Linux Mint 22.1 is now available as a Beta version.

Linux Mint 22.1 is now available as a beta version. It is a substantial upgrade with several new features and improvements. It includes a new Cinnamon 6.4 desktop environment. There is no winning advertisement in the first paragraph area. There is no winning advertisement in the middle introduction area. Cinnamon 6.4 provides improved Wayland compatibility, which will result in fewer bugs and better visual consistency within the Mint operating system. It includes apps and features that require administrator privileges, some system settings, and is more trustworthy compared to previous Mint releases. Cinnamon 6.4 offers new default themes, updated dialogs, and additional visual preferences. The new themes have many rounded elements, providing a cleaner and visually better feel, similar to what you can see in many modern operating systems. The dialogs are also rounded, with clearer buttons. Additionally, notifications can be displayed on the full screen window. However, this setting is disabled by default. A new night light feature is included. It replaces Redshift and is compatible with Wayland. The night light adjusts the screen color temperature to reduce blue light exposure at night. This feature includes a pre-set "Auto" mode, but you can set your preferred time or leave it on all the time. Linux Mint 22.1 introduces modernized, simplified package management tools and libraries. Linux Mint now uses Aptkit and Captain instead of the previously misunderstood aptdaemon. This change resolves long-standing bugs and provides a simplified architecture for package management and OS development. Additionally, this change resolves Linux Mint's inconsistent localization issues. Now, the operating system can be translated into other languages. Completely translated.

The Linux Mint team will provide security updates for Mint 22.1 until 2029. Additionally, they will continue to use the existing Ubuntu 24.04 package base until 2026, which means that upgrades to future versions of the Mint operating system will be very simple. Also, like Linux Mint 22, version 22.1 includes Linux kernel 6.8.

Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" Beta ISO can be downloaded from the Linux Mint blog. However, this is a test version, not a stable version, and may contain serious bugs. This version should not be used for production work, and most users should wait until the stable version is released in December. Even if you install the test version, an upgrade option will be provided when the stable version is released.