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 NEWS FROM THE MINT TEAM

Monthly News – February 2023

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Many thanks to all of you for your support and your donations.

Linux Mint 21.2

In preparation for Linux Mint 21.2, the changes below were implemented.

Nemo 5.8 will feature multi-threaded thumbnails. Instead of generating each thumbnail
one by one, Nemo will generate multiple thumbnails in parallel. This uses more CPU but
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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possible in environments where it’s setup to be secure (with a group code, autostart,
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.

Server upgrades

We’ve been upgrading some of the servers. This caused a little bit of downtime in the
past few days on the blog and on the forums in particular. We’d like to apologize for the
inconvenience.

Sponsorships:

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:

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A total of $12,770 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 498 donors:

$200, Terry L.
$119 (6th donation), Michael S.
$108, David K.
$100 (7th donation), Jean P. R.
$100 (7th donation), Mike M.
$100 (6th donation), Bruce M.
$100 (5th donation), William C.
$100 (4th donation), DBG
$100 (4th donation), Jerry A.
$100 (4th donation), Konrad W.
$100 (4th donation), Paul C.
$100 (2nd donation), David S.
$100 (2nd donation), Ronald W.
$100, Barry S.
$100, David R.
$86 (5th donation), Jean-luc W.
$86 (2nd donation), Frederic J.
$80 (32nd donation), Wolfgang P.
$80 (9th donation), James L.
$80 (3rd donation), Vincent F.
$75 (9th donation), Jacques P.
$73, J.l.p.w. V.
$72 (29th donation), Ted S.
$65 (8th donation), Ion L. I. aka “Pontxino”
$54 (152th donation), Olli K.
$54 (17th donation), Naoise G.
$54 (15th donation), Bjarne K.
$54 (12th donation), Bernard H.
$54 (11th donation), Hans-Georg Thien
$54 (9th donation), Gabriele Bandini aka “GiBi Gab
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$54 (7th donation), Rasmus A.
$54 (6th donation), C. Lamb aka “Mike”
$54 (6th donation), Markus G.
$54 (6th donation), Volker P.
$54 (4th donation), Thomas R.
$54 (3rd donation), Philippe A.
$54 (3rd donation), Rainer Werner B.
$54 (3rd donation), Ugo J.
$54 (2nd donation), Gerd M.
$54 (2nd donation), Nigel B.
$54 (2nd donation), Oliver R.
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$54 (2nd donation), Rob B.
$54, Andreas D.
$54, Christoph A.
$54, Faj M.
$54, Hubert R.
$54, Ian W.
$54, Ivan .
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$54, Martin L.
$54, Mikael S.
$54, Sebastian L.
$54, Tanja T.
$54, Ulrich D.
$54, Urs K.
$54, Wolfgang S.
$50 (68th donation), Anthony C. aka “ciak”
$50 (10th donation), Todd W.
$50 (8th donation), Nasser Bader aka “VIRUS (http://www.divenetwork.net)“
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$50 (7th donation), Joe K.


$50 (7th donation), Terrence P.
$50 (6th donation), Bogdan P.
$50 (6th donation), Don P.
$50 (6th donation), Douglas Swinhart (http://wccotech.com)
$50 (6th donation), Kyle S.
$50 (6th donation), Marty L.
$50 (5th donation), Al B.
$50 (5th donation), Allen G.
$50 (5th donation), Daniel O.
$50 (5th donation), Michael C.
$50 (5th donation), Susan S.
$50 (4th donation), Dan R.
$50 (4th donation), Herman B.
$50 (4th donation), Ranald C.
$50 (3rd donation), Charles N.
$50 (3rd donation), Jay H.
$50 (3rd donation), Jim W.
$50 (3rd donation), Ludwig R.
$50 (3rd donation), Salomon G.
$50 (2nd donation), Andrew Z.
$50 (2nd donation), Carl B.
$50 (2nd donation), Douglas B.
$50 (2nd donation), Edward S.
$50 (2nd donation), Far West Computer Consulting
$50 (2nd donation), Jan B.
$50 (2nd donation), Leigh B.
$50, Alan W.
$50, Allan O.
$50, Anthony P.
$50, Behzad M.
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$50, Brandon M.
$50, Charles A.
$50, Christopher J
$50, Dylan C.
$50, Gregory F.
$50, Jacob G.
$50, James R.
$50, John B.
$50, Jörn F.
$50, Justin O.
$50, Martin-pierre L.
$50, Patrick C.
$50, Richard N.
$50, Robert F N.
$50, Russell S.
$50, Sam G.
$50, Shane H.
$50, Tanja N.
$48 (4th donation), Randall D.
$43 (7th donation), Jan R.
$43, Brian M.
$40 (6th donation), John B.
$40 (4th donation), PaulC
$40, Andrew P.
$40, Jean L.
$39 (3rd donation),
$39, René Z.
$36 (3rd donation), Ingo S.
$35 (2nd donation), Georges A.
$35, Michael W.
$34, Andrew Morse
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$32 (5th donation), Wolfgang S.
$32 (4th donation), Gerardo A. M.
$32 (4th donation), R. Sch.
$32 (3rd donation), Peter Thornton Tate.
$32 (2nd donation), Jim M.
$32, Goetz S.
$32, Ingo K.
$32, P
$30 (11th donation), Intrinsic (https://forums.linuxmint.com
/memberlist.php?mode=viewpro�le&u=189332)
$30 (2nd donation), Les G.
$29 (5th donation), Olaf Bousche aka “Bushman”
$27 (9th donation), Harald M.
$27 (5th donation), Eugenio B. aka “OdyArt”
$27 (4th donation), Benedikt F.
$27 (4th donation), Ralf S.
$27 (2nd donation), Daniel K.
$27 (2nd donation), Luis R.
$27, Max Constantin K.
$27, Scott F.
$27, Thill S.
$25 (23rd donation), Linux Mint Sverige (https://linuxmint.se/forum)
$25 (10th donation), Andrew Currie (https://www.howardforums.com/content.php
$25 (5th donation), Leroy H.
$25 (5th donation), Thomas N.
$25 (3rd donation), Chuck G.
$25 (2nd donation), John B.
$25, C R W.
$25, Samuel B.
$24, Nigel J.
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$23 (3rd donation), S K.


