{"id":4860,"date":"2025-07-14T10:41:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T09:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4860"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T10:04:55","slug":"monthly-news-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4860","title":{"rendered":"Monthly News – July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,<\/p>\n

Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of you who support the project with your donations.<\/p>\n

Linux Mint 22.2<\/strong><\/p>\n

The team is working on a BETA release for Linux Mint 22.2.<\/p>\n

This new version introduces an HWE kernel, fingerprint authentication, theme updates, accent color support and improved libAdwaita compatibility. Work also continues in the Cinnamon edition, to make input methods and keyboard layouts compatible with Wayland.<\/p>\n

Packages and projects are being finalized. Pull requests are being merged. There is no set date for the release but we’re hoping to get the BETA out by the end of July or the beginning of August.<\/p>\n

LMDE 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

After Linux Mint 22.2 gets its stable release, the focus is likely to switch in September to LMDE 7, codenamed “Gigi”.<\/p>\n

Gigi will come with all the improvements featured in Linux Mint 22.2 but on top of a Debian 13 package base instead of Ubuntu 24.04.<\/p>\n

Another key improvement in LMDE 7 compared to LMDE 6 will be that it will support OEM installations.<\/p>\n

Moderation<\/strong><\/p>\n

We unfortunately had to tighten moderation settings on this blog and it’s a real shame.<\/p>\n

When we say everyone is welcome here, it means absolutely EVERYONE, no exceptions. This can only work if divisive topics are left behind and people refrain from labeling or excluding each other. Here, we’re all the same. Everybody’s welcome to participate. There’s no such thing as “freedom of speech”. We’re not here to fight for such or such ideas, we’re here to build something together and to protect our project and our community. We want comments to be on-topic and constructive, always.<\/p>\n

We will not tolerate any kind of ideology.<\/p>\n

We’re already bombarded by commercial spam. This is one of the last places in our community where you can interact without having to authenticate. I’m really hoping it can stay that way.<\/p>\n

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

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gold Sponsors:
\"Linux<\/a>
\"IPv6.rs\"<\/a>
Silver Sponsors:
\"Datadog\"<\/a>
\"Sucuri\"<\/a>
\"ThinkPenguin:<\/a><\/td>\n		Bronze Sponsors:
\"AYKsolutions<\/a>
\"Agile.Coach\"<\/a>
\"BGASoft<\/a>
\"C0MPL\u00c9X1<\/a>
\"Chargeblast\"<\/a>
\"nesevo<\/a>
\"Tinken<\/a>
\"VANT\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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

A total of $15,453 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 468 donors:<\/p>\n

