While waiting for the next Linux Mint release 20.1 I wrote a little shell-script. I'm starting this script on logon using Startup Applications so I'll be informed when the release is ready to download. Perhaps someone of you will find this useful.
All you have to do is setting _version to the wanted release version, e.g.:
Best Regards - Olli_version=20.1
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#!/bin/bash
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
LANG=C
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/$UID/bus
export DISPLAY=:0
_version=20.1
_log=$HOME/.check_release
_result=$(curl -s https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php | grep "<h1>Download Linux Mint")
if [ "$_result" == "" ]; then
notify-send "Check Release" "Warning! Release check failed."
else
_goal=$(echo $_result | grep $_version)
if [ "$_goal" != "" ]; then
notify-send "Check Release" "Linux Mint $_version released."
fi
fi
echo $_result > $_log
# EOF