cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18008132
The Linux Mint team has just released Linux Mint 22, a new major version of the free Linux distribution. With Windows 10’s end of support coming up quickly next year, at least some users may consider making the switch to Linux.
While there are other options, paying Microsoft for extended support or upgrading to Windows 11, these options are not available for all users or desirable.
Linux Mint 22 is a long-term service release. Means, it is supported until 2029. Unlike Microsoft, which made drastic changes to the system requirements of Windows 11 to lock out millions of devices from upgrading to the new version, Linux Mint will continue to work on older hardware, even after 2029.
Here are the core changes in Linux Mint 22:
- Based on the new Ubuntu 24.04 package base.
- Kernel version is 6.8.
- Software Manager loads faster and has improved multi-threading.
- Unverified Flatpaks are disabled by default.
- Preinstalled Matrix Web App for using chat networks.
- Improved language support removes any language not selected by the user after installation to save disk space.
- Several under-the-hood changes that update libraries or software.
Linux mint might be many things but it’s definitely not ‘attractive’
I mean… I like it. Eye candy is in the eyes of the beholder. Just out of curiosity what’s your pick for most attractive distro?
Any that uses a modern de? Mint still looks and behaves like it’s from windows xp days. And for a distro touted to be easy to use as a windows user, it has design quirks (unclickable address bar in file manager, not installing proprietary nvidia drivers etc) that create unnecessary friction.
Just out of curiosity, what do you consider a modern DE? Like not trying to start beef, I’m actually factually curious and I think am currently being confronted with that I’m an old man now. For transparency here’s basically my categorizations:
Ancient
- CDE
- ROX
- Enlightenment
- GNUstep
Real Old, Not Technically Abandonware, But Let’s Be Real Here
- Sugar
Long in the Tooth, But Still Developed
- XFCE
- LXDE
- MATE (My beloved)
Almost Modern, But Basically Abandonware
- Unity
- Pantheon
Modern
- KDE
- Cinnamon
Hypermodern
These follow development patterns that lead me to consider them bullshit
- GNOME (Stop breaking APIs, you jackasses!)
Why?
(Probably to be condemned in the future to "Almost Modern, Basically Abandomware, but I may be wrong, what do I know?)
- Deepin
I disagree that it’s not attractive.
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