Monthly News – December 2022 – The Linux Mint Blog

Happy New Year!

The end of 2022 was as hectic as it was exciting. We managed to stick to our schedule and reach our goals just before the holiday season.

91 reports were addressed during the BETA including a handful of release blockers. As always I want to address special thanks to all the people who helped us find bugs.

Linux Mint 21.1 was then released for download on the 20th of December and as an upgrade the day after. It was a huge success. The fact that it was close to Christmas played a role. The new artwork gave the release more visibility than usual. We gathered very positive feedback on some of the new features and the improvements that were pushed into this release. We were really happy to see your reactions.

The donations for December were higher than ever at $25,470. The number of donors reached 721 last month. To us this is a clear message that we made a lot of people happy with our work. We’re delighted! Many thanks for these donations!

In your feedback we also identified future areas of improvement. For instance, we noticed not everybody liked the new folder icons. This is something we’ll tackle in 21.2.

Before starting the next development cycle we’ll focus on a series of bug reports which were marked as non-urgent and which didn’t block the release. Some of them got fixed already so we’ll push a series of package updates this week.

LMDE 5 is already up to date with Linux Mint 21.1, it received its backports just before the holidays. Some of the mint tools will be backported in Linux Mint 21 early this year.

Many thanks to you all. We hope you have a great year 2023!

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Donations in November:

A total of $9,271 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 349 donors:

