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This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
Ubuntu 24.10 will reach EOL on July 10, upgrading to 25.04 is recommended:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-eol-july-2025
Ubuntu 25.10 (shipping GNOME 49) will remove GNOME X11 session:
https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-to-remove-the-gnome-on-xorg-x11-session
Linux Mint 20 reached EOL, upgrading to 22 is recommended:
https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-20-eol/
Linux Mint 22.2 adds out-of-the-box fingerprint authentication support with Fingwit app:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-2-will-feature-fingerprint-authentication-with-fingwit-app
Nitrux drops the Plasma-based NX desktop for Hyprland, due to the discontinuation of Plasma LTS released:
https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-linux-drops-its-kde-plasma-based-nx-desktop-for-hyprland
(It's a bit weird choice that they ditched a full DE for a standalone compositor, which is tiling in fact, and requires editing some config files manually, not sure if DE users want that.)
Kali Linux 2025.2 released with revamped Kali Menu, GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 8.3, 13 new tools (including Azurehound, binwalk3, bloodhound-ce-python etc.):
https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-2-released-with-revamped-kali-menu-13-new-hacking-tools
GNOME 49 Alpha 0 available with preparations for disabling X11 by default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-49-Alpha-0-Packages
Sway 1.11 released with explicit sync support, support for the ext-image-copy-capture-v1 and ext-image-capture-source-v1 protocols for improved screen capture, support for the alpha-modifier-v1 protocol for setting an alpha multiplier for a surface, etc.:
https://9to5linux.com/sway-1-11-tiling-wayland-compositor-adds-support-for-explicit-synchronization
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Mint 22.2 bringt Unterstützung für Fingerabdruck https://fosstopia.de/linux-mint-22-2-fingerabdruckfunktion/ #Fingwit #LinuxDesktop #LinuxMint #LinuxMint22.2 #LinuxMInt22.2Zara
@Aficionadisima yo lo he probado en un pc antiguo con un USB live y con solo 2gb de RAM funciona mejor que el Windows 10 que tenía.
Me gustaría instalarlo pero tengo varios gigas de música y docs en el disco duro.
¿Como se podría hacer para que al instalarlo no se cargara todo el disco duro sino que "importara" las carpetas de música y docs que hay en el Windows y a las que ahora tengo acceso?
This week's Linux and FOSS news:
LINUX NEWS
GNOME Foundation has a new executive director, Steven Deobald, an experienced software developer, who plans to focus on transparency about the operation of the foundation:
https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05/06/introducing-myself/
GNOME 49 will include Showtime instead of Totem as the default video player:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/gnome-49-replaces-totem-video-player-with-showtime
(It's time to make the switch I guess, Totem didn't really work, at least for me, it couldn't open videos, crashed quite a lot.)
(I remember a dev making an April's FOols joke that Showtime finally shows the time as the name suggests lol)
Linux Mint 22.2 will include new default theme with more blue-ish gray colors, to ensure that Adwaita programs look better on the system, XDG Desktop Portal XApp is tweaked to ensure that Adwaita programs follow accent colors:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/linux-mint-22-2-default-theme-changes
(Oh no Mint, you accept the widely hated GNOME standards? What are you doing? lol)
Linux Mint 22.2 and LMDE 7 codenames revealed, 22.2 will be called "Zara", 7 will be called "Gigi":
https://betanews.com/2025/05/08/linux-mint-22-2-and-lmde-7-codenames-revealed/
openSUSE removes Deepin desktop from community repos due to lack of package maintenance consistency and security concerns:
https://news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-deepin-desktop-removal/
Ubuntu plans to ditch regular sudo for sudo-rs (written in Rust):
https://betanews.com/2025/05/06/ubuntu-linux-sudo-rust-sudo-rs/
Ubuntu 25.10 daily build are available for download:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-10-daily-builds-download-testing
KDE Plasma 6.3.5 released with improved multi-screen support, NVIDIA GPU fixes, various other bug fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-3-5-improves-support-for-multi-screen-setups-nvidia-gpu-users
KDE Frameworks 6.14 released with support for some archaic units for KRunner, revamped New Files dialog for the Dolphin file manager and other KIO-based apps, other improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-14-revamps-new-files-dialog-expands-krunner-unit-conversion
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Linux Mint 22.2 Changes the Default Theme
Linux Mint, which is a Linux distribution that is based on Ubuntu (based on Debian) aimed at reachability, has recently undergone a design makeover that makes your desktop look more gorgeous than before, starting from the upcoming release of Linux Mint, which is v22.2. Meanwhile, the Linux Mint Debian Edition is currently at version v6 “Faye.”
The current version of Linux Mint, v22.1, is codenamed “Xia”, just like all other Linux Mint versions that adopt this naming scheme. The previous Linux Mint codenames, starting from v21.0, were v21.0 Vanessa, v21.1 Vera, v21.2 Victoria, v21.3 Virginia, v22.0 Wilma, and v22.1 Xia. However, it looks like that the Linux Mint development team went straight to a name that starts with Z and not Y with the v22.2 release, called “Zara.” Why not Linux Mint v22.2 “Yara” or something?
