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BETA Test: Fastly repositories
We are looking for BETA testers. We’ve got new ultra fast repositories, powered by Fastly. We need many users to switch over to be able to test this properly. If you are interested visit https://github.com/linuxmint/linuxmint/issues/658 for information on how to participate. Thank you. -
Monthly News – March 2024
Hi everyone, We’ve got a lot to talk about this month, but first and foremost I’d like to thank our donors, our sponsors and all the people who support us. Many thanks to you all. Localization Improvements were made for Linux Mint 22 installations to be better localized and to use less disk space than […] -
Monthly News – February 2024
Many thanks to all of you for your donations and your amazing support. Advertising We’re using Google Adsense here on the blog and on the forums. It came to our attention that the advertising platform had become much more intrusive than before. We will take action to reduce the number and placement of ads on […] -
Monthly News – January 2024
Hi everyone, First of all, many many thanks to all of you for your donations. As I mentioned in the previous blog post, we received a huge amount of support last month. 751 people donated to us in December for a total of $24,146. It’s pretty amazing! January is strong too with 633 donors already. […] -
Edge ISO available for Linux Mint 21.3
This is a quick announcement to let you know an “Edge” ISO image is now available for Linux Mint 21.3. This image is made for people whose hardware is too new to boot the 5.15 LTS kernel included in Linux Mint 21.x. It ships with kernel 6.5 instead. For information on Edge ISO images visit […] -
How to upgrade to Linux Mint 21.3
It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 21, 21.1 and 21.2 to version 21.3. 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 […] -
Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” released!
The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia”. Linux Mint 21.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. 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 […] -
Monthly News – December 2023
Happy New Year! Many thanks for your support and for your donations. We received $10191 in November and $24146 in December. The number of donors was also quite impressive: 383 in November and 751 in December! I’d like to thank you all for this and what it means to us. It doesn’t just help us […] -
Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” – BETA Release
This is the BETA release for Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia”. Linux Mint 21.3 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. 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 […] -
Monthly News – November 2023
Many thanks for your donations and for your support! I’ll be brief today because we’re a little bit late in our schedule. The holiday season is coming and so is Linux Mint 21.3. Linux Mint 21.3 The ISO images for Linux Mint 21.3 are currently in QA. We’re almost done with the testing. We’re expecting […]