The popular Linux Mint distro is out of the BETA testing, so it is possible to upgrade your computer to version 19.2 of the OS. Here are some details.
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Linux Mint 19.2 Beta Released, You Can Now Download ISOs
The team behind the popular Linux Mint distro is releasing ISO images for the version Linux Mint 19.2 BETA. The user can download Cinnamon, MATE, and XFCE editions to try out Mint 19.2 "Tina".
Linux Kernel 5.2 is Out with Case Insensitive Ext4 Option
Usually I do not cover Linux kernels releases here, but version 5.2 is something special. Besides various performance improvements, new drivers and APIs, it is the first version of the kernel to feature a case insensitive Ext4 file system option.
Linux Mint 19.2 Will Bring Improvements to Cinnamon and Nemo
Cinnamon is Linux Mint's flagship desktop environment. Started as a Gnome 3 fork, now it is fully independent. Cinnamon brings modern technologies to the Linux desktop while retains the classic desktop paradigm with the taskbar, the app menu, and traditional window management. In addition to the new features revealed with the GitHub release of Cinnamon 4.2, there are a number of other improvements made to this DE and its primary file manager, Nemo.
Linux Mint 20+ won’t support 32-bit systems
Following the similar decision made by Canonical, the Linux Mint project will drop support for the 32-bit architecture. The change will affect Linux Mint 20 and above, which will be based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Cinnamon 4.2 Desktop Environment is out
Cinnamon is Linux Mint's flagship desktop environment. Started as a Gnome 3 fork, now it is fully independent. Cinnamon brings modern technologies to the Linux desktop while retains the classic desktop paradigm with the taskbar, the app menu, and traditional window management. A new version of Cinnamon DE is available, featuring a number of new features and improvements.
Linux Mint 19.2 Named “Tina”, Will Use Ubuntu 18.04 LTS As Its Base
A few days ago, the code name for the next, upcoming Linux Mint version 19.2 was announced by its developers. Besides the code name, the announcement highlights a number of interesting improvements the OS will receive.
MATE 1.22 released
After about a year of development, a new version of the popular MATE desktop environment for Linux is out. This release contains plenty of critical bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements. Let's see what's new in MATE 1.22.
Here is How to Upgrade to Linux Mint 19.1
A few days ago, Linux Mint 19.1 left the beta stage and became available to the stable branch users. It is now possible to upgrade older Linux Mint releases to version 19.1.
Linux Mint 19.1 is out
The team behind the popular Linux Mint distro is releasing a new version of their software to the stable branch users. You can download Cinnamon, MATE, and XFCE editions to install Mint 19.1 "Tessa". Let's see what it is new in this release.
