Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon: First OS Scan
Since, yesterday, we have appropriately shared with you our first quick guide about “Linux Mint 22 (Wilma) with Cinnamon”, today, as expected, we bring you the continuation of it. A second quick guide for exploratory purposes where we will let you know what this new version of Linux Mint looks like and what it brings. Which is causing a lot of interest, curiosity and joy among the users of its Community, including me, and many others passionate about the Linuxverse.
And if you are still one of those who know very little or nothing about this great and recent release of the Linux Mint 22 (Wilma) version, it is worth noting that among its most notable new features are the following new features: Using 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) as the base operating system, improvements to language support (translations) and support for Wayland; the use of the Linux Kernel 6.8; the availability of Cinnamon 6.2, Xfce 4.18 and MATE 1.26 Desktop Environments; Pipewire Sound Server; support for GTK4 themes and for JXL in Pix; and the migration from libsoup2 to libsoup3, among many others.
How to install Linux Mint 22 with Cinnamon? Installation guide
But, before starting this post with this great and timely exploratory guide on “Linux Mint 22 (Wilma) with Cinnamon”, we recommend you explore the previous related postWhen you finish reading it:
Remember that: According to the Official website of Linux Mint and the official announcement shown to its Community on 25/07/2024, this new LTS version of Linux Mint called Linux Mint 22 "Wilma" is already available ready for download. And it includes support through 2029, plus lots of updated software, added improvements, and new features to make users' desktop even more comfortable to use when first installed.
Exploring Linux Mint 22 with Cinnamon: Post installation
A first look at Linux Mint 22 with Cinnamon
In our last post about "Linux Mint 22 (Wilma) with Cinnamon" We stayed right when we logged in for the first time. And more precisely, when the first welcome screen is shown to us automatically, as can be seen in the image immediately above. Therefore, we will start with the following screenshots from that moment on, as shown below:
Welcome to Linux Mint
Initial HW resource consumption
Installed operating system information
About Update Manager
About the System Reports app
Essential apps installed
About System Settings (Control Panel Options)
Shutdown screen
That's it, this first look at the new "Linux Mint 22 (Wilma) with Cinnamon". Soon, in new publications we will focus on offering you interesting, useful and timely tutorials on how to do various tasks on it or improve its use. Both from a virtual machine and from a real installation, from a physical computer.
Linux Mint XFCE is an operating system designed for the end user who wants to have their computer running without complications. For this it includes a series of applications aimed at the end user. Several of them are from the XFCE project or from the most popular ones available for Linux, while others are self-developed. In addition, it offers a Desktop (Visual User Interface) that is much lighter and simpler than Cinnamon, and similar to Mate's, in consumption and its own tools. Linux Mint XFCE
Summary
In summary, and as can be seen visually and in practice when used, "Linux Mint 22 (Wilma) with Cinnamon" is a modern, complete, friendly and lightweight operating system, ideal for both older 64-bit computers with few hardware resources (2 GB RAM / 2-core processors) and for modern 64-bit computers with vast hardware resources (+ 4 GB RAM / +4 core processors). So, we hope that a useful and practical quick guide motivates you to get to know it and use it, or to update your current Linux Mint 21.X Distro. And if you already have it installed and are using it, it will be a pleasure to know your experience of its daily use, through the comments, for everyone's knowledge and usefulness.
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