Linux Mint 20.2 “Uma” Cinnamon – BETA Release

[clem]

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4077

[RamBurner]

Running it in VMware, haven't founds any bugs yet. It runs fantastic!

[tgwilt]

Well, I have downloaded both Cinnamon and Mate, then burned each image to a 32 G SanDisk USB stick. I had planned to install 20.2 alongside 20.1 and check out the new system. Unfortunately, the installer for either Mate or Cinnamon did not see the hard drive at all. The only drive it saw was the install stick!
So, I ran GParted from the live boot, and it still didn't see the hard drive. Then I opened a terminal window and ran fdisk -l, with the same results. I have installed Mint 20 and 20.1 many times on a lot of machines.and never had a problem,. I'm hoping this was just an isolated incident, and really don't have a compelling reason to move to 20.2 when it is released, but will download the iso image and burn it to a USB stick. If that doesn't work, I'll burn a DVD and try it that way.

Here is the output of inxi -Fzzzz

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System:    Kernel: 5.8.0-55-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 17-cn0xxx v: N/A serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: HP model: 883C v: 69.16 serial: <filter> UEFI: AMI v: F.03 date: 03/11/2021 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.8 Wh condition: 42.8/42.8 Wh (100%) 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i3-1115G4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           Speed: 1215 MHz min/max: 400/4100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1245 2: 1290 3: 1292 4: 1198 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel driver: i915 v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel driver: sof-audio-pci 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.0-55-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8821ce 
           IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 113.45 GiB (12.2%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 QVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB 
RAID:      Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 915.40 GiB used: 113.44 GiB (12.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 214 Uptime: 3h 57m Memory: 7.45 GiB used: 2.34 GiB (31.3%) Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.38 

[busdriver12]

A minor thing I know, but noticed that the F6 keypress to toggle panes in Nemo already works in 4.8.6 - I've been using it for a while.

[DPM]

20.2 Cinnamon: Setting the button theme to any Mint-X variant causes a light-grey 1px line at the top of the desktop background. This was not the case with 20.1 Cinnamon.

[JoeFootball]

If anyone feels they may have a genuine issue to submit, I'd suggest reading the "Bug Reports" section of the the release announcement.

[norse]

How long does it typically take to become stable version?

[DPM]

If anyone feels they may have a genuine issue to submit, I'd suggest reading the "Bug Reports" section of the the release announcement.

Translation for 90% of the users, in particular with Mint's audience in mind: "Please don't report issues and hope that someone else does."

[DPM]

How long does it typically take to become stable version?

20.1 Cinnamon Beta was announced on 2020-12-16, and the release was on 2021-01-08, i.e. roughly three weeks. That would put the 20.2 release at mid-July. But it's more of a "it's done when it's good" policy.

[JoeFootball]

How long does it typically take to become stable version?

Depends on how many of what kind of bugs need to be resolved, and any other hurdles to be cleared. But typically, approximately 2-3 weeks.

Examples: LM 20 Beta (Jun 14) to LM 20 (Jun 27); LM 20.1 Beta (Dec 16) to LM 20.1 (Jan 8 ).

Edit: Fix unintended emoji.

[JoeFootball]

Translation for 90% of the users, in particular with Mint's audience in mind: "Please don't report issues and hope that someone else does."

To be even more clear, report Beta issues where the developers can address them.

[absque fenestris]

I used yesterday's rainy Sunday to play around with Cinnuma. For now only in VirtualBox.
So far everything is as it was, only flaw: the Cinnamon menu. After the usual renaming and comment deleting orgy in the menu editor, the menu window is a bit sparse in width.





This is the case with all Mint-X and Mint-Y themes.


The Cinnamenu applet, on the other hand, has no problem with Cinnuma:





Addendum:

Played around with Nemo's new text search capabilities for content: this is very promising.

[SteveR]

Will the Mint 20.2 include updating KMyMoney?
KMyMoney 5.1.2 released
The current version of KMyMoney available on Mint is 5.08.

[JoeFootball]

Will the Mint 20.2 include updating KMyMoney?

As that's governed by Ubuntu, and Mint 20.2 will still be on the Ubuntu 20.04 codebase, I'd say it's unlikely.

Edit: https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/kmymoney

[Bolle1961]

The beta is approved for stable release, we only have to wait now a couple of days for the announcement and download links
https://community.linuxmint.com/iso

[JoeFootball]

.. and download links

Or if you already have LM 20.2 installed via the Beta ISO, it should update to the Stable disposition.

[ismail783]

I can safely say that after Linux Mint 19.1 “Tessa”, this is the best release. No more thunar for bulk-rename. No more searchmonkey to search file contents.