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Posts by The Linux Mint Blog – News from the Mint Team

Monthly News – February 2026 Hi everyone, First of all, thank you for your support and your donation! And many thanks to all the people involved in helping Linux Mint. Here’s a preview of what we worked on recently, and which will be featured in the next release. Sensors A page dedicated to sensors was added to the System Reports […]
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Monthly News – January 2026 Hi everyone, Before we start with the news, I’d like to thank you for your donations and for your support! We received donations from more than a thousand people in December! I know I talked about this before, but I’ll do it again because this number of donors in a single month is unprecedented. I […]
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Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” released! The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena”. Linux Mint 22.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. New features: This new version of […]
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How to upgrade to Linux Mint 22.3 It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 22, 22.1 and 22.2 to version 22.3. If you’ve been waiting for this we’d like to thank you for your patience. 1. Create a system snapshot You can use Timeshift to make a system snapshot before the upgrade. If anything goes wrong, you can easily restore your […]
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Monthly News – December 2025 Many thanks to you all for your generous donations. A big thank you as well to our sponsors and to everyone who supports our project. Special thanks to all those involved in testing the BETA release over Christmas. We hope you’re having a great time during the holiday season. Happy New Year, everyone! See you […]
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Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” – BETA Release This is the BETA release for Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena”. Linux Mint 22.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. New features: This new version of Linux Mint contains […]
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Monthly News – November 2025 Many thanks to our donors, sponsors and to all the people who support our project. Cinnamon Menu The new Cinnamon menu received symbolic category icons. This was made possible thanks to the new XApp Symbolic Icons (XSI) initiative. Linux Mint 22.3 ‘Zena’ The codename for Linux Mint 22.3 is Zena. We covered some of the […]
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Monthly News – October 2025 Many thanks to our donors, sponsors and to all the people who support our project. Cinnamon Menu Work continued on the Cinnamon menu applet. Configuration options were added to be able to move the search bar to the bottom: And to be able to position the system buttons in the sidebar: Troubleshooting Tools Despite our […]
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LMDE 7 “Gigi” released! The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 7 “Gigi”. LMDE 7 Gigi LMDE is a Linux Mint project which stands for “Linux Mint Debian Edition”. Its goal is to ensure Linux Mint would be able to continue to deliver the same user experience, and how much work would be involved, if Ubuntu […]
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How to upgrade to LMDE 7 It is now possible to upgrade LMDE 6 to version 7. First, refresh your cache and install the Upgrade Tool by typing the following commands in a terminal: Then type the following command to launch the Upgrade Tool: Follow the instructions on the screen. When the tool is done and the upgrade is successful uninstall […]
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Monthly News – September 2025 Hi everyone, Before we start with the news I’d like to thank all the people who help us. Whether it’s donations, sponsorships, bug reports, ideas, PRs, community support or even just good vibes, it’s all really appreciated! Many thanks to all of you. Improved support for keyboard layouts and IM The next version of Cinnamon […]
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LMDE 7 “Gigi” – BETA Release This is the BETA release for LMDE 7 “Gigi”. LMDE 7 Gigi LMDE is a Linux Mint project which stands for “Linux Mint Debian Edition”. Its goal is to ensure Linux Mint would be able to continue to deliver the same user experience, and how much work would be involved, if Ubuntu was ever to […]
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Monthly News – August 2025 Hello everyone, Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of you who support the project with your donations. LMDE 7 Work started on LMDE 7, codename Gigi. The goal for this release is to bring the following features together: A Debian 13 package base The improvements which shipped with Linux Mint 22.2 Support for […]
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Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” released! The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara”. Linux Mint 22.2 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. New features: This new version of […]
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How to upgrade to Linux Mint 22.2 It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 22 and 22.1 to version 22.2. If you’ve been waiting for this we’d like to thank you for your patience. 1. Create a system snapshot You can use Timeshift to make a system snapshot before the upgrade. If anything goes wrong, you can easily restore your operating […]
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Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” – BETA Release This is the BETA release for Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara”. Linux Mint 22.2 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. New features: This new version of Linux Mint contains […]