$22 (32nd donation), Peter E.
$22 (12th donation), Dominique M.
$22 (11th donation), Rene Schwietzke aka “Rene S.
(http://www.yetanotherblog.de/)“
$22 (10th donation), Bernhard M.
$22 (9th donation), Dirk M.
$22 (8th donation), Andreas M.
$22 (7th donation), Jorge R. R.
$22 (7th donation), Keith M.
$22 (7th donation), Lennart J.
$22 (6th donation), George T.
$22 (6th donation), Marco P.
$22 (6th donation), Udo F.
$22 (6th donation), Ulrich H.
$22 (5th donation), Alexander H.
$22 (5th donation), Michael Z.
$22 (4th donation), Cedric B.
$22 (4th donation), Cornelis V.
$22 (4th donation), Cuauhtemoc M.
$22 (4th donation), David M.
$22 (4th donation), Frank B.
$22 (4th donation), Holger B.
$22 (4th donation), Liviu B.
$22 (3rd donation), Edelbert L.
$22 (3rd donation), Eduard K.
$22 (3rd donation), Fabiano C.
$22 (3rd donation), Jean-pierre G.
$22 (3rd donation), Jörg-michael S.
$22 (3rd donation), Norman E.
$22 (3rd donation), Rolf-jürgen G.
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$22 (2nd donation), Chris B.


$22 (2nd donation), Igor D.
$22 (2nd donation), Michael S.
$22 (2nd donation), Milan Š.
$22 (2nd donation), Walter H.
$22 (2nd donation), Walter T.
$22, Adriano C.
$22, Alistair Y.
$22, Amh D.
$22, André K.
$22, Antoni Aloy Torrens (https://antonialoytorrens.com)
$22, Bernd B.
$22, Frank P.
$22, Fred P.
$22, Gerard B.
$22, Glenn F.
$22, Harff-dieter S.
$22, Heidi U.
$22, Jean M.
$22, Jewgeni S. (https://imslp.org/wiki/user:jsmus555)
$22, Johann D.
$22, John C.
$22, Joni J.
$22, Kris K.
$22, Lucio F.
$22, Ludwig K.
$22, Lukas L.
$22, Lukas P.
$22, Markus W.
$22, Martin M.
$22, Michal H.
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$22, Michel G.
$22, Olga R.
$22, P G.
$22, Pierre M.
$22, Raul A.
$22, Sophie K.
$22, Stephan T.
$22, Victor V.
$21 (2nd donation), Philip
$20 (53th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (19th donation), George H.
$20 (19th donation), SecureRandom (https://odysee.com/@securerandom:1)
$20 (14th donation), Aimee W.
$20 (12th donation), Carl K.
$20 (12th donation), Frank H.
$20 (8th donation), Bruce N.
$20 (8th donation), Daniel V. M.
$20 (7th donation), Thomas C.
$20 (6th donation), Peter L. aka “Pedro (https://luck-cbs.ch/)“
$20 (5th donation), Divoto
$20 (5th donation), Lynn H.
$20 (5th donation), Stacey B.
$20 (5th donation), Wladyslaw T.
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$20 (4th donation), Barry D.
$20 (4th donation), Diane K.
$20 (3rd donation), Allyn G.
$20 (3rd donation), Brandon H.
$20 (3rd donation), Don V.
$20 (3rd donation), Donald S.
$20 (3rd donation), Gary B.
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$20 (3rd donation), Ierotheos K.