$600, Eric F. aka “f0r73”
$531 (3rd donation), SunWare Solartechnik Produktions-GmbH & Co KG <\/a>
$531, David W.
$500, Luke | onlyfastcode.com<\/a>
$400, Maxwell
$300 (4th donation), Gregory F.
$265, H.J.M. S.
$250 (4th donation), Benjamin M.
$212, Loraine M.
$200 (9th donation), James F.
$200, Gail N.
$159,
$159, Daniel M.
$150, Loretta O.
$120 (7th donation), Michael P.
$107 (2nd donation), Paul E.
$106, Camping-Park L%FCneburger Heide
$106, Cryptobuffet
$106, Hans D. aka “HWD”
$106, Johannes H.
$106, Ludwig A.
$106, Murray L. H.
$106, Ole H.
$100 (22nd donation), John Mc aka “Land Research Project<\/a>“
$100 (14th donation), Mountain Computers, Inc aka “MTNCOMP aka GGPCTU<\/a>“
$100 (5th donation), Dale H.
$100 (2nd donation), Anita L.
$100 (2nd donation), Mark S.
$100, Andrey S.
$100, Brent F.
$100, gerald S.
$100, John B.
$100, Travis F.
$100, William R.
$84 (3rd donation), Sebastian Friedrich
$70, Nick M.
$61 (72nd donation), Michael R.
$53 (18th donation), Paul S. E. aka “Paul”
$53 (11th donation), Jyrki A.
$53 (11th donation), Mimi
$53 (5th donation), CH<\/a>
$53 (4th donation), Derek M.
$53 (4th donation), Hakan C.
$53 (4th donation), Marius M.
$53 (3rd donation), Ant\u00f3nio Salsinha – Graphic Designer
$53 (3rd donation), Frank J.
$53 (3rd donation), Henk B.
$53 (2nd donation), David
$53 (2nd donation), Marek Stapff<\/a>
$53 (2nd donation), Mark B.
$53 (2nd donation), Peter F.
$53 (2nd donation), Stefan R.
$53 (2nd donation), Tom D. C.
$53, Alexander E.
$53, Christian A.
$53, Dominik B.
$53, Felipe A. I.
$53, Jens K.
$53, Juan M. L. Z.
$53, Karl W.
$53, Lars-olof G.
$53, Laurens R.
$53, Manfred M.
$53, Michael Z.
$53, Nina W.
$53, Paul R.
$53, Pieter V. W.
$53, Rick van den Bergh aka “Nostalgia Realm<\/a>“
$53, Stefan B.
$53, Stefan K.
$53, Toni A.
$50 (9th donation), Mothy
$50 (6th donation), Anthony C. aka “Ciak”
$50 (5th donation), Ranald C.
$50 (4th donation), Stephen B.
$50 (3rd donation), Kris J.
$50 (2nd donation), Alan G.
$50 (2nd donation), Andrew B.
$50 (2nd donation), Bernard B.
$50 (2nd donation), Dinilson P.
$50 (2nd donation), Hubert R.
$50 (2nd donation), Robert J. C.
$50 (2nd donation), Steven F.
$50 (2nd donation), Todd S.
$50 (2nd donation), William M. aka “BillMcG”
$50, andy_van_isle
$50, Anonymous
$50, Brandon L.
$50, Daniel M. P.
$50, Daniel W. S.
$50, Isaac L.
$50, Isabella S. R.
$50, Jimmy O.
$50, John S.
$50, Jonathan C.
$50, Khalid A.
$50, Matthew N.
$50, Richard Pate Photographic Art
$50, Robert J. E. J.
$50, Ryan B.
$50, Thomas D.
$50, thomas J.
$50, Tristan C.
$50, Victor C.
$50, Wai C.
$40 (10th donation), Eric W.
$40 (2nd donation), Gary S.
$37 (7th donation), Anthony G M.
$37 (6th donation), Anna U.
$36, Jean M.
$35 (8th donation), P W E.
$31 (2nd donation), Gianni G.
$31, Erica O.
$31, Oliver R. aka “LinuxOlli<\/a>“
$31, Stephen R.
$31, William N.
$30 (2nd donation), Paul H.
$30 (2nd donation), Yusuke M.
$30, Bernard G.
$30, Dan R.
$26 (2nd donation), Abilio R.
$26, Anastasiia D.
$25 (52nd donation), Linux Mint Sverige<\/a>
$25 (20th donation), Richard N.
$25 (11th donation), Mihnea R\u0103dulescu<\/a>
$25 (6th donation), Gary D.
$25 (2nd donation), Mark O.
$25 (2nd donation), Theron K.
$25, paolo C.
$25, Stephen K.
$25, Stephen M.
$25, Travis T.
$24 (28th donation), aka “AsciiWolf”
$22 (4th donation), Cevad O.
$21 (108th donation), Johann J.