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Monthly News – July 2025 Hello everyone, Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of you who support the project with your donations. Linux Mint 22.2 The team is working on a BETA release for Linux Mint 22.2. This new version introduces an HWE kernel, fingerprint authentication, theme updates, accent color support and improved libAdwaita compatibility. Work also continues […]
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Monthly News – June 2025 Hello everyone, Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of you who support the project with your donations. Sponsorships: Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by: Gold Sponsors: Silver Sponsors: Bronze Sponsors: Donations in May: A total of $15,377 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 501 donors: $707 (6th donation), Daniel P. aka […]
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Monthly News – May 2025 Hello everyone, Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of you who support the project with your donations. Mint 20.x EOL It’s been 5 years already! Linux Mint 20.x releases (i.e. 20, 20.1, 20.2 and 20.3) reached EOL (End of Life) and are no longer supported. They will continue to work but they will […]
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Monthly News – April 2025 Hello everyone, Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of you who support the project with your donations. Codenames The codenames for the next releases of Linux Mint and LMDE were chosen: Linux Mint 22.2 will be called “Zara” LMDE 7 will be called “Gigi” PewDiePie We have a new user! How many of […]
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Monthly News – March 2025 Hi everyone, Before we start with the news, I’d like to thank all the people who donate, sponsor and contribute in various ways to our project. Many thanks to all of you! Note: The features which are previewed in this post are planned for upcoming releases. They are not available right now. Searching for files […]
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Monthly News – February 2025 Hi everyone, Many thanks for your donations and support. Here are the news for this month. Important Firefox Update On March 14, 2025, a root certificate used by Firefox will expire. When this happen, Firefox version 128 (and lower) will suffer significant issues related to: configuration add-ons signed content DRM-protected media playback To avoid these […]
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Monthly News – January 2025 Hi everyone, We received donations from 852 people in December, for an all-time monthly record of $31,720! Every time this number goes up I think of it the same way. I imagine that many people in one big room, all there just for us. Imagine it for a moment. It’s huge, not only in terms […]
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Monthly News – December 2024 Hi everyone, The BETA phase for Linux Mint 22.1 is now over. 115 reports were received and many bugs were fixed. Many thanks for your help during this beta-test! After a few days of QA testing we’ll be ready to publish the stable release. The new features will then make their way towards LMDE and […]
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Monthly News – November 2024 Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying the BETA so far! This release introduces new features, tools, and artwork, so we anticipate a good number of bug reports. Every single fix helps us refine and improve the final release. Your feedback during the BETA phase is extremely important to us. Linux Mint 22.1 is our […]
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Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” – BETA Release This is the BETA release for Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia”. Linux Mint 22.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use. New features: This new version of Linux Mint contains […]
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Monthly News – October 2024 Many thanks for your donations and for your support. Night Light in Cinnamon The team is working on adding Night Light support in Cinnamon. Night Light consists in reducing the amount of blue light emitted by the screen. It makes the color of your monitor warmer as you get closer to bed time to help […]
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Monthly News – September 2024 Many thanks for your donations and for your support. Visual improvements in Cinnamon Within the team Joseph continues to work his magic. Bit by bit he’s improving the look and feel of the Cinnamon desktop. The new default theme landed on the master branch. It’s much darker and contrasted than before. Objects are rounded and […]
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Monthly News – August 2024 Many thanks for your donations and for your support. Server upgrades The repository servers were upgraded. They’re now able to serve packages at 10gbps, which is 10 times faster than before. We no longer observe bottlenecks during large updates when packages such as Firefox or Chromium are updated concurrently. Upgrade path The upgrade between Mint […]
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How to upgrade to Linux Mint 22 If you’ve been waiting for this I’d like to thank you for your patience. It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 21.3 to version 22. Warning! We are anticipating very high server load and slow download/connection speeds. We recommend to follow this guide to switch to Fastly prior to performing this upgrade: Switch to […]
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