Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” beta

Clem Lefebvre, head of the Linux Mint development team, has announced the beta release of Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara.” Like all Linux Mint releases, this is a long-term support (LTS) release and will be supported until 2029. This update includes updated software, improvements, and many new features that aim to make the operating system “even more comfortable to use.”

Linux Mint is a very stable operating system, even in its beta versions. However, it is still a beta version and may contain critical bugs and should only be used for testing. Those using other Linux Mint 22 versions can do an in-place upgrade sometime after the stable version is released.

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The development team is preparing a new application for the XApp collection called Fingwit, which will be used for fingerprint authentication for the screen saver and administrator commands.

What users of the operating system should know is that with Fingwit the login screen will still require a password for most users who use encryption on the /home folder or keyring.

But there are also several notable improvements behind the scenes for better graphics. For example, libAdwaita has been updated to work with more themes and is now supported by Mint-Y, Mint-X, and Mint-L.

There's also a new XDG Desktop Portal XApp that supports access colors in libAdwaita Flatpak applications. Finally, the base theme has been subtly tweaked with a touch of blue to align with modern design practices and libAdwaita's new color scheme.

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• linuxmint-22.2-mate-64bit-beta.iso (2,973MB, torrent sites).

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