Monthly News – June 2024
Quoting: Monthly News – June 2024 – The Linux Mint Blog —
Many thanks for your donations and for your support.
I’d like to welcome and thank our new sponsor: IPv6rs. They specialize in self hosting solutions and make it easy to host a server from anywhere, at home, on the go, on your own computers. Many thanks to them for supporting our project!
Many thanks also to all the people who are participating in the BETA phase for Linux Mint 22. We received 109 bug reports so far, 53 are still open.
I’ll be very brief with the news this month because the BETA is taking all our time.
Linux Mint 22 looks like a solid base for the future, but there are many bugs in this BETA. Some of the issues are important (apparmor security changes leading to application crashes, HW acceleration playback libs making Xorg crash, Flatpak/mintinstall issues…etc.) so we’re really happy to get this feedback before the stable release. We’re fixing them bit by bit and sending updates as we go along. It’s exciting, the release gets better every day, but it takes time.
It’s hard to give a precise ETA for the Stable release. We will release this month, but this BETA phase will take longer than the traditional 2 weeks.
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Linux Mint 22 Beta Phase Extended
As the Linux community eagerly anticipates the release of Linux Mint 22 “Wilma,” the development team provided a brief update in their June 2024 monthly newsletter, shedding light on the current situation of how the development is progressing.
However, the road to the final release is paved with challenges, including many bug reports that need addressing. The team has received 109 bug reports, with 53 still open.
Key issues include modifications to ‘apparmor’ security settings causing application crashes, problems with hardware acceleration libraries that lead to crashes in the Xorg display server, and glitches in the Flatpak application installation process.
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Linux Mint 22 faces uncertain July release as critical bugs threaten stability
According to a new blog post, Linux Mint 22 is set to release this month, although the exact date remains uncertain. The BETA phase has been extended due to the need to address numerous critical bugs. So far, 109 bug reports have been submitted, with 53 still unresolved.
The development team has been working on issues such as AppArmor security changes causing application crashes, hardware acceleration playback libraries leading to Xorg crashes, and problems with Flatpak and Mintinstall.
Regular updates are being rolled out as the team fixes these bugs, gradually enhancing the stability of Linux Mint 22. While the traditional two-week BETA phase has been extended, the team is confident in releasing a stable version within July.
Neowin:
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Linux Mint 22 Stable release may take more than two weeks, project lead warns - Neowin
One of the notable things about the Linux Mint 22 Beta release this year was how long it took to get released, it seems that was likely down to changes made in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, which it is based on. Now, the lead of Linux Mint, Clement Lefebvre, has said that the Stable release will occur in July but might take longer than the usual 2 weeks.
In a statement, he said thanks to the people helping out during the Beta phase and said that 109 bug reports had been submitted as of Sunday and that 53 of those have not yet been resolved.
He said that Linux Mint 22 is looking like a solid base for the future but that there are still many bugs to fix. There are bugs related to AppArmor security changes leading to application crashes, there are hardware acceleration playback libraries making Xorg crash, and there are issues with Flatpaks and Mint Install.
Lefebvre said that updates will be sent out to Beta users bit by bit as more bugs are fixed so users should notice their devices becoming more and more stable over time if they apply these updates. All of the effort that is going into Mint now will be worth it because it's going to be supported until 2029 - in the grand scheme of things, what are a few extra weeks?
OSTechNix:
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Linux Mint 22 Wilma Stable Will Be Released This Month
The BETA phase for Linux Mint 22 has been busy. The Linux Mint team released the beta version of "Wilma" on July 1, 2024. This release has sparked significant community engagement, with users actively participating in the testing phase.
"Linux Mint 22 looks like a solid base for the future, but there are many bugs in this BETA," Clement noted. Lefebvre reported that they've received 109 bug reports, with 53 still open as of the latest update.
Some significant issues include apparmor security changes causing application crashes, hardware acceleration playback libraries crashing Xorg, and problems with Flatpak and mintinstall.