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Linux Mint 22 is now available. The release of the popular Linux distributions marks a good time for Windows users to consider switching to Linux.

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.
  • @KecessaEnglish
    10•2 months ago

    Tried it this week, video signal would cut off as soon as there was a tiny bit of load on the GPU (like intro videos in a game would be too much)… I’ll have to experiment some more but you can’t blame people for using the option that just works when switching OS probably means troubleshooting for tens of hours…

    • @[email protected]English
      2•2 months ago

      Have you experimented with the Proton version? Video playback in games is commonly problematic, and sometimes switching to the GE version, Experimental, or a downgraded version will fix it.

      Check ProtonDB and see if there’s a tweak you should make. I had to downgrade the Proton version in River City Girls to get video to work properly.

      • @KecessaEnglish
        4•2 months ago

        Yep, tried with Jedi: Fallen Order on the EA app via Lutris using Proton, same thing with Helldivers 2 and Pillars of Eternity on Steam, as soon as there was load on the GPU the display signal would stop (and it wasn’t just graphics not being loaded, it would switch to displaying my laptop input instead of my desktop display).

      • @KecessaEnglish
        2•2 months ago

        6650xt

        I’ve got the whole day tomorrow to start over from scratch, I tried reinstalling to an external drive and I didn’t have a taskbar and wifi didn’t work, so clearly there’s something wrong somewhere…

        • @[email protected]English
          1•2 months ago

          Bazzite is a small distro that isnt very well tested on desktops, have you tried something like pop, mint, zorin or fedora?

          • @[email protected]English
            2•2 months ago

            I’m not sure what you mean by that, it’s directly built on Fedora which is probably one of if not the best workstation OS.

                • @[email protected]English
                  0•2 months ago

                  Being immutable, the whole steam install with gamescope, the preinstalled packages are quite different, and a bunch of other stuff

                  • @[email protected]English
                    2•2 months ago

                    It’s the same RPM that’s installed in workstation from RPM fusion. There’s nothing custom about that.

                    Gamescope is also an RPM, it’s a slightly newer version than what Fedora packages but it’s packaged the exact same way. Neither of those are likely to break because they are fundamental to the basic functionality of the deck images.

                    Additional pre-installed packages are added, but existing packages are not touched.

                    It’s immutability comes directly from silverblue and kinoite, again nothing custom there.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•2 months ago

      I certainly dont blame them, I just made the switch from windows myself a few months ago and have been amazed by my problem free experience.

      Perhaps it isnt as effortless for everyone depending on the hardware, I have to concede, but my experience has been nothing but brilliant. My biggest gripe so far has been that the open source rgb controller needs to be set manually for my keyboard (which isnt much of a gripe really).