
\n $54, Paul M.
\n $54, Peter W.
\n $54, Ronan B.
\n $54, Samuel G.
\n $50 (75th donation), Anthony C. aka “ciak”
\n $50 (54th donation), Michael R.
\n $50 (8th donation), Peter L. aka “Pedro<\/a>”
\n $50 (6th donation), Andrei Sinkevich<\/a>
\n $50 (6th donation), Glen A.
\n $50 (6th donation), Michael C.
\n $50 (5th donation), David W.
\n $50 (5th donation), Glen K.
\n $50 (3rd donation), Douglas R. aka “darco”
\n $50 (3rd donation), Mark W.
\n $50 (3rd donation), Richard P.
\n $50 (3rd donation), Stephen R.
\n $50 (3rd donation), Winfried B.
\n $50 (2nd donation), 500it aka “bOsO400”
\n $50 (2nd donation), Luis K.
\n $50, Alan F.
\n $50, Brian S.
\n $50, Carl H.
\n $50, Graeme D.
\n $50, Greg M.
\n $50, H. Dirk O.
\n $50, John S.
\n $50, Peter M.
\n $50, Vict\u00f3rio F.
\n $43 (2nd donation), Kevin G.
\n $42, J.T. aka “butterkeks37”
\n $40 (3rd donation), John D. K.
\n $33 (4th donation), Francisco R.
\n $32 (4th donation), Jeff Daniels
\n $32 (2nd donation), Sami K.
\n $32, Isahann H. aka “IsahannHan<\/a>”
\n $32, Marco C.
\n $32, Martin B.
\n $32, Sylvia R.
\n $30 (7th donation), John B.
\n $30, Joe R.
\n $30, Ralf K.
\n $27 (3rd donation), Andreas M. aka “AnMe2k22”
\n $27 (3rd donation), Ismael G. B.
\n $26 (4th donation), Jonas K.
\n $25 (30th donation), Linux Mint Sverige<\/a>
\n $25 (28th donation), Hemant Patel
\n $25 (17th donation), George R. aka “Az4x4”
\n $25 (13th donation), An L.
\n $25 (6th donation), Leroy H.
\n $25 (4th donation), Christian L.
\n $25 (3rd donation), John L. H.
\n $25 (2nd donation), Marek N.
\n $25, Etienne L.
\n $25, Glenn S.
\n $25, Tim H.
\n $25, Tim S.
\n $25, William B.
\n $24, Eike Erik W.
\n $22 (39th donation), Peter E.
\n $22 (13th donation), Dick B. aka “Dick”
\n $22 (8th donation), Keith M.
\n $22 (7th donation), Bobcam Computer Solutions aka “Rob<\/a>”
\n $22 (7th donation), Alessandro L.
\n $22 (4th donation), Bernard L.
\n $22 (4th donation), Henry T.
\n $22 (4th donation), Jaume T.
\n $22 (4th donation), Nicholas J.
\n $22 (4th donation), Raik D.
\n $22 (4th donation), Thomas M.
\n $22 (3rd donation), David M.
\n $22 (3rd donation), J\u00f6rg T.
\n $22 (2nd donation), Corrado C.
\n $22 (2nd donation), Gerhard R.
\n $22 (2nd donation), Herv\u00e9 R.
\n $22 (2nd donation), Jakub G.
\n $22 (2nd donation), Kari H. aka “foxterrier”
\n $22 (2nd donation), Karl-heinz R.
\n $22 (2nd donation), Luis D.
\n $22 (2nd donation), Marek S. (LMDE Supporter)
\n $22 (2nd donation), Paul R.
\n $22 (2nd donation), Raffael V.
\n $22 (2nd donation), Riemer T.
\n $22 (2nd donation), Roman S.
\n $22 (2nd donation), Trevor S.
\n $22, Alan S.
\n $22, Alexander Mirza C.
\n $22, Andreas C.
\n $22, Andreas K.
\n $22, Benedikt S.
\n $22, Benjamin W.
\n $22, Bruno T.
\n $22, Giuseppe M.
\n $22, Johnny P.
\n $22, Lennart J.
\n $22, Mohamed C.
\n $22, Repke D.
\n $22, Robert S.
\n $22, RP
\n $22, Sven L.
\n $22, Ulrich S.
\n $22, Ute F.
\n $22, Waldemar C.
\n $20 (59th donation), Bryan F.
\n $20 (37th donation), John D.
\n $20 (10th donation), Bruce N.
\n $20 (8th donation), Nate P. aka “cog_nate”
\n $20 (6th donation), David K.
\n $20 (4th donation), J. S. .
\n $20 (4th donation), Curtis S.
\n $20 (4th donation), G.M.
\n $20 (4th donation), Michael D.
\n $20 (4th donation), Strobe74
\n $20 (3rd donation), Chris B.
\n $20 (3rd donation), Lawrence K.
\n $20 (3rd donation), Teresa V.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Andrew P.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Ben M.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Donald W. aka “Don<\/a>”
\n $20 (2nd donation), Frank T.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Jeff K.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Joe K.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Larry M.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Melina B.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Michael S.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Richard H.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Richard Z.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Ron S.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Samuel S.
\n $20 (2nd donation), Trevor W.
\n $20, Ali B.
\n $20, Brian T.
\n $20, Gaurav R.
\n $20, Hugh G.
\n $20, Joel M.