$20 (3rd donation), Peter B.
$20 (3rd donation), Simon B. (https://news.comandantetchao.net/wp/)
$20 (3rd donation), Somner S.
$20 (2nd donation), IBS Corporation
$20 (2nd donation), Alan W.
$20 (2nd donation), Chamnong N.
$20 (2nd donation), Christopher H.
$20 (2nd donation), Garry D.
$20 (2nd donation), Gary T.
$20 (2nd donation), James G.
$20 (2nd donation), James S.
$20 (2nd donation), K.B.
$20 (2nd donation), Krzysztof K.
$20 (2nd donation), Mark E.
$20 (2nd donation), Mr Christopher J W.
$20 (2nd donation), René S.
$20, Andras Papai aka “Bitfarago”
$20, Brian S.
$20, Charles D.
$20, Charles W.
$20, Daniel L.
$20, Daniel R.
$20, Detlef B.
$20, Douglas B.
$20, Elwood H. aka “kenetics (http://linuxinternationals.org)“
$20, Gavin L. (https://blog.gavs.space)
$20, Gordon L.
$20, James H.
$20, Jose G.
$20, Joseph H.
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$20, Justin D.
$20, Kareem P.
$20, Kurt B.
$20, Lawrence M.
$20, Luke M.
$20, Maria S.
$20, Mark B.
$20, Martin M.
$20, Ravindu W.
$20, Richard F.
$20, Rimon K.
$20, Romeo C.
$20, Thomas B.
$18, Imre N.
$16 (78th donation), Johann J.
$16 (7th donation), Karlheinz R.
$16 (4th donation), Elias B.
$16 (2nd donation), Timothy H.
$16, Angel Luis V.
$16, Peter V.
$15 (14th donation), Bruce M.
$14 (45th donation), Paul O.
$13 (48th donation), Michael R.
$13 (2nd donation), Michael F.
$12 (4th donation), Michael W.
$11 (43th donation), Francois-R L.
$11 (34th donation), Thomas R.
$11 (33rd donation), Daniel S.
$11 (17th donation), Slobodan Vrkacevic (http://www.wrka.net/)
$11 (15th donation), Marc V. K.
$11 (11th donation), JCSenar – linuxirun.com (http://www.linuxirun.com)
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(http://ironwolves.exeldro.com/)“
$11 (10th donation), Tugaleres.com (https://tugaleres.com/)
$11 (8th donation), Denys G.
$11 (8th donation), Jean C. A.
$11 (8th donation), Robert W.
$11 (7th donation), Ivan Stamenov (https://www.otizvora.com/)
$11 (6th donation), J. D. .
$11 (5th donation), Axel P. aka “Lukess “
$11 (4th donation), Adam G.
$11 (4th donation), Alexander P.
$11 (4th donation), Axel R.
$11 (4th donation), Mario I.
$11 (4th donation), Michael T.
$11 (4th donation), Van G. H. aka “HarryT140E”
$11 (3rd donation), Amazias O.
$11 (3rd donation), Andreas D.
$11 (3rd donation), Christof Heckmann
$11 (3rd donation), David H.
$11 (3rd donation), Jens M.
$11 (3rd donation), Manel M.
$11 (3rd donation), Panagiotis S.
$11 (2nd donation), Bernd K.
$11 (2nd donation), Cezar B.
$11 (2nd donation), Dennis J.
$11 (2nd donation), Gunter D.
$11 (2nd donation), HP. Roos
$11 (2nd donation), Iker L.
$11 (2nd donation), Ja P.
$11 (2nd donation), Jose F.
$11 (2nd donation), Klaus-dieter W.
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$11 (2nd donation), Marc


