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it results in loading directory content faster, especially for directories which contain a
large amount of media �les.
CJS 5.8, the Cinnamon Javascript interpreter, will be rebased on GJS 1.74 and make use
of SpiderMonkey (libmozjs) 102. The current version of cjs uses SpiderMonkey 78.
XDG Desktop Portal implementations are being written for Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce.
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This will provide better compatibility between desktop environments and non-native
applications such as �atpaks or libAdwaita apps (though these are usually written only
for GNOME anyway). Among other things this will make it possible for these apps to take
screenshots or to support dark-mode.
Warpinator
Warpinator is designed to let people see each other and share �les on the local network
as easily as possible and without setup. Although access to the local network itself
should be monitored/restricted in the �rst place, once you’re connected to it, you can see
and interact with other Warpinator instances.
The SUSE security team recently performed a review of the codebase and highlighted
some concerns. Discussions followed and decisions were taken to harden the security in
Warpinator.
Security bugs (CVE-2022-42725) were �xed to prevent �les potentially being written
outside of the download directory in the case of a malicious remote copy of Warpinator.
Setting a group code became a requirement for the application to remain open
inde�nitely or to be started automatically after login. Only computers which share the
same group code see each other and their communication is encrypted. This was done
to prevent a malicious copy of Warpinator from pretending to be someone else on the
network and initiate transfers, especially in cases where the target’s instance is set to
automatically accept incoming requests.
People who want to casually share �les now and then would communicate �rst, agree on
timing and what’s being shared. They’d launch their instances around the same time and
expect what they agreed on. In this scenario the lack of setup requirement is key and
there is no signi�cant need for a group code.
In preparation for future potential bugs or security issues, changes are currently being
implemented to completely isolate Warpinator from the �lesystem and make it
technically unable to write anywhere other than in the incoming folder.
Warpinator is used in many different ways and in different environments. Whether it’s in
an o�ce with a secure network and a multitude of computers which trust each others
and are constantly open to transfers… or on a public Wi� between two friends’ laptops, or
even as we recently mentioned just you sending �les to yourself from/to a smartphone, a
steam deck or another box. We want Warpinator to work for everyone, to be as secure as
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auto-accepting requests etc..), and to require no con�guration in use cases where users
themselves communicate �rst and don’t rely on the network to trust each others.
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Just to say thank you for your ongoing effort to make Mint better and
better. I believe everyone will welcome the changes you announce in
this blog post
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Hi Clem,
Also there was some discussion to improve the folder icons after last
release (speci�cally regarding the ribbon), any hope to see some
progress on this ?
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article title is clicked again.
Thank you for your time & help, appreciate you’re not able to reply to
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– https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets
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https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/1963 (https://github.com
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my question is: will the signed secure boot loader paket “shim-signed”
be updated with LM 21.2 work?
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And really I which that the Mint Team would have a serious talk with the
Mozilla about �xing the quality of FF’s Spell Checker to at least include
more technical terms and the names of some of the more prominent
Opensource Software packages and how that’s spelled/written. I really
hate it when Updates to the US English spelling dictionary for FF
overwrite my manual additions there to that default FF spell checking
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