$21 (60th donation), Peter E.
$21 (27th donation), Stefan W.
$21 (22nd donation), Benjamin W. aka “UncleBens”
$21 (21st donation), Marek S.
$21 (13th donation), Emanuele Proietti aka “Manuermejo”
$21 (9th donation), Peter C.
$21 (6th donation), Gabriele G.
$21 (5th donation), Stephen C.
$21 (4th donation), David W.
$21 (4th donation), Roland K.
$21 (3rd donation), Jean-pierre V.
$21 (3rd donation), Kris K.
$21 (3rd donation), Marc R.
$21 (3rd donation), Mateusz M.
$21 (3rd donation), Philip S.
$21 (3rd donation), Toon V.
$21 (2nd donation), Alfonso B.
$21 (2nd donation), christophe O.
$21 (2nd donation), Florian A.
$21 (2nd donation), Frank W.
$21 (2nd donation), Leonard H.
$21 (2nd donation), Martin H.
$21 (2nd donation), Pgm R.
$21 (2nd donation), Volker W.
$21 (2nd donation), Weinand S.
$21, Andre V.
$21, Andrea F.
$21, Antonia H.
$21, Armin S.
$21, Bernd G.
$21, Bernhard S.
$21, Curd-Juergen S.
$21, Didier E.
$21, Dominique V.
$21, Felix R.
$21, FLEURIVAL H.
$21, Javier R.
$21, Jochen E.
$21, Julius J.
$21, Kari B.
$21, Kevin G.
$21, Kevin Schnurbusch aka “Istalr\u00ee”
$21, KPRco
$21, Liam T.
$21, Linda V. E.
$21, LJ W.
$21, Lorenz G.
$21, Luca G.
$21, Luk%E1%9A L.
$21, Marco R.
$21, Martin D.
$21, Matthias W.
$21, Mesut M.
$21, Mili D.
$21, MIQUEL R. P. aka “Maki”
$21, MR J. R.
$21, Odin B.
$21, Reg L.
$21, Ren%E9 C.
$21, Ronny S.
$21, Sebastian B.
$21, Sebastian L.
$21, Sonja C.
$21, Stefan A. aka “Keulinsche”
$21, Tomas K.
$21, Vadim B.
$21, Vasco S.
$21, wietze B.
$20 (69th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (47th donation), John D.
$20 (33rd donation), vagrantcow<\/a>
$20 (28th donation), Aimee W.
$20 (12th donation), redman
$20 (9th donation), DaveW
$20 (8th donation), Erich K.
$20 (8th donation), Zile
$20 (7th donation), Joseph G.
$20 (6th donation), J. S. .
$20 (6th donation), John P.
$20 (4th donation), Brian C.
$20 (4th donation), Bruce C.
$20 (4th donation), Daniel B.
$20 (4th donation), Kevin Humphreys
$20 (4th donation), Leela A.
$20 (3rd donation), Logan Gartrell
$20 (3rd donation), Raymond T.
$20 (3rd donation), Sergio Arroyos<\/a>
$20 (2nd donation), Andrew Y.
$20 (2nd donation), Cesar G.
$20 (2nd donation), David R.
$20 (2nd donation), Denise D.
$20 (2nd donation), Dirk S. aka “balkaninvest<\/a>“
$20 (2nd donation), Greg L.
$20 (2nd donation), James B.
$20 (2nd donation), John M.
$20 (2nd donation), Joseph
$20 (2nd donation), Joshua S. aka “Better than Jeffrey H.”
$20 (2nd donation), Kevin D.
$20 (2nd donation), Lutz L.
$20 (2nd donation), Thomas M.
$20 (2nd donation), Ulf W.
$20, ALEKSANDR A.
$20, Allan G.
$20, Anthony R.
$20, Anthony R.
$20, Back Office Geeks
$20, Bill D.
$20, Brian D. O.
$20, Bruce L.
$20, DG
$20, Eddie N.
$20, Hans Z.
$20, Ingvar A.
$20, Jan I. L.
$20, Jared R.
$20, Jerred W.
$20, Joaquin H.
$20, Joe D.
$20, KENNETH D.
$20, Luke W.
$20, Michael H.
$20, Paul M.
$20, Randall W.
$20, Rigs by Russ
$20, Ron L.
$20, Sabrina F.
$20, Susan M.
$20, TAKAO Y.
$20, Tyler H.
$20, V\u0103duva R.
$18 (5th donation), James H.
$16 (3rd donation), Bernd K.
$15 (5th donation), Harald H.
$15 (3rd donation), Balazs B.
$15 (3rd donation), Norberto C. N. aka “Konbini-San”
$15 (2nd donation), Jonas K. aka “Jonas”
$15, anonymous
$15, Gerald G. G.
$15, Jens-Peter G.
$15, Jesse D. K.
$15, Kevin Q.
$15, Stefano G.
$13, gino R.
