Linux mint mate x64

Release notes

Linux Mint 20 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2025. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable.

Linux Mint 20 «Ulyana» MATE Edition

Known issues

Shutdown timeout

For your convenience, the shutdown timeout is reduced to 10s.

If you rely on lengthy operations to finish before shutdown, read /etc/systemd/system.conf.d/50_linuxmint.conf and override the timeout value in /etc/systemd/system.conf.d/60_custom.conf.

Grub2 theme in HiDPI

If the grub2 theme looks too small in your HiDPI monitor, install the «grub2-theme-mint-2k» package.

Snap Store

The Snap Store is disabled in Linux Mint 20. For more information on this or to re-enable it read https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/snap.html.

Virtualbox

If the screen is black when launching Linux Mint in Virtualbox, change the VirtualBox graphics controller to «VMSVGA». Do this by opening up the settings for your VM and select Display -> Graphics Controller.

If the screen is garbled when launching Linux Mint in Virtualbox, switch to console with HOST+F1 (e.g. the RIGHT Ctrl key, no ALT) and back to tty7 with HOST+F7.

Another workaround is to disable «nested paging» (in the System -> Acceleration settings) and to increase the video memory to 128MB (in the Display settings).

Note: This issue only affects the live session. You don’t need these workarounds post-installation.

To add support for shared folders, drag and drop, proper acceleration and display resolution in Virtualbox, click on the «Devices» menu of Virtualbox and choose «Insert Guest Additions CD Image». Choose «download» when asked and follow the instructions.

Home directory encryption

Benchmarks have demonstrated that, in most cases, home directory encryption is slower than full disk encryption.

The move to systemd caused a regression in ecrypts which is responsible for mounting/unmounting encrypted home directories when you login and logout. Because of this issue, please be aware that in Mint 20 and newer releases, your encrypted home directory is no longer unmounted on logout: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1734541.

Guest sessions

You can still enable guest sessions in the «Login Window» utility, but this option is now disabled by default.

Touchpad drivers

The default touchpad driver in this edition is «libinput» (provided by the xserver-xorg-input-libinput package).

If you experience problems with it, you can switch to another driver called «synaptics» (provided by the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package).

To know which driver is used by your input devices, run the following command:

grep -i «Using input driver» /var/log/Xorg.0.log

When both drivers are installed, «synaptics» takes priority.

To switch to the «synaptics» driver, install it with the command:

apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

Then log out and log back in.

To go back to using «libinput», simply remove the «synaptics» driver:

apt remove xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

Then log out and log back in.

Note: You can also try installing the «evdev» driver (provided by the xserver-xorg-input-evdev).

Wine

To install the complete version of WINE, open a terminal and type:

apt install wine-installer

Among other things, this will install wine-desktop-files, which adds menu entries for regedit, your C:\ drive and other items which are missing from upstream WINE.

Sound and microphone issues

If you’re facing issues with your microphone or your sound output, please install «pavucontrol».

This will add «PulseAudio Volume Control» to your menu. This application has more configuration options than the default volume control.

DVD Playback with VLC

If VLC does not find your DVD player, click on Media->Open Disc, and specify ‘/dev/sr0’ as the disc device.

Other issues

Linux Mint 20 is based on Ubuntu 20.04. Make sure to read the Ubuntu release notes.

Tips

Username and password in the live session

In the live session, the username is «mint» and the password is empty (i.e. just press Enter if asked for a password).

Moving windows which don’t fit in the screen

If your screen resolution is too low, some windows might not fit in the screen.

While pressing the ALT key, you can grab any part of a window with the mouse and move it across the screen.

Installing multimedia codecs offline

To download the multimedia codecs into an installable archive:

• Boot from the Linux Mint ISO on a computer which is connected to the Internet
• Open a terminal and type «apt download mint-meta-codecs» (without the quotes)
• This creates a «mint-meta-codecs.tgz» archive

On computers which do not have an Internet access, you can decompress this archive and run ./install.sh (or alternatively «sudo dpkg -i *.deb») to install the multimedia codecs.

Solving freezes during the boot sequence

Some graphics cards don’t work well with the open-source driver present in Linux Mint.

If Linux Mint freezes during boot time, use the «Compatibility Mode» boot option.

In this mode you should be able to boot Linux Mint and install it on your computer.

After the installation, reboot the computer and wait for the boot menu to appear.

Add the «nomodeset» option as illustrated below:

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If your graphics card is from NVIDIA, once in Linux Mint, perform the following steps to install the NVIDIA drivers:

• Run the Driver Manager
• Choose the NVIDIA drivers and wait for them to be installed
• Reboot the computer

With these drivers the system should now be stable and you no longer need to use «nomodeset».

Note: If you’re using an Optimus card, you’ve nothing more to do. Upon reboot, a system tray icon should show up indicating which GPU is currently active. Click on it to switch GPUs.

Note: If you still cannot boot try one of the following solutions:

• Try with «nouveau.noaccel=1» instead of «nomodeset».
• Try with «noapic noacpi nosplash irqpoll» instead of «quiet splash».
• After the installation, use «Advanced Options» -> «Recovery mode» from the boot menu and choose «resume».

