Linux Mint 21.3 Beta
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- Today we look at Linux Mint 21.3 and the new Wayland implementation and the Cinnamon Actions. Bonus - Why I use Linux Mint and still use it after a number of years.
#linuxmint #linux #wayland
00:00 Summary of Changes
02:08 Linux Mint Overview
09:42 - Whats New
14:50 - Wayland
17:10 - Downsides
19:13 - Why I Use Linux Mint Cinnamon
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Linux Mint is probably the closest to a commercial OS with regards to plug and play and stability. I commend the maintainers on constantly focusing on stability and not chasing the next new bauble.
Your Linux Mint story is 99% of what happened to me, including being a little frustrated with the Unity desktop. The one thing that really bothers me is that people kind of poo-poo Linux Mint because it's newbie friendly, but the fact of the matter it's polished and stable and it outshines most other distributions by miles. What's more is that Mint respects the spirit of Linux and FOSS, whereas other more commercial distros are always angling on how to wall you into their garden and turn you into a profit for them. So good product managed by good people.
Newbie or not, millions of people have been using Mint for many years. People are just jealous of the success of this Distro. It has been a great journey.
mint freezes on me daily, mint cannot figure out UI scaling between multiple monitors, mint xorg drivers are completely scrambled......
I like it but I'm forced to move to arch or something, i had no problems there
@@escapetherace1943 I moved from Arch to Mint, I use two monitors, without any problems. Its either an operator problem or a hardware problem. If you were an Vanilla Arch user, you would at least know how to get the drivers installed.
@@STONE69_ no it is completely mint's fault. 2 monitors work fine but per-UI scaling doesn't work well in mint OR arch.
Mint though legitimately hangs up constantly and gets confused all the time which screen is set as primary, it's not a problem on arch even w/ the same desktop environments
Yeah fractional scaling doesn't work in mint cinnamon, I moved to majaro kde and never looked back 😅
I started using Mint with Linux Mint 17, and have never moved from Mint. Does all I need.
I have used Ubunto and Arch in the past, but Mint Xfce is what I use on a regular basis. Very stable, fast and smooth without drastic changes, which turns me right off. Great job Mint team!!
Good review! I like the way you explain the details and ALSO show the reasons/procedure and WHY!!!
Thank your incite, I can really relate. Keep doing what you do.
Great video! Thank you for covering news changes on Linux Mint! 🎉🎉
I'm retired enough that I'm not testing beta software anymore - had enough of that in my work life. So Thank You for the review.
You're much like me then. I have been writing software from late 1980's on, in early 1990's we (me and some other guys) wrote our own graphical windowing and a real-time tasking system that worked on top of MS-DOS. Ever since I have never been comfortable with any libraries written by someone else.
HI HO - First - Merry Christmas wishes to all. Now some Years ago I was a dedicated Windows 7 user and I would argue with anyone who tried to put it down, but then I seen way in advance that the goal of Windows was to put Win 7 to sleep and I didn't like that - plus every time you turned around there was a new upgrade install and mostly because they had designed it - as well as so many other versions - with tons of hole and were always sending a security update of one form or another and I was just getting tired Of it so much like you decided to take a look at linux - I tried many versions before discovering Linux Mint - started to use it along with Win 7. One day said I'd take the 30 day trail and use only Linux Mint and never looked back I'm 3 years running it now and I love every upgrade and new software that comes out. Thanks for a great video on 21.3 - looking forward to seeing it in completed form.
Cheers
I love Linux Mint! Windows kept disappointing me, so I took the jump and never looked back. And BTW you are right been running 21.3 and it's CRASH CITY! Getting ready after 2 weeks to reinstall 21.2! Why did you not tell me sooner? lol
I love Linux Mint thanks to your suggestion, Tom. It's been a great OS for me over the years. LM 18 was the first time I installed it (I will keep looking for a better distro, every now and then. I have an old laptop I test various Linux distros with. To date I haven't found anything better than Mint.)
Man, I'm in the same boat. Three years of trying other distributions and still running Mint / Cinnamon on the daily drivers. Kudos to the Min team!
Hypnotix is great if you like to stare at a stuck loading wheel on a black screen instead of a streamed TV broadcast.
Id try Mint but i cant ever get the Sha sum to verify, none of the mirrors I tried ever matched the key that was given.
The reason simplescreenrecorder does not work on wayland is simple. The developer of SSR has not bothered to implement portals.
The program is mostly dead/abandonware. Screensharing, screenrecording and screenwhatever has worked on wayland for years now.
No competent screen capture works on Wayland.
@@SwitchedtoLinux OBS works pretty fine.
Disagree about Arch, as rolling releases are great for some people. Well, that's just a perspective. I'm also someone coming from Win since 10 happened, so find this really helpful for newbies! BTW, you should cover LMDE too! Wish I had these kinda videos/content back then! Started following you now on...good job bro!
I have a Windows 10 PC and that's it for me with Windows. I'm getting off that bus and installing Mint this week.
It's gone gold. And, the Upgrade became available at more or less the same minute the ISO went live. That's possibly what the delay has been. In the past, the ISO has gone up a few days before the upgrade, but this time, they held off the ISO until the upgrade was finished.
? Yes, I got the upgrade. It all seems to work beautifully.
