Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” is officially out now, as their next long-term supported release with updates until 2029 based on Ubuntu 24.04. With this release they’ve switched to Pipewire and you get kernel 6.8 for newer hardware support.
Pictured – Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon
I already previously covered the Beta and not much has changed apart from various bug fixes.
As a reminder here’s some of what’s new:
Better language support.
Thunderbird as a .deb package supported by Mint, instead of Ubuntu’s Snap.
Big improvements to the Software Manager:
Improved multi-threading, a new preferences page and a banner slideshow.
Verified Flatpaks show the maintainer name.
Unverified Flatpaks disabled by default (and clearly marked if enabled).
Various artwork improvements.
HiDPI support improvements were made in the boot sequence, in Plymouth and Slick-Greeter.
A new Matrix Web App for chat, replacing Hexchat.
Plus there’s lots of updates to the Cinnamon 6.2 desktop too including:
Wayland support: Clutter polkit agent.
Spices: keybindings support.
Better avatar support in polkit agent and user applet.
Workspace switcher: middle click removes the workspace being hovered.
Keybindings: ability to search by binding.
Cornerbar applet: shift+click action added.
Applets: improved precision in reporting VPN and battery states.
See more on the release notes and what’s new.
Are you a Mint user? What do you think to this release? Let me know in the comments.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.