Linux Mint Monthly News – November 2022

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4438

Summary:
- Bugs related to Launchpad, packagekit, aptdaemon are being fixed.
- Linux Mint 21.1 "Vera" Beta ISOs are now out.
- Linux Mint 21.1 "Vera" Stable ISOs should be out by December 2022.

Linux Mint 21.1 Beta ISOs (Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE)
https://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/testing

Linux Mint 21.1 Beta Bug Tracker
https://github.com/linuxmint/mint21.1-beta/issues

Linux Mint 21.1 Vera Beta ISO Release

Cinnamon:
Blog: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4442
Changelog: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_vera_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
ISO: https://mirror.rackspace.com/linuxmint/iso/testing/linuxmint-21.1-cinnamon-64bit-beta.iso


MATE:
Blog: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4441
Changelog: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_vera_mate_whatsnew.php
ISO: https://mirrors.layeronline.com/linuxmint/testing/linuxmint-21.1-mate-64bit-beta.iso

XFCE:
Blog: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4440
Changelog: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_vera_xfce_whatsnew.php
ISO: https://mirrors.layeronline.com/linuxmint/testing/linuxmint-21.1-xfce-64bit-beta.iso

Notable Changes in Linux Mint 21.1

- Theming improvements across Linux Mint.
- Accent colors are more vibrant
- Yellow is the default folder color
- Aqua is the default accent color
- Bibata is the default cursor theme, new cursor themes are added as well.
- Material Sounds v2 is the default sound theme.
- Old themes are available as "Legacy" under theming options.

Default Look of Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon

[GUIDE] How to upgrade from Linux Mint 21 to 21.1

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4461

Linux Mint 21.2 "Victoria" based on Ubuntu 22.04 is under development.

Linux Mint Blog March 2023

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4486

Linux Mint Monthly News – April 2023

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4513

Summary

Visual Changes
- Tooltips have been added to the UI, will make use of accent colors.
- Cinnamon notifications will use accent colors and symbolic icons.

SecureBoot
- Upstream (Ubuntu) shim update broke secureboot support.
- Disable secureboot before installing Linux Mint.

Warpinator
- Now supports landlock and bubblewrap features for increased security

Upcoming Releases (ETA Unknown)
- Linux Mint 21.2 Regular ISO (Kernel 5.15)
- Linux Mint 21.2 Edge ISO (Kernel 5.19)
- LMDE 6 based on Debian 12 (Kernel 6.1)

Mint Monthly News – July 2023

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4554

Work started on LMDE 6 codenamed “Faye”.
Planning to release an EDGE ISO for Linux Mint 21.2. This ISO will feature a kernel 6.2.
Mint 21.3 is planned for Christmas 2023.
Aim to fix secureboot.
Will study the pros and cons of Wayland to assess the work needed in its potential adoption.

Mint Monthly News – October 2023

- Using the Romeo repository (only for testing)
- Changes to Hypnotix
- Work has started on Wayland, many things still missing
- Cinnamon 6.0, planned for Mint 21.3 this year, will feature experimental Wayland support

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4591

Thanks to mintCast for the summary!

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Monthly News - December 2023

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4619

Linux Mint 21.3 - 15 remaining bugs to be tackled this week and preparations made for a stable release and an upgrade path.

LMDE 6 will receive all the new updates featured in Linux Mint 21.3.

New EDGE ISO for Linux Mint 21.3 shipping with a kernel 6.2.

Thanks to londoner of mintCast.org for the summary.