Monthly News –October & November 2025 by Clem --Linux Mint 22.3 ‘Zena’

[Condobloke]

The Linux Mint Blog – News from the Mint Team

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We’re very close to a release now. Most of the projects have been tagged and packaged in 22.3’s repositories.


We’re preparing a BETA release for the first half of this month.

Monthly News – October 2025 – The Linux Mint Blog

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November 6, 2025 by Clem·108 Comments


Apologies for the messy appearance above. I am just playing catch up.

In a nutshell, LINUX MINT Zena 22.3 (beta) is about to drop. Lots of changes/additions

 

[Condobloke]

Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" Nears Release with New Cinnamon Menu and Tools

Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” nears release with a new Cinnamon menu, updated system tools, Wayland improvements, and many refinements now prepared for the upcoming beta.

linuxiac.com

 

[wizardfromoz]

Newest firefox from Mint reflects that -

146.0+linuxmint1+zena

Cheers

 

[Condobloke]

Linux Mint 22.3 is in 'Testing ' phase

This testing immediately follows the beta phase and is the last step before final release.

Expect it soon....very soon.

 

[Condobloke]

There is a significant change/s to the menu.

I will likely accept it as it comes out.

The guy below added the LM22.2 menu to 22.3 by ::

(github: https://github.com/WerIstLuka/22.2-Cinnamon-Menu)

to install you need to copy the 22.2-menu@luka directory to::

 ~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets

Whatever rocks your boat....try anything if the 'look' doesn't impress you....but Please!...take a Timeshift snapshot BEFORE .....