Linux Mint 22.3 will be called Zena. The first beta release of the update will be released soon.
Clement Lefebvre, of the Linux Mint developer team, wrote that Mint 22.3 will come with more improvements such as pausing file operations (e.g. copy, move) in the distro's default file manager, Nemo. Snapshots in the Timeshift app will also be pausable. The Warpinator app, which is used for sending and receiving files, will gain an option for text messages. Night Light, which is used to manage the color temperature of the screen, will get an always-on toggle. The update will also add template management, and offer notification indicators on a per-app panel basis.
In my previous coverage, I reported about the refreshed Cinnamon menu (refer to the screenshot below) with symbolic category icons, based on XApp Symbolic Icons. Mint 22.3 will also ship with a System information tool, rebadged from System Reports. And it will add a System admin tool with some advanced options.
(Image courtesy: Linux Mint Blog)
Mint 22.3 will also improve the on-screen keyboard experience, along with a Wayland-compatible keyboard/IM handling. That said, don't expect any major upgrades to the Wayland session just yet. Mint 23 which could be released next year may bring further improvements to Wayland, but in an experimental form. Nothing is set in stone, so things could change. In case you missed it, KDE has announced its plans to go Wayland-only in the future. Fedora 43 has already done that.
The current version of Mint is 22.2 Zara. Linux Mint Debian Edition 7, aka LMDE 7 was released last month. Check out my article about WinBoat, if you want to run Windows apps on Linux.
The beta version of Linux Mint 22.3 will be released in the first half of this month. It is unclear whether the stable version of the update will be released before the end of the month, as was originally planned.
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