This upcoming version of Linux Mint uses Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat as base, and, just like all other Linux distributions, supports 64-bit processors only, and support is expected to end on April 2029. It brings one very interesting feature:
New Default Theme!
The Linux Mint theme has been changed starting from this version with the changed grey and with support for colorful accents. The gray is now a steely blue tint similar to how Apple defines the gray in current versions of iOS and iPadOS according to their official documentation.
If you have noticed, the R and the G color values shown above for greys are the same, while the B color level is slightly higher. Following the current “gray” trend, the Linux Mint development team decided to adopt the same “steely blue” gray color to their system as Apple defined for their operating systems.
The goals for this change, according to the official blog of Linux Mint, are:
Now, your desktop will look like this once you upgrade to this gorgeousness:
Alongside this, the Linux Mint team has also added the Libadwaita stylesheets in Mint-X and Mint-Y themes and patched the Libadwaita library so that it doesn’t use its own stylesheet. This is in an effort to combat rigidity that GNOME’s Libadwaita introduced with the initial version of GNOME 40.
This version of Linux Mint is expected to be globally available to the public this summer.
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Por si alguien tiene dudas, programar Android en Linux Mint...
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No da ningún tipo de problema.
Llevo varias semanas haciéndolo y estoy feliz de poder hacerlo en un Sistema Operativo que respeta mi privacidad.
Una gozada
Endlich geschafft: Linux Mint installiert.
Jetzt das Notwendigste einrichten und dann mal intensiver damit auseinandersetzen 😀
Gewisse bisherige "Workflows" (z.B. Windows + . => öffnet Emotion-Picker) müssen noch angepasst/geändert/eingerichtet werden. Spannend wird auch der 15 Jahre alte Brother-Drucker 😁
Linux Mint? Nicht für mich – Hier ist der Grund! https://fosstopia.de/warum-ich-lm-nicht-nutze/ #LinuxDesktop #LinuxMint #LinuxMint22
Das Cinnamon-Menü von Linux Mint erhält ein neues Design https://fosstopia.de/cinnamon-neues-menu/ #Cinnamon #CinnamonDesktop #LinuxMint #LinuxMint22.2 #LMDE #LMDE6
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Was den Fehler - also das Entfernen meines Accounts aus sämtlichen Gruppen - initial ausgelöst hat, weiß ich nicht. Ich glaube rückblickend nicht, dass es das System-Update auf #LinuxMint22.1 #Xia war. Ich habe aber zuvor auch nicht irgendwo dran 'rumgefummelt', nichts verstellt und keine neue Software installiert o.ä.
Alle, die jetzt gehofft hatten, dass ich den Auslöser des Problems nennen (bzw davor warnen) kann, muss ich also enttäuschen. Sorry.
11/x
Nach dem Wechsel zu diesem 'super user' im Terminal konnte ich meinen 'normalen' User wieder allen notwendigen Gruppen hinzufügen. Alle dafür notwendigen Befehle waren problemlos in wenigen Sekunden googelbar. Auch die Info, zu welchen Gruppen mein User gehören sollte, waren schnell herauszufinden.
Als das abgeschlossen war, war alles wieder gut. Ich konnte wieder alles ausführen und auch alle Updates (inkl. das auf #LinuxMint22.1) liefen normal durch.
10/x
Nach dem Zurücksetzen, was völlig problemlos funktioniert hat (nun war ich wieder auf #LinuxMint22 "Wilma"), war der 'Fehler' nicht behoben 🤯 😒
Ich habe also weiter rumprobiert und gegoogelt, um die Fehlerquelle ausfindig zu machen. In diesem Zuge habe ich dann auch (endlich mal) der oben bereits erwähnten Meldung mehr Beachtung geschenkt, die im Terminal beim Versuch etwas auszuführen ausgeworfen wird...
6/x
Ich vermutete, dass evtl das kürzlich erfolgte Sytem-Update für den 'Fehler' verantwortlich sein könnte. Also entschloss ich mich für eine Wiederherstellung des Stands vor dem Update auf #LinuxMint22.1 "Xia" mittels #Timeshift. Als ich meine sog. Snapshots (Wiederherstellungspunke) anschauen wollte, stellte ich fest: auch Timeshift konnte ich nicht mehr öffnen/starten 🤯 Und nicht nur das...
3/x
Buenos días! 🌞 Estoy poco a poco haciendo las configuraciones de mi nuevo perfil digital ético 💫 ¿Tenéis recomendaciones de algún gestor de contraseñas? Estaría guay que tenga extensión en #firefox y que funcione bien en #linuxmint22
¡¡Mil gracias!! ☺️❤️
