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LMDE 7 Will Be Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”, Linux Mint 22.3 Planned for December
With Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” hitting the streets earlier this month, the Linux Mint devs will now focus their efforts on the Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 (codename Gigi) release, which will be based on the Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series and offer all the new features that were implemented in Linux Mint 22.2.
This probably means that users should expect LMDE 7 to ship with the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series from the upstream Debian Trixie repositories instead of the newer Linux kernel 6.14 used in Linux Mint 22.2. In addition, LMDE 7 will introduce support for OEM installations.
Linuxiac:
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Linux Mint Confirms LMDE 7 Beta Release This Month
The Mint team has just released its regular monthly newsletter; this time, we have some exciting updates to share with you.
First, the team confirmed that work on LMDE 7, codenamed “Gigi,” is already moving quickly. As you expect, this upcoming release will be based on Debian 13 “Trixie” and will also bring in the improvements introduced with Linux Mint 22.2.
On top of that, it will feature OEM installation support, which had already been implemented during the 22.2 development cycle and has since been tested on the new Debian base.
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Monthly News – August 2025
Hello everyone, Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of you who support the project with your donations. LMDE 7 Work started on LMDE 7, codename Gigi.
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Linux Mint 22.3 release will be a short cycle, immediate focus is LMDE 7
The GNU/Linux Mint team is focused on LMDE 7, with a beta set to arrive this month.
OMGJoey:
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Linux Mint 22.3 Plans App Menu Revamp, Better Wayland Support
Now they’ve gotten Linux Mint 22.2 out the door, Mint’s developers are turning their attention to working on …LMDE 7 (Linux Mint Debian Edition), built atop the new Debian 13 release. Don’t worry; Linux Mint 22.3 is also in the works, and on track for release in December 2025. GNU/Linux mint 22.3 is going to see a shorter-than-usual development cycle (due to the later-than-usual launch of 22.2).
Valnet:
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Linux Mint's Debian 13 Upgrade Is on the Way
The Linux Mint team has explained the roadmap for their next major release, the Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 (LMDE 7), codenamed "Gigi." The regular edition of Linux Mint will stay on an Ubuntu base, but LMDE 7 will soon use the latest Debian 13 release as its foundation.
LMDE is the project's hedge against any issues with the main Ubuntu package base in the future, and it has always been available alongside the Ubuntu-based versions. The goal for the new Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 release is to bring a Debian 13 package base, all the improvements that shipped with Linux Mint 22.2, and support for OEM installations.
The OEM support was already implemented and has been working very well. The team was able to port the new Mint 22.2 features to LMDE 7 pretty fast. However, now the plan is to adapt the libadwaita-1.5 changes to libadwaita-1.7 and reapply patches. One thing to note is that since Debian 13 no longer fully supports i386, LMDE 7 will only ship for amd64. You can expect the beta for LMDE 7 sometime this month.
The new Linux Mint 22.3 is still planned for release in December, so this will be a very short release cycle. The priority for this release is going to be the new version of Cinnamon and shipping some of the important work-in-progress features that were started earlier this year. This includes the new menu, a status applet, and Wayland-compatible handling for keyboard layouts and input methods.
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Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 to drop support for 32-bit
Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 will not support 32-bit computers. That's not surprising. Last week, I reported that Mozilla is ending support for Firefox on 32-bit GNU/Linux in 2026.
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Linux Mint 22.3 is Adding New System Hardware Tool - OMG! Ubuntu
Oh, the inverted commas around ‘new’ are because the app itself it’s not brand new; the distro’s devs have simply revamped their existing System Reports tool with extra features, new name and expanded purpose — it’s become more like a Linux version of CPU-Z1.
The aim? To make it easier for users to identify which hardware devices, components and drivers are being used on their system. Specificity is a time-saver when troubleshooting hardware-related issues on Mint’s support channels (or in upstream projects).
All of the information shown in this GUI can be gleaned from the command-line, but the burden is on the user to know which commands to run and how to parse output to tease out the relevant parts.