Linux Mint 21 is now available – Ghacks
The Linux Mint team has released a new version of the popular Linux distribution to the public. Linux Mint 21, codename Vanessa, is now available.
The Ubuntu-based Linux distribution comes in the flavors Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce.
Linux Mint 21 follows Linux Mint 20, which was released in June 2020. The team released three Linux Mint 20 point releases, the last, Linux Mint 20.3, in January 2022.
The new Linux Mint release includes ne features, updated software and refinements. ISO images are already available for download and upgrade instructions will follow in the near future.
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Linux Mint 21 includes many changes and improvements. Here is an overview of the important changes:
Linux Mint Cinnamon’s window manager Muffin is now based on Mutter 3.36. The development team plans to ensure that Muffin and Mutter codebases remain “as close as possible” in the future.
The display configuration is now available in Muffin, and no longer handled by csd-xrandr. The new release streamlines themes as well. In the new release, all windows are rendered with the GTK theme. Previously, it was possible that certain parts of the window were rendered using the Metacity theme.
In Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon, Metacity themes are no longer used.
All windows benefit from GTK antialiasing now, which should make “rounded corners look crispier”. Linux Mint Cinnamon users may also notice that window animations have improved. The team notes that it is no longer possible to “tune animations and make your own”, but there is an option to change the global speed of animations.
Now You: what is your take on the new release? Do you plan to run it?
You wrought “The new Linux Mint release includes ne features,”
Should that maybe be – The new Linux Mint release includes new features?
Great article. Loving Linux Mint.
I have run Mint (Cinnamon) on my main computer since version 19.1. I keep 2 hard drives with Windows 7 on them, mainly for previously purchased software I still use on occasion. I very much appreciate what the mint team has done and will upgrade this machine to v.21 when they publish an upgrade path. I have already downloaded an ISO of the XFCE edition to play with on another machine.
Don’t forget to support what you use when finances allow. (Yes Mr. B, you’re due as well; I’ve not forgotten) 🙂
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