$11 (2nd donation), Massimo C.
$11 (2nd donation), Maurizio S. aka “s3gatto”
$11 (2nd donation), Paulo P.
$11 (2nd donation), Peter L.
$11 (2nd donation), Rainer N.
$11 (2nd donation), Richard D. aka “.initrd (https://discord.gg/mint)“
$11 (2nd donation), Ronald S.
$11 (2nd donation), Waldemar P. aka “valldek”
$11, Alessandro D.
$11, Carsten K.
$11, Claudio C.
$11, David K.
$11, Detlev R.
$11, Eberhard G.
$11, Eduardo R.
$11, Elizabeth M.
$11, Giordano A.
$11, Giulio R.
$11, Jean-françois A.
$11, John D.
$11, Karl L.
$11, Marcello M.
$11, Marco C.
$11, Mateusz S.
$11, Matu Teodor aka “Teo”
$11, Mauro S.
$11, Max P.
$11, Michele I.
$11, Nicolas F.
$11, Oliver R.
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$11, Pavel J.
$11, Peter V.
$11, Philippe D.
$11, Philippe P.
$11, Quentin A.
$11, Rene G.
$11, Renzo R.
$11, Roland F. aka “ro�belm”
$11, Sean Y.
$11, Steffen K.
$10 (82th donation), Thomas C.
$10 (76th donation), Frank K.
$10 (59th donation), Rick R.
$10 (43th donation), Hristo Gatsinski
$10 (29th donation), Philip Woodward
$10 (25th donation), Tomasz K.
$10 (14th donation), Harold R.
$10 (12th donation), Jorge R.
$10 (12th donation), Kenton B.
$10 (11th donation), Terry B.
$10 (10th donation), Kitchen Renovations Kelowna
(https://www.homerenoskelowna.ca/kitchen-renovation)
$10 (10th donation), William M.
$10 (9th donation), multi brand fashion store (https://chicchic.ro/)
$10 (8th donation), Ian C.
$10 (8th donation), Neil B.
$10 (6th donation), Bobcam Computer Solutions aka “Rob
(http://www.bobcam.co.uk)“
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$10 (5th donation), Paweł K.
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$10 (5th donation), Thevirtua


$10 (4th donation), Alfredo O.
$10 (4th donation), Erland Ö.
$10 (4th donation), Luke B.
$10 (4th donation), Peter Vangsgaard aka “pvangsgaard
(https://www.pvangsgaard.com)“
$10 (3rd donation), Corey J.
$10 (3rd donation), Jan P. (https://www.jan-prasil.cz)
$10 (3rd donation), John A.
$10 (3rd donation), platypus products
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$10, Gordon M.
$10, Grace Faith Jack (http://gracefaith.com)
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$10, Kyle K.
$10, Local Construction Fayetteville
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Jeremy Boden
Is it planned to upgrade LMDE5 at the same time as Mint21.2?

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Clem (https://www.linuxmint.com)
Not at the same time, but usually shortly after. While
we go through BETA we’re still identifying bugs. After
we reach STABLE we work on upgrades and porting to
LMDE.

February 28, 2023 at 2:27 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-351717


Nich
Will the folders be blue or standard yellow?

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BRUNO FANTINATTI
You can change the icon theme in order to have the
folders
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color mark is just the default.

February 28, 2023 at 2:29 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-351718


Bruno Miranda
@Clem,
While I was looking for the EOL of my Min20.3, I’ve stumbled on this
that seems to be written by you:
https://endo�ife.software/operating-systems/linux/linux-mint
(https://endo�ife.software/operating-systems/linux/linux-mint)
Just to let you know that the info is outdated, neither Mint 20.3 nor
specially Mint 21.x are mentioned there, and you might want to update it
when you have the chance. Salutes!

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Clem (https://www.linuxmint.com)
Hi Bruno,

We do not maintain this website.

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Mike S
Hi, to see the end of life dates of all currently
supported Linux Mint releases use only the Linux Mint
website. If you open https://www.linuxmint.com
/download_all.php (https://www.linuxmint.com
/download_all.php) it will tell you the end dates in the
right hand column of the table.

February 28, 2023 at 2:43 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-351720


Bruno Miranda
@Clem,
One thing that has been messing with my mind for a long time now is
the GUIs look&feel integrity, specially theming.
I’ve noticed that there are some applications that just disregard your
personal theme. I’ve �nally seem to have found a pattern: they are the
gnome-disk-utility, the gnome-calculator, gnome-bluetooth, gnome-font-
viewer, gnome-logs, gnome-screenshot… Well, you should have gotten
the gnome-pattern by now.
Why is this, is it the “regular incompatible” Gnome way of braking
anything that is not Gnome or done their way?
Is there any incompatibility between Gnome and Cinnamon and MATE
(haven’t tried Xfce)?
How easy or hard would it be for the Mint Team to �x this?
Cheers in memoriam of Gnome 2.

PS – I’m happy to see progress towards Mint 21.2. Could that be The
One?

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ech0plex88
You’re correct, this is the libadwaita effect in action
across GNOME’s apps. In my case, I use Debian +
Cinnamon, and replace all the GNOME apps with their
MATE/GNOME 2 equivalents. MATE-calculator, MATE-
terminal, gparted, MATE-system-monitor, etc.

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JosephM
Not a single app shipped with Linux Mint uses
libadwaita. So that’s just false. I’m not sure what’s
meant by “disregard theming”. I can’t think of a single
default app shipped with Mint that doesn’t theme
correctly. The only difference is some apps use
headerbars and others do not. The one’s that use
headerbar’s won’t use your titlebar speci�c theming if
you are using Mate or XFCE. But that’s because they
don’t actually have a titlebar. They still use your GTK
theme though. And these apps aren’t limited to Gnome
apps. Several of Mint’s own apps are the same.

