Linux Mint 21.2 to be released in June, major login screen improvements

Clem Lefebvre announced that Linux Mint 21.2, codenamed "Victoria", will be launched at the end of June this year. The official default desktop environment is Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce.

Clem Lefebvre said in the official announcement that Linux Mint 21.2 mainly improved the login screen, optimized the Pix image management program, and added support for HEIF and AVID image formats. Added support for Adobe Illustrator documents in the Xreader document viewer.

In Linux Mint 21.2, users will be able to switch keyboard layouts on the login screen. After clicking the indicator in the upper right corner, a new menu will pop up on the interface, showing the default keyboard layout currently selected by the user. The user can also choose other keyboard layouts.

The gThumb version number on which the Pix image management program is based has been upgraded from 3.2.8 to 3.12.2, introducing a new title bar and buttons. We're told Lefebvre said the UI is "less discoverable for newbies" but more streamlined and intuitive.

The official update log states that this update brings 168 new features and user-visible changes, including better performance, support for AVIF/HEIF and JXL formats Support, configurable dark mode and more.

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