The full version of Linux Mint 21 has been published !!!
Linux Mint has published their BETA for 2022. It' s based on Ubuntu's 22.04 release earlier this year. Here I'll have a first look on Mint's MATE edition and how it fares on a LENOVO LEGION 5 box. Overall it seems to work fairly fine. More details below.
INSTALLATION
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Boot/Start worked
NO Option to NOT install SWAP partition in standard menu (workaround later in fstab not to boot via #)
Last step before install NOT logical
(after hitting "Install NOW" shows option on which disk to install, BUT NO such option for boot loader, overwrites grub from other mint install)
BT works (Mouse found & connected)
LAN worked
DARK Mode worked
Welcome Screen did not pop up
Font size (10) too small
Brightness worked
Installation completed, Reboot worked & System ready for further adjustments
SYSTEM
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- OLD mount problem of secondary Linux Mint install still exists (no access, mount crashes), Access to Ubuntu MATE, Manjarao and ARCH work fine.
- OLD ZOMBIE process from Mint menu (Search Internet option) persists
- Direct bitlocker access works, B U T cannot handle autologin for more than 2 different passwords - lol (requires manual login)
- FIREFOX should be REPLACED by LIBREWOLF (has better default PRIVACY settings) OR at least as an option durind installation.
- BOOT space problem solved?? Lack of space after installation of more than 3 Kernels (requires manual deinstallation) --- WHY not increase BOOT partition to 2GB???
nvidia 5.15 driver - works
extreme-cooling.deb - works
updates - works
restart - works
USB Filetransfer
... gets stuck (hangs up) - NOT solved !!!This workaround may helped a little on my Mint system Open a terminal and use xed text editor with root permission, type:
sudo nano /etc/sysctl.d/*99-sysctl.conf
Introduce your password
Scroll to the end of the file and paste :
vm.dirty_bytes=50331648
vm.dirty_background_bytes=16777216
at the and of it, press ctrl-S to save and then ctrl-X to quit xed
Check with sudo sysctl -p in terminal and do a sudo update-grub
O R
vm.dirty_background_ratio = 5
vm.dirty_ratio = 10
In terminal check with sudo sysctl -a | grep dirty
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sudo vm.dirty_background_ratio = 3
sudo xed /etc/sysctl.conf
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