Last month, Clement Lefebvre reported that the team he leads had already focused on the launch of LMDE 6. Although he did not do so in its entirety, since his plans also included the launch of Linux Mint 21.2 EDGE. Today, September 1, he has reported in his August newsletter that both versions of his operating system will arrive this month, but he has not given an exact date of when.
That they will be available in September is the last thing that has counted in the note. Before you have had time to talk about the donations received, a total of 474 this time. This motivates them to keep going, and the next thing that comes are the aforementioned releases. In addition, there are also long-term plans, among which is update your ISO production framework and fix the secureboot, which is an important task for them. During the last month the differences between the old and the new ISOs have been reduced, and there is even a tool to compare them.
Linux Mint 21.2 Edge is almost ready
If anyone is in doubt about what the Edge image is, the project explains that "The Edge ISO image is not as stable as the other ISOs and may not support as many proprietary drivers. Use it only if you can't boot or install with the other ISOs. "
But the most important details are the closeness of LMDE 6 and Linux Mint 21.2 EDGE and what they bring. Specifically, it is said that LMDE 6 already seems to be at a stable point, and includes all the new features of Linux Mint 21.2, it is based on Debian and the kernel it uses is Linux 6.1. It should use PipeWire by default, but they haven't done the necessary tests yet to start talking about this.
Considering that beta versions are released about three weeks before stable ones, both LMDE 6 and Linux Mint 21.2 Edge are expected to arrive at the end of September.