Linux Mint 22 will include a Matrix web client preinstalled when released later this year. The IRC-based desktop chat app Linux Mint has been building, Jargonaut, to replace Hexchat and provide real-time communication for its users, will no longer be included (the status of any future development uncertain). Why the change? “Jargonaut […] works well and does exactly what we want. Its implementation was relatively easy and I’d say it’s now 75% complete,” Linux Mint lead Clément Lefèbvre says. But he adds that “feedback about Matrix” led to the team testing it, liking it, and deciding to switch. As such, […]

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A slew of modernisation are set to ship in next version of Linux Mint, which will be based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. First up, Linux Mint 22 will switch to using Pipewire as its default sound server. Most major Linux distros now use Pipewire. The tech modernises and standardises multimedia processing, is more resource efficient, improves integration between app and hardware, and works with software made for other audio sound systems, e.g., PulseAudio, ALSA, etc. Another significant change on the way involves more timely Linux kernel updates. The current Linux Mint 21.x series is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and […]

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A new IRC client (but don’t call it an IRC client) is being developed by Linux Mint. The Ubuntu-based distro currently includes Hexchat in its default software set. IRC isn’t as trendy as Discord or Telegram but it is a free, open standard that no single entity controls, is relatively low-bandwidth, interoperable, and efficient. But as I reported in February: Hexchat is no more. Hexchat quitting the chat leaves —I so badly want to type leafs there— Linux Mint with a dilemma and an opportunity. The dilemma being: “should we continue shipping an IRC client, and what role does it […]

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Linux Mint developers have shared a couple of tidbits about the next major release, which is expected to debut in early summer. First up, the codename: Linux Mint 22 will be called ‘Wilma’. Not a huge surprise; all of the Linux Mint 21.x series codenames began with the letter ‘V’ so a progression to ‘W’ was expected. There are plenty of women’s names beginning with W for Mint to use in point releases, including Wendy, Winona, Wanda, Winnie, and Winifred. Linux Mint 22 is based on Ubuntu 24.04 (as expected). Although that foundation is inn’t dialled in (not due for […]

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Linux Mint developers have announced the release of the Linux Mint 21.3 Edge ISO, which is powered by Linux kernel 6.5. The standard Linux Mint 21.3 release that arrived a few weeks back uses the Linux 5.15 LTS kernel by default. That kernel version is solid, stable, and actively supported. But it might not boot on newer hardware (i.e. released after November 2021, when Linux 5.15 was released). While the Linux 5.15 LTS kernel is still actively supported with critical bug fixes and security patches new hardware support is not back-ported to it. For such situations, the Linux Mint Edge ISO is […]

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