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Linux Mint 22 was released, and other cool crap of the week

The Linux Mint Blog announced that Linux Mint 22 was released. Upgrade instructions and backports for LMDE 6 (Linux Mint Debian Edition) would be coming.

Until recently I've been an avid LMDE user, and I quite like Cinnamon, so I spun up a VM in XCP-ng to play with the new release. I'd definitely still recommend Linux Mint as a great distribution for desktop users, even if I've moved away from it.

Here are a few screenshots.

Other Cool Crap of the Week

  • This Week in GNOME posted that Rclone Shuttle v0.1.4 was released. It's a libadwaita frontend for rclone, a software to sync files with various cloud providers. I have yet to toy with it, but I'm excited to.
    Github | Flathub
  • Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source
  • Freetube was updated to v0.21.2 beta. Freetube is a private YouTube client. I use this one for keeping up with tech news sources that aren't on PeerTube, and was affected by a recent bug, so definitely thrilled for the quick fix and release.
    Website | Github | Flathub
  • New (to me) software: Coolify describes itself as "An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative." I haven't had the chance to use it yet, but it has paid cloud hosting options, no limitations on a free, self-hosted install, and even has a contact link for commercial support for self-hosters. I'll be checking this one out in the very near future.
    Website | Github
  • #MastodonForHarris: Mastodon is a self-hostable, open source, federated social media software. User @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social started a campaign to raise money for Vice President Harris's presidential race. And it's raised a crapton of money (hundreds of thousands of dollars), and there's no sign of it stopping.
    Donate at ActBlue | The toot that started it all
A screenshot of post by Heidi Li Feldman (@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social) beautified by Mastopoet tool. It was posted on Jul 22, 2024, 15:56 and has 418 favourites, 376 boosts and 54 replies.  I'm doing something I never thought I'd get to do again. I'm specifically fundraising for a woman to head the Democratic ticket and to be the next President of the United States. I want to do this with all of you here on #Mastodon, so I've created a fundraising page specifically for us: #MastodonForHarris. secure.actblue.com/donate/mast 1/