I can't try this release. I get a green screen and nothing else at boot. I know there is some kind of recipe to boot in an alternate mode and change some file to include or remove some parameters, but frankly it is the first time I have to manually tweak something with Mint. Fortunately, the Debian version does not give me any trouble.
The only persistent problem I've had with Mint is the right monitor flashes white after startup. Some sort of issue between Nvidia and the desktop. Usually one or two times.
mint needs wayland support NOW
I'm guessing the best strategy with any Ubuntu based distro is to install the latest Long Term Support (LTS) version and reinstall the next LTS when it comes along. Does anyone have a preferred strategy for the changeover (eg keeping the home directory on a separate partition and backing up config files/installed apps etc)?
I created a bash script that sets up my system the way I like it. So, when a new version of Linux Mint comes out, I back up my files, install the new version, and run my script. I'm back up and running the new version in very little time.
Can you make a video talking about OnlyOffice on Linux?
I have a few videos in my archive already. It is probably due to make a few more.
I've tried my distros including Arch and I can say that I always came back to Mint. After installing my base system I install some software from flatpak which I want to be up to date, all my Bluetooth devices connect, my printer connects, I can exchange files easily with my Android phone through wire or wireless (with LocalSend). Everything hassle free, if I want to fiddle with stuff Timeshift is always there to save my ass if I screw up (which I have done many times). And Cinnamon can be easily customized to your liking. It's just so convenient that
I won't be trying anything else in the next years for sure.
In the past, I've heard you talk about how Mint doesn't have a right-click to open the system monitor, so I created it and added it to the new actions. Let me know if you have any other ideas.
is yours by 100savage?
@@quintit Yes, I also did the right click for the system settings
That's excellent to hear, I recently switch to Linux Mint from 'Windows' and I missed having the 'right-click-to-open'. When I'm uploading images directly to websites, (such as social media sites like 'GAB' for instances), I can obviously navigate to where that image is located, however, there's no 'search' function or any image 'thumbnail' visible either for me to use, just a list of all the files I have there in that folder. Can those things be added to those file searches in the future?
@@wolfenstein6676 I'm sorry, but I just don't understand what you are asking for. Maybe it's because I don't upload images to social media websites.
@@lesgohbrandon That's because my description of what I meant wasn't very good :) . When I go to upload a photo' or meme etc., to social media platforms, I click the website icon in order to do that and the 'file upload' box appears so that I can locate the file that I want. However, there's no 'search' function available for that 'file upload' box and so I have to scroll through my files manually.
windows 7 gives me too much nostalgia 😢
never wouldve started with linux without windows 10 though 😆
I migrated from windows recently. My only problem with Mint was that the default icons/text were so small lol
How long until the upgrade? 21.2 is so bad (drivers) that I'd upgrade right now if I could. So many problems on Mint I don't have on Arch but I don't want to rebuild again right now. Wayland is a godsend
LM is great, but LMDE 6 is greater👍
Can Mint run completely isolated website based applications (eg for banking) like you demonstrated with Pepermint Linux? Do show how! Keep up the great work.
@@AquaFyrre Thanks AF. Can I use ANY browser? Can you give me a link to a step by step set up? Best !!
Yes, as of about two years ago there is a built in application for that. It is on the menu, called Web Apps
@@SwitchedtoLinux Thanks to Tomm and all. Just found WebApps on my LM 20.3 and installed in on my VM of Siduction (Deb 12). Works like a charm. Would NEVER have found this on my own. Thanks to you, STL and to the community.
I recently bought a laptop with Windows 11 to use with my college course (they use remote desktop that I need which doesn't have a Linux version). Today I have investigated how to add other users to the laptop - can't be done without logging into your Microsoft online account. It is possible to use a local account for everyday use but you are constantly nagged once you do. I would rather use my Linux Mint laptop but at least I am learning about the alternative. I am thankful I don't have to deal with many issues associated with a proprietary OS - especially regarding privacy and marketing/lock-in.
Linux Mint is always great. I have complete trust in whatever they come out with. I usually upgrade Mint before the beta is even released. Same with Ubuntu Cinnamon.
I prefer slapping budgie as an option for a GUI on mint.
Hypnotics sounds like the failure that is Win TV reincarnated.
It's give me a green screen of death.
What a shame.
So I kick off and get back to Debian Trixie with KDE Plasma!
It seems like the hypnotix channels get blocked or something.
Why not LMDE?
Because 21.3 is in beta testing right now...not LMDE!!!
Lmde 😊
as a desktop os is linux mint good.
Yes.
LM is great. Its my first linux distro and used it for years. Recommend it for most people. Just switched to archlinux last night though. Bleeding edge baby. woooooooooo
Unfortunately Linux is still Linux, doesn't really matter what distro is used. Dev's are more concerned over shipping wallpapers, themes and icon sets and do not tackle some of the core issues. Like better Samba GUI integration (in 2023 i still need to setup samba in a text file), working RDP out of the box. Wayland adoption, better Gui settings integration etc. And lets not even get started on the terrible package manager wars that is in 2023 much more confusing and frustrating. C'mon people.
it isn't gnu linux if you are using Alpine linux
Wouldnt you be more free to post on Odysee
All my videos are on odysee.