$216 (6th donation), Marcus H.
$200 (3rd donation), Ian S.
$200 (2nd donation), James N.
$200 (2nd donation), Peter Venton
$194, Gianni T.
$137 (3rd donation), Michael M.
$120 (6th donation), Alan H.
$120 (2nd donation), Daniel B.
$108 (8th donation), Uwe P.
$108, Lennart H.
$108, Nicolai Z.
$100 (4th donation), Pear D.
$100 (2nd donation), Jay V.
$100, Bruce K.
$100, Joe K.
$100, John B.
$100, Pulp Free Press
$100, Roman T.
$70 (13th donation), TM
$65, Velmurugan K.
$64, August W.
$54 (150th donation), Olli K.
$54 (6th donation), Jorge R. R.
$54 (4th donation), Catherine G.
$54 (3rd donation), Ernst G. aka “Guldi”
$54 (3rd donation), Katharina G.
$54 (3rd donation), Ruediger B.
$54 (2nd donation), Afelemo O.
$54 (2nd donation), Arno G.
$54 (2nd donation), Jörg T.
$54 (2nd donation), Michael S.
$54 (2nd donation), Rolf-jürgen G.
$54, Alexander K.
$54, Enric P.
$54, Frederic G.
$54, Jan J.
$54, Karl-heinz B.
$54, Matthias R.
$54, Michael C.
$54, Patrick R.
$54, Rainer O.
$54, Rikus Wessels aka “RikusW”
$50 (66th donation), Anthony C. aka “ciak”
$50 (11th donation), Adam H.
$50 (8th donation), Wallace P. M. J.
$50 (7th donation), Thomas B.
$50 (6th donation), Bob Tregilus
$50 (4th donation), Dean R.
$50 (4th donation), John L.
$50 (4th donation), Raymond H.
$50 (3rd donation), Frank F.
$50 (3rd donation), Mark M.
$50 (3rd donation), Timothy S.
$50 (3rd donation), Tom D.
$50 (3rd donation), William N.
$50 (2nd donation), John Bekas Jr
$50 (2nd donation), Bobby L.
$50 (2nd donation), Cuz
$50 (2nd donation), David R.
$50 (2nd donation), Ivan D.
$50, Brian U.
$50, Charles W.
$50, Harry M.
$50, James B.
$50, Jason B.
$50, Krzysztof O.
$50, Mark N.
$50, Neil M.
$50, Robert H.
$50, Schneider Wood Working
$44, Sebastian B.
$43 (4th donation), Csongor
$36 (27th donation), Ted S.
$36 (2nd donation), Mar R. R.
$35 (26th donation), Hemant Patel
$35 (5th donation), Ricardo M.
$35 (4th donation), Tannis E.
$32 (8th donation), Alexander M.
$32 (7th donation), Andrew L.
$32 (6th donation), Daniel K.
$32 (4th donation), Lorenz K.
$32 (2nd donation), Peter Thornton Tate.
$32, Jo H.
$32, Patrick K.
$32, Philippe G.
$30 (4th donation), David K.
$30 (3rd donation), Linden R.
$28 (46th donation), Michael R.
$27 (7th donation), Juergen S.
$27, Martin H.
$27, Stefan S.
$25 (21st donation), Linux Mint Sverige
$25 (16th donation), George R. aka “Az4x4”
$25 (3rd donation), Michael H.
$25 (3rd donation), Timothy A.
$25 (2nd donation), John W.
$25, Mitchell L.
$25, Rick P.
$22 (30th donation), Peter E.
$22 (14th donation), Luk
$22 (10th donation), H ScottB
$22 (8th donation), Karl K.
$22 (7th donation), Heinz K.
$22 (7th donation), Juergen M. B.
$22 (6th donation), Raymond L.
$22 (6th donation), Stefan S.
$22 (6th donation), Thorsten H.
$22 (5th donation), Colin H.
$22 (5th donation), John V.
$22 (5th donation), Zdravko S.
$22 (4th donation), Alan W.
$22 (4th donation), Ivo S.
$22 (4th donation), Stephan V.
$22 (3rd donation), Jens G.
$22 (3rd donation), Liz Mills
$22 (3rd donation), Mr J M P.
$22 (3rd donation), Peter D.
$22 (3rd donation), Ravi S.
$22 (2nd donation), Benedikt L.
$22 (2nd donation), Diego R.
$22 (2nd donation), Paul B.
$22 (2nd donation), Philippe B.
$22 (2nd donation), Roger T.
$22 (2nd donation), Scot C.
$22 (2nd donation), Thibault D.
$22, Andreas G.
$22, Andrew P.
$22, Arne K.
$22, Aurelio H.
$22, Edwin R.
$22, Elodie S.
$22, Erik J.
$22, Felix W.
$22, Georg L.
$22, Jannis S.
$22, Kevin C.
$22, Malachy M.
$22, Marin B.
$22, Michael T.
$22, Nabil G.
$22, Peter S.
$22, Sascha J.
$22, Sebastian N.
$22, Vincent H.
$20 (57th donation), Rick R.
$20 (51th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (41th donation), Stefan M. H.
$20 (33rd donation), John D.
$20 (12th donation), Bruno Weber
$20 (12th donation), Dana S.