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Chris
Is there a version of Warpinator that works with Debian(not LMDE)? I
am trying to run the program, but I get a prompt “cannot import name
‘cygrpc’ from ‘grpc._cython'”. Missing dependencies?

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February 28, 2023 at 3:32 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-351725


Clem (https://www.linuxmint.com)
Hi Chris,

Any version should work in Debian (or any Linux


distribution really). Are you compiling this yourself? If
so try to bundle GRPC: https://github.com/linuxmint
/warpinator/blob/master/meson_options.txt#L17
(https://github.com/linuxmint/warpinator/blob/master
/meson_options.txt#L17).

February 28, 2023 at 4:25 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-351726


Chris
Ok, the deb package from the repo(sitory) works
smoothly.

Thanks Clem

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jordan
there’s the �atpak version

February 28, 2023 at 5:54 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-351731


Seba
First, thank you for continuing with the commitment to make LM even
better.
Clem, would it be possible for LM 21.2 to implement a scroll bar in
Themes [Applications/Icons/Desktop] instead of those up and down
buttons?. Having more elements makes it look more messy, which can
complicate �nding the desired elements.
P.S. Please consider the ‘Tela’ icon theme [by github user ‘vinceliuice’],
it’s one of the most complete.

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Luke
Slider is better than what we have now, but with so
many themes installed by default I suggest that the
‘themes/ icons’ menu shows only the theme/ icon
types in the default color. Color variants can appear if
the user clicks the theme/ icon type, and then he can
make a more granular choice. I’m not sure if I’m clear.

February 28, 2023 at 9:49 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-351823


Greg
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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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James
Clem, Will be getting VLC 3.0.18 in 21.2? It is there in LMDE5. I ask
because I cannot cast to my Android TV using VLC from 21.1 but can
from LMDE5.

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Clem (https://www.linuxmint.com)
Hi James,

Try the �atpak, it’s 3.0.18.

March 1, 2023 at 4:52 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-352044


jordan
no, since ubuntu isn’t getting vlc 3.0.18 in lts, however
you can install it yourself from a third party PPA or by
using �atpak

March 2, 2023 at 4:27 am (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-352188


James
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Thanks Clem – Works a charm!

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loane
any news about write caching on external storage? been asking this
since few years back…

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jordan
in the next release, can you make it so that when someone turns on the
screen reader in the mate version that the log in screen be accessible
and feature the settings from the live system, I’ve seen other linux
distributions do this and its really cool

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InfoLibre (https://infolib.re)
Will you update Memtest86+ on GRUB ?
https://memtest.org (https://memtest.org)

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Blue
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Hi Clem,

Will the icon theme be updated in the next version ?


Now that the folder icons have been updated, the app icons are starting
to feel a bit dated.
I’d gladly use the included Papirus theme, but its folder color don’t
match the Mint-Y themes !

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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SomeDudeInAZ
Thanks for everything you folks are doing. Looks great.

I don’t suppose that �nding a way for us to sort the applications in the
“Software Manager” is anywhere on the to-do list is it?

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David
Hi Clem,

– Blog Re�nements

1. How do you feel about blog.linuxmint.com just showing an overview


(header and �rst few lines) for each entry, full content once clicked?

Currently, when navigating from linuxmint.com to the blog it can be a bit


confusing, thinking one is viewing the whole blog entry, only to �nd
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comments are hidden because its actually an overview, until the same
article title is clicked again.

Above change may also simplify navigating older postings while


searching for a speci�c date/entry.

2. Improved clarity, is it possible to move the comments reply button so


always appears below the last comment posted (in a nested group),
rather remaining just below the �rst comment? This one seems to catch
may out, since observe replies posted in the wrong locations.

Thank you for your time & help, appreciate you’re not able to reply to
every post but know you read the comments.

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David
Should read…
**…”This one seems to catch many out”…

March 1, 2023 at 9:15 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-352076


eD
Hello,

I would like to ask a support question<, I have asked question previously


on forum, but no one could help.
I have no problems with Linux mint versions 20.3 & earlier. Something
seems to have changed in later versions
where thew USB will not boot Linux Mint & I get cannot �nd Grub
platform errors or a similar Grub msg & it just hangs. I have tried
multiple USB sticks & multiple computers with same results. Both of my
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computers are Phenom II X4s uprocessors and Asus motherboards,


one is a Cross�re 2, other mother is a M2N32 Deluxe. I use the USB
stick writer application to create the bootable Linux Mint after
veri�cation. Please help someone TY.

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Jeremy Boden
Could you check your download?
https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io
/en/latest/ (https://linuxmint-installation-
guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)

March 2, 2023 at 10:29 am (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-352247


Liam Proven (http://about.me
/liamproven)
Try Ventoy. It’s much easier for making bootable USB
keys: format the stick with Ventoy, then just copy ISO
�les onto it. As many as you want.

