My highly customized Linux Mint 22.2 Zara desktop runs like a charm. sjvn
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Linux Mint Zara is an excellent desktop for both Linux and Windows users looking for a change.
Linux Mint 22.2 comes with numerous modest improvements.
You can run the new Mint without worrying about needing to make major updates.
Clement "Clem" Lefebvre and the rest of the Linux Mint team have done it again. With the release of Linux Mint 22.2, also known as Zara, users get a distribution that's easy to use and packed with helpful improvements to make the daily desktop experience better than ever.
As a long-time Linux Mint fan, I'm delighted with this latest release. As in the last version, Linux Mint 22.1, codenamed Xia, the release is based on the Ubuntu 24.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Linux distro. The new Mint has the usual desktop choices, including the default Cinnamon 6.4 interface. It also comes with the latest Xfce 4.18 and MATE 1.26 environments.
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While there have been some reports that Mint 22.2 now uses the Linux kernel 6.14 by default, that's not quite true. If you upgrade your system, like I did, the standard Mint Linux kernel remains the LTS Linux kernel 6.8, specifically 6.8.0-79. That's because 6.14 is only supported until February 2026, while 6.8 is supported until April 2029.
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