{"id":45179,"date":"2024-01-13T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=45179"},"modified":"2024-01-13T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T16:00:00","slug":"linux-mint-21-3-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2024\/01\/linux-mint-21-3-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Mint 21.3 Released! Cinnamon 6.0 & Initial Wayland Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Linux Mint announced new 21.3 release, code-name “Virginia”, this Friday.<\/b><\/p>\n

It’s the 3rd update for the Mint 21 release series, which is based on Ubuntu 22.04<\/i> LTS and uses Kernel 5.15<\/i> LTS.<\/p>\n

The new Linux Mint 21.3 features Cinnamon Desktop 6.0, with experimental Wayland support.<\/b> Which, has been default in Ubuntu (since 22.04), Fedora Workstation, and other Linux with recent Gnome. However, there are still many applications do NOT work on wayland.<\/p>\n

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Mint Wayland session<\/p><\/div>\n

The new desktop also features a new “Actions<\/b>” page in System Settings. Like Applets<\/code>, Extensions<\/code>, and Desklets<\/code>, it allows to add context menu (right-click menu) options to file browser & desktop, by downloading add-ons from the official cinnamon spices<\/a>.
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Hypnotix, the TV viewer application, is updated in the release with favorite button, custom channel, and option to download & update yt-dlp<\/code> (the backend to stream Youtube).<\/p>\n

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Other changes include:<\/p>\n