$20 (7th donation), Ingo Luedeke aka “TheGo”
$20 (7th donation), J.M. Tremblay aka “JM”
$20 (6th donation), Kari B
$20 (5th donation), Jimmie D.
$20 (4th donation), Robert H.
$20 (4th donation), Robert R.
$20 (3rd donation), Denis A. W.
$20 (3rd donation), Dimitrios G.
$20 (2nd donation), Clinton B.
$20 (2nd donation), Eugenijus U.
$20 (2nd donation), Gustavo D.
$20 (2nd donation), James G.
$20 (2nd donation), John L. H.
$20 (2nd donation), M G U.
$20 (2nd donation), Michael N.
$20 (2nd donation), Robert W.
$20, Andrew S.
$20, Brent V.
$20, Bryan M.
$20, cpersons1960
$20, David G.
$20, David J.
$20, Dominic Z.
$20, Donald S.
$20, Dusty Crossing
$20, Grzegorz O.
$20, Howard G.
$20, Jacques F.
$20, John G.
$20, John P.
$20, Kevin C.
$20, Luke Bartolomeo
$20, Mel C.
$20, Rice H.
$20, Sumanlal K.
$20, Thomas B.
$18 (5th donation), Imre N.
$16 (6th donation), Reidar S.
$16 (3rd donation), Jürgen S.
$16 (2nd donation), Brah Rah
$16, Claudia Cruz Sicard C.
$16, Judith L.
$15, Darryl W.
$14, Trudi K.
$13 (4th donation), Terry R.
$12 (3rd donation), Arthur H.
$11 (76th donation), Johann J.
$11 (41th donation), Francois-R L.
$11 (31st donation), Daniel S.
$11 (19th donation), Raymond M. (retired)
$11 (16th donation), aka “AsciiWolf”
$11 (14th donation), Martin K.
$11 (7th donation), John Marakis
$11 (6th donation), Denys G.
$11 (6th donation), Erik W.
$11 (6th donation), Lazo L.
$11 (5th donation), goppermann
$11 (5th donation), Johann K.
$11 (5th donation), Michael B.
$11 (5th donation), Paolo C.
$11 (5th donation), Ralf M.
$11 (4th donation), Axel P. aka “Lukess “
$11 (3rd donation), Aghiles C.
$11 (3rd donation), Alexander P.
$11 (3rd donation), Alrik S.
$11 (3rd donation), Axel R.
$11 (3rd donation), Jaroslav K.
$11 (3rd donation), John W.
$11 (3rd donation), Stefan V. B. aka “stefanvb”
$11 (2nd donation), David H.
$11 (2nd donation), Gintautas F.
$11 (2nd donation), H.V. L.
$11 (2nd donation), Johannes S. aka “JoeJoeTV“
$11 (2nd donation), Mani D.
$11 (2nd donation), Roman M.
$11 (2nd donation), Thomas S.
$11 (2nd donation), William W. aka “M6WIQ“
$11, Alex R.
$11, Alexander W.
$11, Andrea R.
$11, Benoît D.
$11, Emilio G.
$11, Esa A.
$11, Fabio R.
$11, Gert P.
$11, Harmen K.
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$11, Ian R.
$11, Jewgeni S.
$11, Leonardo M.
$11, Loic D.
$11, Marjorie B.
$11, Markku N.
$11, Optimizare SEO aka “Optimizare SEO“
$11, Patrick H.
$11, Paulo C.
$11, Rainer N.
$11, Roman C.
$11, Roy R.
$11, Samuel M.
$11, Thomas W.
$11, Vincent K.
$10 (80th donation), Thomas C.
$10 (74th donation), Frank K.
$10 (27th donation), Philip Woodward
$10 (25th donation), Carpet Cleaning Winnipeg
$10 (13th donation), Harold R.
$10 (8th donation), Daniel Tan
$10 (8th donation), Stephen F.
$10 (7th donation), Don S.
$10 (6th donation), Carlos V. M.
$10 (5th donation), Nathan G.
$10 (4th donation), Dave S.
$10 (4th donation), Samson K.
$10 (4th donation), Vlad Gruetz (YouTube)
$10 (4th donation), Wojciech S.
$10 (3rd donation), BuyLightFixtures.com
$10 (3rd donation), Johannes W.
$10 (3rd donation), Jon R.
$10 (3rd donation), Peter P.
$10 (2nd donation), Allyn G.
$10 (2nd donation), Kenneth W.
$10 (2nd donation), New Computer Systems
$10 (2nd donation), Vincent A.
$10, AG
$10, Andrew Craig M.
$10, Andrew P.
$10, Brian H.
$10, Brian H.
$10, Central Lab Services
$10, Daniel B.
$10, Dennis S.
$10, Giorgio D.
$10, Itsant W.
$10, Jeremy G.
$10, John H.
$10, Juan L V.
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$10, Leandro B.
$10, Matthew M.
$10, Robert L.
$10, Robert W.
$10, Rohit V.
$10, Szymon R.
$10, Terry L.
$9 (2nd donation), Achillefs P.
$8 (4th donation), Francisco Quintero
$7, Eve
$7, Gordon R.
$6 (6th donation), Lucas Miller aka “lukmly013”
$6, Nikola B.
$6, William R D.
$169 from 43 smaller donations