The Linux Mint crew has simply introduced the provision of Linux Mint 22 “Wilma”, along the legit unlock notes. While it has simply been introduced, some customers downloaded it a couple of days early whilst it was once nonetheless propagating out to Linux Mint’s intensive checklist of mirrors.

The headline characteristic within the unlock notes is healthier language improve. When you put in Linux Mint 22 now, most effective the languages you selected, and English, will stay on the finish of the set up, saving you an important quantity of area. You would possibly not have learned it, however this was once now not optimized in older variations.

While we’re at the subject of languages, the set up media now comprises English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, and Italian for offline installations. Other languages would require that you’ve an web connection.

In phrases of recent era, here is what’s related to this model:

• Linux Mint 22 ships with fashionable elements and the brand new Ubuntu 24.04 bundle base.
• To ensure higher compatibility with fashionable {hardware}, the kernel is model 6.8 and Linux Mint 22.x level releases will observe the HWE sequence.
• The default sound server switched to Pipewire.
• The Software Sources won improve for the brand new Debian DEB822 layout.
• Themes have been up to date to improve GTK4.
• JXL improve was once added to Pix and a brand new thumbnailer was once carried out for it.
• All tool the usage of libsoup2 was once migrated to libsoup3.
• HiDPI improve enhancements have been made within the boot series, in Plymouth and Slick-Greeter.

Another great growth in Linux Mint 22 is the paintings that has long past into the mintinstall Software Manager. It now rather a lot sooner than ahead of with the primary window showing in an instant. It additionally comprises progressed multi-threading, a brand new personal tastes web page, and a banner slideshow.

We’ve spoken about it prior to now however the brand new Software Manager now disables unverified Flatpaks by way of default to enhance the protection of your machine and verified Flatpaks now display their maintainer title for additonal agree with. If you permit unverified Flatpaks, they are going to be obviously marked.

Finally, Linux Mint 22 comes with the Cinnamon 6.2 desktop. Here’s what is new:

• Less printer added notifications (silenced for two hours)
• Wayland improve: Clutter polkit agent
• Spices: keybindings improve
• Better avatar improve in polkit agent and consumer applet
• Workspace switcher: heart click on gets rid of the workspace being hovered
• Keybindings: talent to look by way of binding
• Cornerbar applet: shift+click on motion added
• Applets: progressed precision in reporting VPN and battery states

If you might be operating the Linux Mint 22 Beta, you do not wish to do an improve to leap to Stable, simply open the Update Manager and practice to be had updates. If you are on Linux Mint 21.3, improve directions can be issued within the coming days, although, if it is the rest like earlier releases you can get an replace to the Update Manager after which an improve choice can be to be had from inside the Update Manager’s menus.

If you need to put in Linux Mint 22 as a blank set up you then simply wish to take hold of your favourite version from the downloads web page. You can choose from Cinnamon, Xfce, and Mate.