LMDE 6 release

[sisqonrw]

when will be LMDE 6 nearly out (not beta)
i want to install a new notebook. than i can wait.

[karlchen]

You will know that LMDE 6 has been released, once you spot Clem's post titled "LMDE 6 Faye released" in the Releases & Announcements sub-forum.

[sisqonrw]

sorry my english is bad. i do not mean the beta version. i mean the normal version. is it out? when not when will it be?

[karlchen]

I had not talked about the beta release, which had been announced in Clem's post "LMDE 6 “Faye” – BETA Release".
I said that there would be a post by Clem titled "LMDE 6 “Faye” released" (no more BETA mentioned).
The final LMDE 6 "Faye" has not been released, yet.
But it will very likely happen during the next few days.
Watch out for new announcements submitted by Clem during the next few days.

[Coggy]

There is no date announced. It will be released when it is ready. Right now they are busy bug-fixing.
When the release happens, it will be announced (without the word BETA) in Releases & Announcements.

[sisqonrw]

Ah ok thats fine.
so ca. in some weeks lately 1-2 month it would be out?

[Coggy]

I'm hoping just a few days, or weeks at the most.
The beta is looking extremely good to me - I'm using it full time on my desktop and laptop.
But we don't want something half-baked coming out - that can damage peoples computers and Mint's reputation. But I haven't looked at the list of reported bugs so I don't really know.

[sisqonrw]

Hi,
are you an admin. can you forward something.
i have tested LMDE 5 and 6 beta. On "5" Bluetooth Connection works directly and without problems.
on "6" doesnst work. you can not connect with a bluetooth headphone. you have to try something. it is complicated. you have to delete something and install a file, etc.

https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=155520

the error message was

"Bluetooth "br-connection-profile-unavailable"

but that didnt work by me.

just a information.

i do not know the difference but the Bluetooth manager, software was better.

[SMG]

Hi,
are you an admin. can you forward something.
i have tested LMDE 5 and 6 beta. On "5" Bluetooth Connection works directly and without problems.
on "6" doesnst work. you can not connect with a bluetooth headphone. you have to try something. it is complicated. you have to delete something and install a file, etc.

As per the LMDE 6 “Faye” – BETA Release blog post, you can report issues here linuxmint /lmde6-beta.

I see there is an existing issue with a bluetooth keyboard. If that issue appears to be the same as yours, you may just want to post your observations in that bug report or you can create your own bug report.

[MiZoG]

if the bug affects "upstream", Debian systems, no Clem or other Mint dev can solve it.
They can solve bugs that do not appear on Debian systems but introduced with LMDE...

[argentwolf]

My LMDE 5 > 6 initial reaction: Wow, 6 is really clean...like a font change or something.

[Tuor]

Tested LMDE 6 live on 2 computers now, everything works out of the box, no problems, all hardware e recognised just great.

Really thinking in replacing 21.2 instalation on my secondary computer with LMDE 6.

[Coggy]

Same here.
Has anyone else noticed that detection of a 3-finger tap on the trackpad (emulates middle-button-click) is much better on LMDE6?

[Tuor]

My system>

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-12-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4
    tk: GTK v: 3.24.37 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: LMDE 6 Faye base: Debian 12.1 bookworm
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME H610M-K D4 v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2014 date: 10/17/2022
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: 13th Gen Intel Core i3-13100F bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Raptor Lake
    rev: 5 cache: L1: 320 KiB L2: 5 MiB L3: 12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2425 high: 3400 min/max: 800/5800 cores: 1: 3400 2: 3400 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 3400 6: 3400 7: 3400 8: 800 bogomips: 54681
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau v: kernel arch: Turing
    pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1f82 temp: 26.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Lenovo L24i-10 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93
    diag: 604mm (23.8")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: NV167 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7ad0
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-12-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: D-Link DWA-131 Wireless N Nano Adapter (Rev. E1) [Realtek RTL8192EU] type: USB
    driver: rtl8xxxu bus-ID: 1-8.2:6 chip-ID: 2001:3319
  IF: wlxa42a95469b10 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: ASUSTek Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8.3:7
    chip-ID: 0b05:17cb
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0
    sub-v: 220e
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd v: 0.6
    bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Hitachi model: HDT725032VLA360 size: 298.09 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-4: /dev/sdd type: USB model: USB Disk 2.0 size: 29 GiB serial: <filter>
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 26.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 1592
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2117
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com faye main upstream import backport
    2: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    4: deb http: //security.debian.org bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    5: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Info:
  Processes: 250 Uptime: 11m Memory: 15.43 GiB used: 2.19 GiB (14.2%) Init: systemd v: 252
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4
  inxi: 3.3.26

Running on live mode.