Just Googl “ventoy”.

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Mercury Thirteen
Try making sure the boot mode in your BIOS is set to
EFI/UEFI and not legacy. That �xed a similar issue for
me which I encountered during my migration from
normal Mint to LMDE.

March 2, 2023 at 9:25 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-352302


Beordre
Folders open in Icon View is there as way to make them inherit the
same ordering as was chosen for List View so they show up ordered as
is currently selected/sorted in List View? And Ditto for Compact View.

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Loufute
Yep, go to Edit > Preferences. In View, you can choose
how new folders should display, and you can tick the
box to keep parent’s view as well !

March 4, 2023 at 9:58 am (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-352549


Lars Kristian Larsen
Hi LM Team
I use Hypnotix a lot, nearly every day. I would love to have the cursor
hide automatically when in full screen mode. Is this a possibility?
Thanks a lot for all your work and ideas.
Regards Lars.
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rickNS
Just a comment on the warpinator program. I had never used it,
(because I am comfortable with scp, and rsync) until someone recently
asked on Mint forums, about sharing with win10, since I have a win10
drive on one of my thinkpads,(NOT that I need or use it) I thought I’d
give it a try. Frankly I was VERY impressed at just how easy the program
is to use. VERY intuitive as I did not read a word of documentation to
�gure out how it worked. So, Warpinator, though maybe not “my” thing,
IS de�nitely a good program.

Question, these new ‘security’ �xes do not affect it’s easy of use ?

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John Travell
>> new ‘security’ �xes do not affect it’s easy of use ?
Not really, if you are just doing occasional transfers
between your own machines you can use it ‘out of the
box’. Alternatively, if you want to setup automatic
acceptance of transfers from anywhere in your
network, or restricted trust issues anywhere, just add a
common group code to the machines you do trust. See
more in Clem’s writeup above.

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Hi everyone. I apologize if this isn’t the appropriate place to ask this


question. Is there a way to get Night Light on Linux Mint? I’ve been
using L.M. for over a year and am thankful to have it instead of the
alternative, but really want Night Light like other distributions have. I
keep trying others out, but want to stick with L.M.

***I REFUSE to use Redshift. It is extremely user-unfriendly. I couldn’t


get it to work right on two machines. Plus it said something about
requiring location services. No. NO.***

Thanks.

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Gavin
Try the QRedShift applet instead. Works just �ne…

– https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets
/view/313 (https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com
/applets/view/313)

March 5, 2023 at 9:40 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-352629


Mercury Thirteen
Brilliant work as always! Despite being a Linux user for several years
now, Linux Mint remains my favorite distro.

One question, however; would it be possible to set Nemo up to spawn


each new window as a separate process by default, as mentioned in
this feature request?

https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/1963 (https://github.com
/linuxmint/nemo/issues/1963)

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xilo
I run Cinnamon everywhere – my Mint machines and others. I was
embarrassed last night in front of 100 people when the Pix slideshow
would not exit on pressing esc. It just hung the app, Ctrl-F4 and some
other frantic actions eventually go a Force Quit. As Pix is based on
gThumb, I installed the latter and tested it on the same platform. No
problem.
Anyway, I am looking forward to 21.2. I am very impressed by the
current release which brought a fresh experience to what was becoming
a boring series of minor changes (to the user). I realise that under the
hood.. different story.

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Ev
Is there a way to get Night Light on Mint? I want to continue using Mint,
but really want Night Light like other distributions have. I WILL NOT use
Redshift. Not sure why my comment wasn’t published.

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Silviu
21.1 has some issues which weren’t there in the previous release(s).
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1. Display Settings – nice thing this is included in the right-click on the


Desktop, but one can open these settings inde�nitely, which is not right,
only one window should be open. Moreover, when opening Display
Settings, the monitor ID stays on top of everything and I mean
everything. The system doesn’t seem to decide which display is the
default one (which is obviously the laptop display), instead randomly
chooses one (either the laptop display or the external monitor).
2. The ‘Move to the other monitor’ option doesn’t seem to work for Star
Con�ict game when it is launched and I’m trying to move it on the
external monitor. I have to tweak the settings and eventually I’m forced
to choose the external monitor as the default one, and even so, still
shows on the laptop display, then minimize the game again, then
restoring it usually moves to the external monitor or I need to
speci�cally choose ‘Move to the other monitor’.
Moving this game to the other (external) monitor was properly working
on the previous releases (20.X) without tweaking, so it is not a game
issue. It works �ne for browsers, apps or other games like Transport
Fever.
The ‘Reset to Defaults’ button does not set the Built-in display as the
Primary, so there’s not really a default display that the system is
considering (it should be the Built-in Display), instead it kind of
switching between them.