Choosing the right version of Linux Mint

Each new version comes with a new kernel and a newer set of drivers. Most of the time, this means newer versions are compatible with a larger variety of hardware components, but sometimes it might also introduce regressions. If you are facing hardware issues with the latest version of Linux Mint and you are unable to solve them, you can always try an earlier release. If that one works better for you, you can stick to it, or you can use it to install Linux Mint and then upgrade to the newer release.

Thanks to your donations and advertising Linux Mint is completely free of charge. We hope you’ll enjoy using it as much as we enjoy working on it.

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Linux Mint 20.2 «Uma»

On this page you can download Linux Mint either directly or via torrent as an ISO image. Make sure to verify your image after downloading it.

Information

Integrity & Authenticity

Anyone can produce fake ISO images, it is your responsibility to check you are downloading the official ones.

Download the ISO image, right-click->»Save Link As…» on the sha256sum.txt and sha256sum.txt.gpg buttons to save these files locally, then follow the instructions to verify your downloaded files.

Download mirrors

Download from one of the mirrors below.

Location	Mirror
World	LayerOnline
World	Rackers
Canada	Manitoba Unix User Group
Canada	University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
USA	advancedhosters.com
USA	Clarkson University
USA	ette.biz
USA	Fremont Cabal Internet Exchange
USA	Harvard School of Engineering
USA	James Madison University
USA	kernel.org
USA	Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13
USA	Linux Freedom
USA	MetroCast Cablevision
USA	Open Computing Facility at UC Berkeley
USA	Purdue Linux Users Group
USA	Skynet Communications of Kentucky
USA	Sonic
USA	Team Cymru
USA	University of Pittsburgh
USA	US Internet
USA	XMission Internet
Belarus	ByFly
Bulgaria	DarkNET LTD
Bulgaria	IPACCT
Bulgaria	Netix Ltd
Bulgaria	Telepoint
Bulgaria	University of Ruse
Czech Republic	CZ.NIC
Czech Republic	UPC Ceska republika
Czech Republic	Webglobe
Denmark	Dotsrc.org
Denmark	KLID
France	Crifo.org
France	Johnnybegood
France	Université de Reims
Germany	Dark Penguin Network
Germany	dogado GmbH
Germany	Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Germany	Funkfreunde Landshut e.V.
Germany	GWDG
Germany	Hochschule Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Germany	IPB Internet Provider in Berlin GmbH
Germany	NetCologne GmbH
Germany	Netzwerge GmbH
Germany	PyrateLAN.party
Germany	University of Frankfurt
Germany	wilhelm.tel GmbH
Greece	GreekLUG
Greece	Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
Greece	MyAegean team, University of the Aegean
Greece	National Technical University of Athens
Greece	University of Crete
Greenland	Tele Greenland
Hungary	Quantum Mirror
Ireland	HEAnet
Italy	GARR
Latvia	University of Latvia
Moldova	hacktegic.com
Moldova	iHost
Netherlands	Evoluso.com
Netherlands	LiteServer
Netherlands	NLUUG
Netherlands	Triple IT
Poland	Host4Biz
Poland	ICM — University of Warsaw
Poland	Onet.pl
Poland	Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center
Portugal	FCCN
Portugal	PTISP
Portugal	RNL — Técnico Lisboa
Portugal	Universidade do Porto
Romania	Hostico
Romania	M247
Romania	Orange
Romania	Orange Romania
Russia	Powernet ISP
Russia	Truenetwork
Russia	Yandex Team
Serbia	University of Kragujevac
Slovakia	Energotel
Slovakia	Rainside
Spain	Aire Networks
Spain	Oficina de Software Libre do Cixug
Sweden	Academic Computer Club, Umea University
Sweden	Bahnhof
Sweden	c0urier.net
Sweden	Deadnet
Sweden	Infania Networks
Sweden	Zetup
Switzerland	Init7
Switzerland	Metanet.ch
Turkey	Guzel Hosting
Turkey	Linux Kullanicilari Dernegi
Turkey	Verinomi
Ukraine	ASTRA
Ukraine	Astra.in.ua
Ukraine	FastMirror
Ukraine	IP-Connect LLC
United Kingdom	Bytemark Hosting
United Kingdom	mirror.vinehost.net
United Kingdom	UK Dedicated Servers
United Kingdom	UKFast
United Kingdom	University of Kent UK Mirror Service
China	Alibaba Cloud
China	Nanjing University
China	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Linux User Group (SJTUG)
China	TUNA
Hong Kong	KoDDoS
India	NxtGen DataCenter
India	PicoNets-WebWerks
India	vishnetwork.in
Indonesia	PT Global Intermedia Nusantara
Iran	Bardia Moshiri
Iran	HostIran
Israel	Israel Internet Association
Kazakhstan	Hoster.kz
Kazakhstan	PS Internet Company LLC
Singapore	0x.sg
Singapore	Freedif
South Korea	AniGil Linux Archive
South Korea	KAIST
Taiwan	NCHC
Taiwan	TamKang University
Thailand	Khon Kaen University
Australia	AARNet
Australia	Internode
New Zealand	University of Canterbury
Brazil	C3SL
Brazil	Federal University of Sao Carlos
Brazil	Universidade Federal do Amazonas
Chile	NetActuate
Chile	Universidad de La Frontera
Ecuador	CEDIA
Kenya	Liquid Telecom
Mauritius	cloud.mu
South Africa	Dimension Data
South Africa	University of Free State
South Africa	WIRUlink

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