$12 (2nd donation), Stibbon Leather
$11 (14th donation), Bengt Falke aka “Falke”
$11 (7th donation), Alessandro S.
$10 (111st donation), Thomas C.
$10 (55th donation), Philip Woodward
$10 (47th donation), Thomas R.
$10 (39th donation), Sami Mannila
$10 (38th donation), Tugaleres.com<\/a>
$10 (35th donation), Denys G. aka “GD Next<\/a>“
$10 (28th donation), Wilson G.
$10 (20th donation), Abdulkadir H. aka “Askari”
$10 (18th donation), Michael P. aka “www.perron.de<\/a>“
$10 (17th donation), platypus products
$10 (15th donation), TONY aka “STRUZZIN ELECTRONICS<\/a>“
$10 (13th donation), Axel R.
$10 (10th donation), JvdB
$10 (8th donation), Geoffrey P.
$10 (8th donation), Stefan S.
$10 (7th donation), Gene E.
$10 (7th donation), Tomasz K.
$10 (6th donation), Abe Z.
$10 (6th donation), Craig D.
$10 (6th donation), G\u00fcnther H.
$10 (5th donation), Andrew I.
$10 (5th donation), Artem Ignatyev aka “ZaZooBred”
$10 (5th donation), Claudio A.<\/a>
$10 (5th donation), Damir L.
$10 (5th donation), John B.
$10 (5th donation), Network Marketing Blog<\/a>
$10 (5th donation), Stephen P.
$10 (4th donation), Evan M.<\/a>
$10 (4th donation), Luc V.
$10 (4th donation), M.B.
$10 (3rd donation), Christoph V.
$10 (3rd donation), Claudio F.
$10 (3rd donation), Daniel W.
$10 (3rd donation), Heiko L.
$10 (3rd donation), Jeffrey S.
$10 (3rd donation), John T.
$10 (3rd donation), Lucie T. aka “shaolinlucie<\/a>“
$10 (3rd donation), Matthias H.
$10 (3rd donation), Roel V. S.
$10 (3rd donation), Victoria J.
$10 (2nd donation), Armin V.
$10 (2nd donation), Cezar G.
$10 (2nd donation), Do\u0161lo R.
$10 (2nd donation), Frederik L.
$10 (2nd donation), Jivko R.
$10 (2nd donation), Kenton B.
$10 (2nd donation), kstevenson
$10 (2nd donation), Luka L.
$10 (2nd donation), Marco D.
$10 (2nd donation), Mariusz B.
$10 (2nd donation), Mohamed E.
$10 (2nd donation), Ramiro M.
$10 (2nd donation), Russell M.
$10 (2nd donation), Salvatore T.
$10 (2nd donation), SunBaked272
$10 (2nd donation), Tamas R.
$10 (2nd donation), Werner B.
$10 (2nd donation), Wes M.
$10, Vlad aka “UASK”
$10, A M.
$10, Andr\u00e9 S.
$10, Andreas O.
$10, Andrew S.
$10, Andy R.
$10, ANNA L
$10, Arthur U.
$10, Barry T.
$10, Beatrice B.
$10, Bernhard S.
$10, Brandon W.
$10, Carsten H.
$10, Celtia M. L.
$10, CHRISTIAN D. S. A.
$10, Christian R.
$10, Daniel I.
$10, Daniel P.
$10, Darold H.
$10, David B.
$10, david J.
$10, Denali W.
$10, Diego D. B. O.
$10, Diego V.
$10, DOMENICO A.
$10, Eduardo Maio<\/a>
$10, Ferran T. B.
$10, Fredrik C.
$10, Giovanni R.
$10, Harold T.
$10, Heinrich V. V.
$10, hermann K.
$10, HOWARD S.
$10, Ingemar H.
$10, ion S.
$10, j.w. V. D.
$10, Jarod L.
$10, John C.
$10, Juan D. L. R.
$10, Kiril V. aka “Nidux<\/a>“
$10, Kristian H. Sejersen
$10, Krzysztof P.
$10, Lucas F. J. B.
$10, ludovic T.
$10, Luka G.
$10, Marcel R.
$10, Marcio C.
$10, Marco K.
$10, Markus W.
$10, Matt N.
$10, Michael P.
$10, Pawe I.
$10, Pedro S.
$10, Rennie H.
$10, Ricardo P.
$10, richard F.
$10, ronald H.
$10, Sebastian S.
$10, Sergei D.
$10, Soeren
$10, Thorsten K.
$10, Volker R.
$10, Zachary H.
$8 (2nd donation), \u00d6zkan V.
$8, William G.
$232 from 60 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 1,649 patrons, for a sum of $4,205 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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