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Robert
Thanks for the good job LM-Team,

my question is: will the signed secure boot loader paket “shim-signed”
be updated with LM 21.2 work?

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Robert
o.k. solved with last updates…

March 10, 2023 at 2:41 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-352950


David.
Would you consider adding Brave Search engine to Mint?

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Felipe
Clem, could you consider adding a System Monitor access to the
taskbar for the next version?. Some applications sometimes hang and
freeze [or even crash] Cinnamon, I would like to have a quick access to
kill processes.

Thanks in advance

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Gavin
Try the Force Quit applet.
– https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets
/view/4 (https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com
/applets/view/4)
Personally I create a custom keyboard shortcut
Super+X and bind it to the command xkill. This will
work similar to the Force Quit applet.

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loare
cant you just pin it on panel/taskbar?

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stan reichardt (http://newlug.sluug.org)
On my local lan I run LM21x MATE with 4 desktops( ethernet ) and
sometimes 2 laptops. When Warpinator works, it just works; but, often it
doesn’t. Freqiemtly, it is a matter of booting two systems within a
minute of each other to get them working. So, I often have resort to
fusefs, rsync, SFTP, Syncthing or a thumbdrive to copy �les. Am wishing
someone will make a man page. My hope is that a man page might give
some additional information that might help me �gure out the irregular
connectivity. Have explored all the built in GUI settings.

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Feem
HI
I started using FEEM after someone on this blog
suggested it a few years ago, before warpinator.
Wapinator was cumbersome at �rst, so I never gone
back to check it out (will do once i notice there are not
many ppl having issues), as Feem works well enough
for me, and can be used on Windows and Android. I
seldom use Android, and don’t have use for Windows
any longer.
I hope this helps you, without in any way disparaging
Warpinator.

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Michael Webster
What version are you using? There was an issue
recently �xed that your di�culty connecting could
potentially be attributed to. 1.4.5 includes the �x for
that.

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Ev
I just discovered XFCE has some sort of color/display pro�le that has a
couple options that act as a blue-light �lter/Night Light, so I am
installing Mint XFCE. It seems to be very fast. I am writing over
KDE/Plasma on one of my PCs; that was way too �ashy! Yuck. All I
wanted was Night Light and had to use that distribution.

*****Please consider adding Night Light to Mint!!!***** Redshift is not


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help online.

*****Please consider adding scaling.***** From what I can see, there is


only one option—200%. 125 and 150 are what I would like for myself
and the elderly family members I recently installed Mint Mate on. (I
think I might put XFCE on that instead, this is much simpler and
snappier!).

I am happy to have found XFCE, I think I will replace my Cinnamon PC


with it also!

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March 15, 2023 at 5:13 am (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-353301


Ev
I discovered the “D50” in the “Color” area is also in
Cinnamon (a sort of blue light �lter). “Scaling” is
available on the newest Cinnamon also—at least on a
newer computer of mine. So looks like everything will
probably be converted to Cinnamon now. Oh my.

March 26, 2023 at 8:14 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-356669


Bernhard
Hi Ev,
There is also QRedshift, which is highly con�gurable
compared to Redshift. You can �nd it in the applets
and cinnamon spices. I just replaced Redshift a few
weeks ago and am very satis�ed, as you can also
reduce the temperature during daytime.
https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets
/view/313 (https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com
/applets/view/313)
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Good luck!

March 27, 2023 at 9:37 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-357466


Ev
Bernhard, thanks for the note. I’ve had the QRedshift
page bookmarked in my browser for over a year now
but don’t think I ever tried to install it. I saw it said
something about downloading a zip �le so never
continued. I just have an interest in computers–I’m
guessing my abilities are pretty low compared to those
here! Whenever I see “zip” I have nightmares of Win95
and never being able to get the �les open as a kid! Ha. I
like to keep my system as “clean” as possible with no
installs from “who knows where”–I imagine this
download is safe, but I’d rather just have “Night Light”
“baked in” to the system from the start. You’ll likely
have thoughts on this. I’d like to reiterate how grateful I
am to have this alternative to MS!

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March 16, 2023 at 11:28 am (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-353477


Frank
Hi, could window management be improved in Cinnamon? The window
which lets the user select the app to open the �le with doesn’t
remember its size after it has been resized. And the default pdf reader
launches in a window of unpredictable dimensions. The start menu
changes its shape slightly when its recent �les section contains
anything…. Improving these little issues would make Cinnamon even
more polished.

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March 16, 2023 at 1:28 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-353479


Robert
Hello Mint team,
as I use LM21.1 Cinnamon on my Fujitsu Lifebook and happily waiting
for LM21.2, my wish would be to have the possibility to set an acoustic
signal in the Power Management Preferences: today, “When battery is
critically low:” “do nothing” or “shut down” I would propose a new
setting: “beep once”.
Thanks to have a look on this suggestion and maybe take it into
account for lucky Linux Mint Laptop/Notebook users.

