The Liberation of the new version of the new version of the popular Linux distribution, “Linux Mint 21 Vanessa”, which changed the base package to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
The distribution is fully compatible with Ubuntu, but differs significantly in the approach to organizing the user interface and the selection of applications that are used by default. The Linux Mint developers provide a desktop environment that follows the classical canons of desktop organization, which is more familiar to users who do not accept the new interface creation methods of GNOME 3.
Main news of Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
In this new version of Linux Mint 21 Vanessa is presented, it is highlighted that a new version of the Cinnamon 5.4 desktop environment is included, along with which Muffin is also featured which has been ported to the new Metacity 3.36 window manager code base developed by the GNOME project.
All operations of window rendering is now done using the GTK theme, and the use of the Metacity theme has been discontinued (previously, depending on whether or not the address bar area was used in the application, different engines were used). all windows also use smoothing provided by GTK (all windows now have rounded corners), plus the window animation has been improved and the ability to adjust the animation has been removed, but the default animation now looks better and you can adjust the overall speed of the animation .
Another change that occurs is that added the ability to display additional actions when running applications in the main menu (for example, opening incognito mode in a browser or writing a new message in an email client).
To set up Bluetooth connections, instead of Blueberry, it is proposed a plugin for GNOME Bluetooth, a Blueman-based interface, a GTK application that uses the Bluez stack.
Added a new app xapp-thumbnailers to generate thumbnails for various types of content. Compared to previous versions, xapp-thumbnailers provides thumbnail generation for AppImage, ePub, MP3 (album), Webp and RAW image formats.
The extended features of the note-taking app (Sticky Notes), besides that added the ability to duplicate notes. When using different colors for new notes, the colors are now not selected randomly, but rather through a cyclic search to eliminate repetitions.
Implemented a system for monitoring the launch of background processes, displaying a special indicator in the system tray during the execution of the automated job that can negatively affect performance. For example, with the help of a new indicator, the user is informed about the background download and installation of updates or the creation of snapshots in the file system.
Timeshift has been moved to the X-Apps platform, designed to create portions of the system state with the possibility of its subsequent restoration.
Of the most changes that stand out from this new version:
- Support for the Webp format has been added to the Xviewer image viewer. Improved directory browsing. By holding down the cursor keys, the images are displayed in the form of a slide show, with a sufficient delay to see each image.
- The Warpinator utility, designed for exchanging encrypted files between two computers on a local network, now offers links to alternative mechanisms for Windows, Android, and iOS if no sharing devices are found.
- Improved the user interface of the Thingy program, designed to rename files in batch mode.
- Added browser support and additional options to the Web Application Manager (WebApp).
Download and try Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
For those who are interested in being able to test this new version, you should know that the generated builds are based on MATE 1.26 (2 GB), Cinnamon 5.4 (2 GB), and Xfce 4.16 (2 GB). Linux Mint 21 is classified as a Long Term Support (LTS) release, with updates until 2027.
The link of download is this.
It is a great distribution, reliable, fast and secure, a little reviled by the usual puritans, but what has been said, great distribution.