Linux Mint 20.3 beta Downloads:
https://mirror.netcologne.de/linuxmint/iso/testing/
and
http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint/testing/
and more mirrors:
http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint/testing/

And the mysterious new XApp is......drum roll......well, it is......are you
ready?....,ladies and gentlemen and others entities...here it is, well, wow, it
is.....what a surprise...it is......
Thingy.
https://github.com/linuxmint/thingy
Wow! ;-)

Anyway, LM 20.3 beta (Cinnamon) is now on my Ventoy USB stick.

A short article:
https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-20-3-beta-is-now-available-for-download

Yrrah

Yrrah wrote:
> Anyway, LM 20.3 beta (Cinnamon) is now on my Ventoy USB stick.

Topic drift...

I LUV my Ventoy stick.

Previously I used Win Yumi for multibooting; very 'fragile' for
adding/removing .iso/s resulting in boot failures because of
'discontinuity' or however the failure is reported.

That problem has yet to rise on the Ventoy. I did have some trouble w/
Win 'failures' to handle the Ventoy files or structure, but I just
switched to add/remove w/ linux and it isn't a problem

--
Mike Easter

> and more mirrors:
> http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint/testing/

Should be:
https://linuxmint.com/mirrors.php

Yrrah

On 2021-12-11, Yrrah <Yrrah-aolm@aolm.invalid> wrote:
> Linux Mint 20.3 beta Downloads:
> https://mirror.netcologne.de/linuxmint/iso/testing/
> and
> http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint/testing/
> and more mirrors:
> http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint/testing/
>
> And the mysterious new XApp is......drum roll......well, it is......are you
> ready?....,ladies and gentlemen and others entities...here it is, well, wow, it
> is.....what a surprise...it is......
> Thingy.

Yes, Clem had that much in the last monthly update.

> https://github.com/linuxmint/thingy

Quote

Thingy is used to quickly access recent and favorite documents.

It's an XApp so it can work in any distribution and many desktop environments (Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, GNOME, etc..).

End quote

So its an improved short cut?
> Wow! ;-)
>
> Anyway, LM 20.3 beta (Cinnamon) is now on my Ventoy USB stick.
>
> A short article:
> https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-20-3-beta-is-now-available-for-download
>
>
> Yrrah
>
>
>
>
>
>

> LM 20.3 beta (Cinnamon) is now on my Ventoy USB stick.

No success. Tried it several times with downloads from different mirrors.
"error: invalid magical number"
"error: you need to load the kernel first"
And yes, I did integrity checks (with GtkHash).

No problems with the other distros on the Ventoy stick (LM 20.2, Tails, MX
Linux).

Yrrah

On 11/12/2021 16:52, Yrrah wrote:
> Linux Mint 20.3 beta Downloads:
> https://mirror.netcologne.de/linuxmint/iso/testing/
> and
> http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint/testing/
> and more mirrors:
> http://mirrors.seas.harvard.edu/linuxmint/testing/
>
> And the mysterious new XApp is......drum roll......well, it is......are you
> ready?....,ladies and gentlemen and others entities...here it is, well, wow, it
> is.....what a surprise...it is......
> Thingy.
> https://github.com/linuxmint/thingy
> Wow! ;-)
>
> Anyway, LM 20.3 beta (Cinnamon) is now on my Ventoy USB stick.
>
> A short article:
> https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-20-3-beta-is-now-available-for-download
>
>
> Yrrah
>

Does anyone Know if there will be an 20.3 "edge" version, as the last
time I installed 20.2 on my new laptop the "edge" version is the only
one I could get working "laptop is an Asus Vivobook S14".

Or will it update to 20.3 without problems.

--
Best Regards
John

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John <john@nofido.non>:
> Does anyone Know if there will be an 20.3 "edge" version, as the last
> time I installed 20.2 on my new laptop the "edge" version is the only
> one I could get working "laptop is an Asus Vivobook S14".
>
> Or will it update to 20.3 without problems.

What's an "edge" version?

I've never had problems with the 'minor' upgrades (the ones between major new
versions).

Yrrah

On 12/26/21 10:51 AM, this is what Yrrah wrote:
> John <john@nofido.non>:
>
>> Does anyone Know if there will be an 20.3 "edge" version, as the last
>> time I installed 20.2 on my new laptop the "edge" version is the only
>> one I could get working "laptop is an Asus Vivobook S14".
>>
>> Or will it update to 20.3 without problems.
>
> What's an "edge" version?
>
> I've never had problems with the 'minor' upgrades (the ones between major new
> versions).
>
> Yrrah
>
There's an edge browser, Microsoft Edge (dev). Available as a deb for install in Mint.

--
Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.2 64bit, Dell Inspiron 5570 laptop
Quad Core i7-8550U, 16G Memory, 512G SSD, 750G & 1TB HDDs

Big Al wrote:
> Yrrah wrote:
>> John :
>>
>>> Does anyone Know if there will be an 20.3 "edge" version, as the
>>> last time I installed 20.2 on my new laptop the "edge" version
>>> is the only one I could get working "laptop is an Asus Vivobook
>>> S14".
>>>
>>> Or will it update to 20.3 without problems.
>>
>> What's an "edge" version?
>>
> There's an edge browser, Microsoft Edge (dev). Available as a deb
> for install in Mint.
>
No.

There's a LM Cinnamon 'Edge' which might be compared to MX's 'ahs' release.

LM
> Edge ISO Images
>
> If you cannot boot or install Linux Mint because your hardware is
> too recent and is not properly detected look for an “Edge” ISO
> image.
>
> In addition to its regular ISO images, Linux Mint sometimes provides
> an “edge” ISO image for its latest release. This image ships with
> newer components to be able to support the most modern hardware
> chipsets and devices.
>
> Warning
>
> The Edge ISO image is not as stable as the other ISOs and may not
> support as many proprietary drivers. Only use it if you cannot boot
> or install with the other ISOs.

MX
> MX-21_x64, with a standard 64 bit kernel and hardware support from
> Debian Stable. Suitable if your PC is a few years old.

> MX-21_x64 “ahs”, an “Advanced Hardware Support” release for very
> recent hardware, with 5.14 kernel and newer graphics drivers and
> firmware. 64 bit only. Works for all users, but especially if you use
> AMD Ryzen, AMD Radeon RX graphics, or 9th/10th/11th generation Intel
> hardware.

--
Mike Easter