[Tuor]

My system>

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-12-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4
    tk: GTK v: 3.24.37 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: LMDE 6 Faye base: Debian 12.1 bookworm
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME H610M-K D4 v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2014 date: 10/17/2022
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: 13th Gen Intel Core i3-13100F bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Raptor Lake
    rev: 5 cache: L1: 320 KiB L2: 5 MiB L3: 12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2425 high: 3400 min/max: 800/5800 cores: 1: 3400 2: 3400 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 3400 6: 3400 7: 3400 8: 800 bogomips: 54681
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU117 [GeForce GTX 1650] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau v: kernel arch: Turing
    pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1f82 temp: 26.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Lenovo L24i-10 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93
    diag: 604mm (23.8")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: NV167 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7ad0
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10fa
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-12-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK PRIME B450M-A
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: D-Link DWA-131 Wireless N Nano Adapter (Rev. E1) [Realtek RTL8192EU] type: USB
    driver: rtl8xxxu bus-ID: 1-8.2:6 chip-ID: 2001:3319
  IF: wlxa42a95469b10 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: ASUSTek Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8.3:7
    chip-ID: 0b05:17cb
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0
    sub-v: 220e
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd v: 0.6
    bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Hitachi model: HDT725032VLA360 size: 298.09 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-4: /dev/sdd type: USB model: USB Disk 2.0 size: 29 GiB serial: <filter>
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 26.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 1592
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2117
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com faye main upstream import backport
    2: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    4: deb http: //security.debian.org bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    5: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Info:
  Processes: 250 Uptime: 11m Memory: 15.43 GiB used: 2.19 GiB (14.2%) Init: systemd v: 252
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4
  inxi: 3.3.26

Running on live mode.

My other system, this one actually is running LM21.2

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-12-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4
    tk: GTK v: 3.24.37 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: LMDE 6 Faye base: Debian 12.1 bookworm
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5QL-CM v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: American Megatrends v: 0503 date: 05/07/2009
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn rev: A cache:
    L1: 256 KiB L2: 12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2007 min/max: 2003/3003 cores: 1: 2007 2: 2007 3: 2007 4: 2007
    bogomips: 24081
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 730] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nouveau v: kernel arch: Kepler
    pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1287 temp: 40.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: Lenovo L24i-10 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 diag: 604mm (23.8")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: NV106 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f
  Device-2: Creative Labs EMU10k1 [Sound Blaster Live! Series] driver: snd_emu10k1 v: kernel
    bus-ID: 05:01.0 chip-ID: 1102:0002
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-12-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK M3A78 Series
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: c800 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9271 802.11n type: USB driver: ath9k_htc bus-ID: 4-3:3
    chip-ID: 0cf3:9271
  IF: wlxf4f26d0f4fb2 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 550.67 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: BlueRay model: SDM8SI240A size: 223.57 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB model: USB Disk 2.0 size: 29 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Hitachi model: HDT725032VLA360 size: 298.09 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: 39.0 C gpu: nouveau temp: 40.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2445 psu: 0 case-1: 2445
  Power: 12v: 12.09 5v: N/A 3.3v: 2.96 vbat: N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2117
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com faye main upstream import backport
    2: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    4: deb http: //security.debian.org bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    5: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Info:
  Processes: 218 Uptime: 4m Memory: 3.82 GiB used: 1.66 GiB (43.4%) Init: systemd v: 252
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4
  inxi: 3.3.26

live mode aswell.

[Jolly Roger]

Installed today the Final Stable Distribution of Linux Mint LDME 6, everything works without problems
( Firejail / Printer / Proton VPN / etc... ).

Screenshot:


https://imgur.com/VNMJW4F

Translation via Deepl

[sisqonrw]

I have a question about upgrading in the future. E.g. on LMDE 7.
Will there be an upgrade message with LMDE 6? Do you just click on Upgrade and the system automatically upgrades?
Or do you have to reinstall everything?

[karlchen]

Hello, sisqonrw.

No-one can tell for sure what will be in the future.
Yet, provided you take the time to read Clem's official upgrade instruction How to upgrade to LMDE 6 (from LMDE 5), you will have got an idea what will very likely be the upgrade path from LMDE 6 to LMDE 7. No warranty given that it really will.
For the moment I would not spend too many thoughts on potential future upgrade paths from LMDE 6 to LMDE 7. After all LMDE 6 (final) has just been officially released.

Regards,
Karl

[sisqonrw]

I would like to know now.
Because I don't want to reinstall everything after 1-2 years.
I would prefer an automatic update.
Just like in the instructions

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4571

from before.
What about the upgrades before from 3 to 4 and from 4 to 5.
It was like this too

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4571

always been like this?

[SMG]

I would like to know now.

There are a lot of people who would like to know the future right now, but you are asking fellow users on a user forum about something over which none of us have any control.

I would prefer an automatic update.
Just like in the instructions

That update is not "automatic". It is something you as a user have to initiate. You as a user will have to follow instructions as possibly make changes to make sure the system will upgrade properly.

What about the upgrades before from 3 to 4 and from 4 to 5.
It was like this too

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4571

always been like this?

No, it was worse before now. It has been getting better and easier with each release. It is likely that improvement will continue, but none of know what the future will hold.