Linux Mint 22.2 Codenamed “Zara”, LMDE 7 Will be Called “Gigi”

posted by Marius Nestor on May 08, 2025,
updated May 09, 2025

Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” will be based on Canonical’s long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series, just like the Linux Mint 22 series. The Linux Mint project leader also unveiled the codename of the upcoming LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 distribution as “Gigi”.

While Linux Mint 22.2 will pretty much look and feel exactly like Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia”, the team plans to improve the default Mint-Y theme by adding a little bit of blue to “make grey slightly more metallic looking and appear more modern”, according to Clement Lefebvre.

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OMG Ubuntu:

• Linux Mint 22.2 Modernises its Default Theme - OMG! Ubuntu

  Linux Mint 22.2 (due to be released in late July or early August) has been officially named ‘Zara’, so continuing distro lead Clem’s codename convention of choosing female names in (somewhat) alphabetical order for each new version.

  I only say somewhat since Linux Mint 22.1 release was dubbed ‘Xia‘, while Linux Mint 22.2 jumps straight to ‘Zara’.

  Even with my lackadaisical attention to letter ordering, I know a ‘Y’ comes between ‘X’ and ‘Z’. Perhaps Clem had a dodgy date in the past with a Yara, Yasmin, Yvette, Yvonne or Yelena…

  Anyway, the codename of the next version is not what most Linux Mint fans will care about.

  No, top of the “ooh” list will be the changes made to its default theme.

Neowin:

• Linux Mint 22.2 and LMDE 7 get names, Mint-Y updated to look more modern

  Linux Mint 22.2 and LMDE 7 have received their names in a new announcement. GNU/Linux Mint is also due to get a slight theme tweak to make it look more modern.