News on June 5th, Linux Mint 21.2 “Victoria” is almost ready for prime time. Lead developer Clement Lefebvre confirmed that the development cycle has ended, which means that the Beta version will soon It will come soon.
Linux Mint 21.2 is the second update of the Linux Mint 21 series, based on the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) system series, originally scheduled for release in June 2023.
Linux Mint 21.2 version will ship with the commonly used Cinnamon, Xfce and MATE desktop environments, with the flagship version updated to Cinnamon 5.8 and others upgraded to Xfce 4.18 and MATE 1.26.
The Cinnamon version of Linux Mint 21.2 is supporting gestures on touch screen devices (IT House Note: such as tablets or 2-in-1 laptops) and laptops with touchpads, which can be used for media control, tablet shop, workspace management and window management.
In addition to the new gestures in Linux Mint 21.2, the Cinnamon 5.8 desktop environment also gets redesigned tooltips and support for notification accent colors. Global Dark Mode will be available on all supported desktops in Linux Mint 21.2.
Other notable features in Linux Mint 21.2 include login screen (Slick Greeter) improvements such as support for multiple keyboard layouts, as well as better touchpad support, automatic detection and enablement of touch clicks, and support for Wayland sessions .
The upcoming version of Linux Mint will also provide full support for HEIF and AVIF images by default, and will also feature an improved Pix image viewer app, support for Adobe Illustrator documents in the Xreader document viewer app Proper support for Flapak applications, and better support for Flapak applications.
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