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Jannet Nevels

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Aug 3, 2024, 4:16:17 PM8/3/24

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Between Linux Mint 4.0 "Daryna" and Linux Mint 9.0 "Isadora", more and more tools make Linux Mint unique: mintupdate, mintinstall, mintdisk, mintmenu, mintdesktop, mintnanny, mintbackup, mintstick, mintwelcome, mintupload...

To guarantee its future Linux Mint decides to widen the scope of its development and invests in 2 alternatives to GNOME 3: MATE, a joint project which consists in renaming GNOME 2 and bringing it back, and Cinnamon, a Mint project, which consists in adapting GNOME 3 and turning it into a full-featured desktop.

Following the success of Cinnamon and its compatibility with other distributions, Linux Mint also started to develop cross-distribution and cross-desktop solutions. Nowadays some of the software developed by Linux Mint is enjoyed in many other distributions and bug reports and development are boosted by contributions from people outside of the Linux Mint community.

Hi there, I just got whatever the most recent version of the regular cinnamon version was here: Download Linux Mint 21.3 - Linux Mint (at the time 21.2 I believe with Linux kernel 5.15) then followed the instructions on the same website to use balena etcher on my windows desktop to create the boot usb and then followed the other set of instructions on the same website to install it. Then I followed the guide I linked above from the community to get my fingerprint sensor working. Might look into getting kernel 6.5 in when I have some time

Understood. Will likely have Ubuntu and mint loaded so I can walk on the wild side a bit but flip back to Ubuntu if I have problems.
I have the luxury of not needing high performance or outstanding battery life at the moment. For me, this machine will be a toy and a way of supporting this worthy project.

The next instalment in the ever-updating series of installation questions: Is it possible to install ROS on Linux Mint 16 (which is based off Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy)? I've tried using the Raring packages, and (perhaps unsurprisingly) they don't work.

I've also tried installing from source (using this guide), encouraged by some forum posts suggesting that installing from source should work on Ubuntu Saucy. I run into problems when I get to the step that attempts to install the dependencies (rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src --rosdistro hydro -y). Specifically, I get ERROR: the following packages/stacks could not have their rosdep keys resolved to system dependencies, followed by the list of dependencies paired with the message Unsupported OS [mint]. Is there any way to get around this?

Hey, please can you help me in something?.I can't install ROS, I have linux mint 16, I've tried install from source but when I try to do the step 1 of the guide $ sudo apt-get install python-rosdep python-rosinstall-generator python-wstool python-rosinstall build-essential it tells me those package haven't been found. Well, I've already added the packages.ros.org from wget -O - sudo apt-key add - but it don't work :( please help me

The key is just to verify the repositories, you still have to add the repos themselves to your sources list. Check out step 1.2 in the [Ubuntu install directions]( ), and add the sources for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring.

Linux Mint 22 ships with a new version of the Cinnamon desktop (featuring new options), a suite of new and improved apps (plus a few downgrades and removals), and makes some notable security changes (like no more guest login by default).

Kernel-wise, Linux Mint 22 is powered by the Linux 6.8 kernel and, in a notable break with past tradition, the distro plans to release new kernel updates every 6 months through the Ubuntu hardware enablement (HWE) stack.

On the audio front, Linux Mint 22 uses PipeWire as the default sound server. PipeWire delivers lower latency, improved performance, and better compatibility with a wider range of Bluetooth devices, apps, and online services than PulseAudio, which it replaces.

Any unused language packs (other than English and the language you select during installation) are removed after installation. This change reduces the disk space a new Linux Mint 22 installation requires, which is a nice low-level improvement.

You can now organise Nemo actions (file manager scripts) using a new, dedicated tool. The new Nemo actions layout editor supports ordering/sorting, dividers, grouping actions into submenus, editing their text labels, and changing the icon shown for an action.

You can choose to see and install unverified Flatpak apps using the newly toggle added to the (newly expanded) Software Manager settings panel. Mint caution against this; warning text informs you of the potential security risk from opting-in.

After opting in to see/install unverified Flatpak apps in Software Manager, they will always appear at the bottom of search results. Listing pages highlight the unverified status in red, and no star ratings or comments are shown for these apps.

Elsewhere, Linux Mint now maintains its own DEB package of the Thunderbird e-mail client. This is because upstream Ubuntu switched to a Thunderbird snap, and made the Thunderbird DEB in its repos a transition package that (re)installs the snap.

The first is a new XApp named GNOME Online Accounts GTK. This wraps the latest GOA functionality (from GNOME 46) in a vanilla GTK4 user-interface that fits in with the rest of the Cinnamon desktop.

The second is a new preinstalled web app for Element, a cloud-based client for the Matrix chat platform, and hardcoded to load the official Linux Mint Matrix channel on launch. This app replaces Hexchat (IRC client, now removed) to provide real-time support.

Apps downgraded to older versions (than the ones present in the Ubuntu 24.04 repos) include Celluloid, GNOME Calculator, Simple Scan, Disk Usage Analyser, System Monitor, GNOME Calendar, and the archive extraction/compression tool File Roller.

Mozilla axing its location service means the Redshift blue-light filer tool now requires you to enter manual location info to work on an auto-schedule. Feeling this is a poor user experience, RedShift was removed from the default apps set (but remains available to install from the repos).

With thoughtful touches to the Cinnamon desktop, a shift to PipeWire for better audio performance, some handy new apps, and the migration to a new Linux kernel cadence, Linux Mint 22 offers a user-friendly, reliable, and assured desktop experience.

Long-time Mint users will be thrilled with this update, and it may sway those looking for a new Linux distribution to try. Some distros are all about cutting edge, trends, constant evolution, etc. Mint is a calmer choice: reliable, predictable, an OS you can just get on and use.

The Linux Mint 22 ISO clocks in at just under 2.9 GB, which is nearly half the size of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (5.7 GB). Make sure you have got enough disk space (and bandwidth) to download it, and a USB stick or memory card big enough to flash it to.

Once the upgrade channel is officially open (though in reality this works a few days before too) run sudo apt install mintupgrade from the command line, then mintupgrade check to see if the update is available.