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March 17, 2023 at 1:12 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-353577


LaggySamz
I’m on Mint 20.3 and my system reports is now offering to upgrade to
Mint 21 so there no complete instructions available for what packages
should get purged on my system before I can upgrade as I have PPAs
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for FF ESR(all of my systems) and latest version InkScape(my 2 newest


systems Mint 20.3/Kernel 5.15). I really may just wait for longer until I
decide to update beyond Mint 20.3 until I can �nd su�cient reasons
online to go beyond Mint 20.3 until 2025. But I am noticing that the
standard InkScape version that’s on my 4 older laptops that are using
Mint 20.3(Kernel 5.4) has become unstable and is crashing every time
that I close InkScape without saving there work.

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
dictionary.

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March 19, 2023 at 11:54 am (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-353710


Giorgos
Which version of xfce will have 21.2

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March 19, 2023 at 4:19 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-353749


Adrian
The XFCE edition will ship with the latest Xfce 4.18.

March 24, 2023 at 12:19 am (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-355243


David
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Hi Adrian (hopefully same one),


Apologies, realised missed replying to your helpful
(last months) “gsettings set org.x.reader page-cache-
size 200” zoom followup reply. Since January blog
entry comments are closed, replying here instead.

Thank you.

March 19, 2023 at 1:43 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-353732


DozCurze
I’ve apparently got 2 variants of the rtl8821cen, rtw88_8821ce WiFi
driver modules loaded on my system and one set is the Out Of Tree
Opensource Driver(That’s now assigned to 0 “Used By”) and one that’s
now the In Tree with the Linux Kernel……………..And the In Tree
rtw88_8821ce driver does not like to maintain internet connectivity very
long while the Out of Tree(DKMS Build) never has such issues there
maintaining connectivity ………………..And I’ll state this that the Network
manager than ships with Cinnamon does not like to inform me when
Connectivity is lost even it’s stating that I’m connected……..But I want to
utilize the Out Of Tree rtw88_8821ce Opensource driver as the In-Tree
rtw88_8821ce driver has the connectivity maintaining issue. And the
Linux WiFi maintainers need to look at the Behavior of the Windows
versions with the Windows version WiFi Network Monitoring software
informing the users with a popup(Above the Trey Icon) if the WiFi that
one is connected to is still connected but that connection is offering
Limited to No Connectivity(Poor or Degraded service) and the windows
WiFi subsystem will actively try to obtain better connectivity while the
Linux/Cinnamon variant will not warn or attempt to get any connectivity
back and one has to experience a web page request not being serviced
on Linux(Mint) before the user must then manually check there and
usually that requires turning the WiFi Slider Off then Back on again to
get that connectivity back!………. And The Driver Manager has no method
to further manage the Out Of Tree Driver/DKMS or have the Out of Tree
WiFi driver chosen as there driver of choice over the In Tree Linux Kernel
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packaged version. The Realtek Curse continues unabated on Linux!

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March 20, 2023 at 5:01 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-354040


dd
I installed today LMDE 5. After update all the folders Mint Y are gone,
except the yellow ones. Is that normal? What to do?

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March 21, 2023 at 8:04 am (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-354267


dd
And Conky Manager is not working in LMDE but is not a problem in LM
21. Please, solve this, if possible. Little things but for some people
could be important. I think that is not too complicated to be solved.

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March 25, 2023 at 3:21 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-355969


Selçuk
Hey Clem, Would you consider releasing a kde plasma version ?

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March 27, 2023 at 11:08 am (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-357192


rebelyın
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Mösyö Clem naber, Mint’in en sevdiğim tarafı Güncelleme Yöneticisi,


Mint KDE Plasma sürümü çıkarsana be hadi be noolur be, Macron’a
selam CcC MİNT REİS CcC

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March 27, 2023 at 12:30 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-357225


jean-claude
I am running Linux Mint 21.1 Cinnamon (5.6.8)
Minimising (click on “-“) PulseEffects window ( �atpack or packet) bugs.
I lost it completely , I have to reboot to open it again
Closing its window (click on “x”) works normally.

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March 28, 2023 at 5:25 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-357773


Krisz
A KDE bismuth like active, automatic tiling window manager add-on
would be gordious on cinnamon desktop, and I also really looking
forward the cinnamon’s wayland support.

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April 3, 2023 at 2:58 pm (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4477#comment-359961


Eddie (http://www.lightraysolutions.com)
Great job team! I want to thank you for LM. I run it on my laptop solely
and do my web design business on it. My question though is what
options are there for better battery life? I installed TDP but it still is a
loss of time. It still is worth switching away from Windows lol.
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WordPress and other web design tools are �awless. I love Cinamon!

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