\n $20, John F.
\n $20, Kyle R.
\n $20, Massud M.
\n $20, Norman K.
\n $20, Paul Hickert
\n $20, Robert S.
\n $20, Sandra D.
\n $20, Sean F.
\n $20, Steven S.
\n $20, William D.
\n $16 (68th donation), Andreas S.
\n $16 (16th donation), Alain P.
\n $16, Livio V.
\n $14 (5th donation), Paulo Ribeiro<\/a>
\n $14 (3rd donation), Jefferson Fernando L.
\n $13, zukasz P.
\n $12 (137th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
\n $12 (4th donation), Panagiotis S.
\n $12 (2nd donation), Bengt Falke
\n $11 (86th donation), Johann J.
\n $11 (50th donation), Francois-R L.
\n $11 (40th donation), Daniel S.
\n $11 (17th donation), Tugaleres.com<\/a>
\n $11 (15th donation), Denys G.
\n $11 (15th donation), Michael P. aka “www.perron.de<\/a>”
\n $11 (13th donation), Adis H.
\n $11 (12th donation), Frank J.
\n $11 (8th donation), Serbia supports Mint
\n $11 (8th donation), Soutarson P.
\n $11 (7th donation), Peter P.
\n $11 (6th donation), Bj\u00f8rn M. J. aka “BMJ”
\n $11 (5th donation), Erik L.
\n $11 (5th donation), Marcos P. G.
\n $11 (4th donation), Norman E.
\n $11 (4th donation), Rudi K.
\n $11 (3rd donation), Dafydd F.
\n $11 (2nd donation), Costas K. aka “ckoul”
\n $11 (2nd donation), David B.
\n $11 (2nd donation), James E.
\n $11 (2nd donation), Jewgeni S.<\/a>
\n $11 (2nd donation), Viktor af S.
\n $11, Alex G.
\n $11, Alexander B.
\n $11, Algirdas L.
\n $11, Andreas G.
\n $11, \u00c1ngel H.
\n $11, Antonio N.
\n $11, Bernd M.
\n $11, Brian E.
\n $11, Christian S. aka “krizz”
\n $11, Christophe N.
\n $11, D. Chonov
\n $11, Francesco D.
\n $11, Fran\u00e7ois S.
\n $11, Frank M.
\n $11, Frederic Le Ray
\n $11, Ghiza A.
\n $11, Han E.
\n $11, Horst M.
\n $11, Jean Paul B.
\n $11, Jose Benigno Z.
\n $11, Julius U.
\n $11, Kostiantyn Z.
\n $11, Lassi H.
\n $11, Marko A.
\n $11, Martin S.
\n $11, Matheus E.
\n $11, Mathieu C.
\n $11, Nicola D.
\n $11, Ralph-michael M.
\n $11, Raul L.
\n $11, Sandro S.
\n $11, Steven V.
\n $11, Vice B.
\n $10 (89th donation), Thomas C.
\n $10 (83th donation), Frank K.
\n $10 (67th donation), Rick R.
\n $10 (36th donation), Philip Woodward
\n $10 (31st donation), Carpet Cleaning Winnipeg<\/a>
\n $10 (31st donation), Sami Mannila
\n $10 (22nd donation), Solar Panels Saskatoon<\/a>
\n $10 (18th donation), Mr. Bee
\n $10 (12th donation), Patrizia Pepe<\/a>
\n $10 (6th donation), Allyn G.
\n $10 (6th donation), Joseph G.
\n $10 (6th donation), Wojciech S.
\n $10 (5th donation), Luis D.
\n $10 (5th donation), Paul S.
\n $10 (5th donation), redman
\n $10 (4th donation), Carl T.
\n $10 (4th donation), Gary D.
\n $10 (4th donation), Ilija L.
\n $10 (3rd donation), Andreas G.
\n $10 (3rd donation), Micha\u0142 K. aka “PoldekPL”
\n $10 (3rd donation), Y.-Y. Mao
\n $10 (2nd donation), Carlos Ruben Ortiz Marrero aka “Ruben”
\n $10 (2nd donation), Daniel S.
\n $10 (2nd donation), Daniel W. aka “UncD56”
\n $10 (2nd donation), Diarmaid R.
\n $10 (2nd donation), Elvio Lampugnani aka “elviolmp”
\n $10 (2nd donation), Joerg B.
\n $10 (2nd donation), Martin B. aka “technosf<\/a>”
\n $10 (2nd donation), Normand L.
\n $10 (2nd donation), Scott D.
\n $10, Ameen J.
\n $10, Art T.
\n $10, Bill K.
\n $10, Blog SEO<\/a>
\n $10, Dennis H.
\n $10, Director de Articole<\/a>
\n $10, Dmitriy T.
\n $10, Ethan V.
\n $10, Francisco E N M.
\n $10, Frank M.
\n $10, Jaiden M.
\n $10, Jeremy B.
\n $10, Jeremy S.
\n $10, Lee T.
\n $10, Lester J.
\n $10, Lorenz L.
\n $10, Miguel P.
\n $10, Richard B.
\n $10, Rupert L.
\n $10, Scott M.
\n $10, Terence G.
\n $8, Brandon H.
\n $6 (3rd donation), Phil B.
\n $168 from 42 smaller donations<\/p>\n

If 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 664 patrons, for a sum of $2,962 per month.<\/p>\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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