They took longer than expected, but there was a good reason. The mint-flavored Linux development team is currently working around the clock to ensure that the launch of Linux Mint 21.3 arrive at its usual time, which is during the Christmas holidays, approximately December 20 to 30. That has been the reason why November monthly newsletter was published on December 6 (a few days late), a launch is approaching and they are on schedule.
You don't just have to be prepared for the stable version of Linux Mint 21.3. Before They have to give us the Beta, and if there are no problems it should be available later this week. As we expected, 21.3 will use the graphical environment Cinnamon 6.0, among whose novelties we can highlight a new session in experimental Wayland. For more information and to follow the development of Wayland in Linux Mint, you can visit the repository that they have opened on GitHub.
Linux Mint 21.3 will arrive for Christmas
As for new applications, Nemo will have available «Actions», such as the one that adds the options "Verify" and "Create a Bootable USB" in the context menu that appears when right-clicking. Starting with Cinnamon 6.0, you can add, activate and rate them in the same way you can do with applets, desklets, Cinnamon extensions and themes. They will be a new type of spices and it is expected that they will grow in number as the community delivers theirs.
hypnotix recently received the ability to set channels as favorites. In the future you will also be able to create custom channels from a link, whether live or not. This will allow you to use Hypnotix without the need to add a playlist or IPTV, and will even allow you to play YouTube channels.
In addition to this, Slick Greeter will be able to configure the alignment of the login box, Bulky will receive support for thumbnails and drag and drop, and video playback in Pix now takes the orientation of the video into account and rotates it automatically.
All of this will be available this week in the Beta version of Linux Mint 21.3 and at the end of the month in the stable version.