Linux Mint 21.1 ("Vera") released

[Posted December 20, 2022 by jake]

Linux Mint has announced the release of version 21.1 of the distribution in three editions: Cinnamon (what's new), MATE (what's new), and Xfce (what's new). Mint 21.1 is based on Ubuntu 22.04 and uses kernel version 5.15.

Linux Mint 21.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.

Linux Mint 21.1 ("Vera") released

Posted Dec 21, 2022 8:10 UTC (Wed) by taladar (subscriber, #68407) [Link] (3 responses)

Is that just me or is it strange to release a version 21.x based on Ubuntu 22.y at the end of 2022?

Linux Mint 21.1 ("Vera") released

Posted Dec 21, 2022 8:26 UTC (Wed) by Schroeder (subscriber, #128168) [Link]

Even if it might have looked like it lately, Mint's version numbers have no connection to calendar years, they've just been counting upwards starting with 1.0 in 2006...

Linux Mint 21.1 ("Vera") released

Posted Dec 21, 2022 8:31 UTC (Wed) by mbunkus (subscriber, #87248) [Link] (1 responses)

LinuxMint follows the older, more traditional scheme for version numbers. They don't reflect the year they're released, nor the underlying distro they're based on.

Linux Mint 21.1 ("Vera") released

Posted Dec 21, 2022 8:36 UTC (Wed) by mbunkus (subscriber, #87248) [Link]

Addendum: version numbers do correlate with the underlying distro: all minor versions of the same major version number have the same underlying distribution (e.g. LinuxMint 18 through 18.3 were all based on Ubuntu 16.04), but the major version number cannot simply be derived from Ubuntu's version number; it isn't e.g. Ubuntu mod 2000.