Monthly News – October 2024
Many thanks for your donations and for your support.
Night Light in Cinnamon
The team is working on adding Night Light support in Cinnamon.
Night Light consists in reducing the amount of blue light emitted by the screen. It makes the color of your monitor warmer as you get closer to bed time to help reduce eyestrain and improve sleep quality.
In the past Linux Mint shipped with Redshift to provide this functionality. Redshift wasn’t integrated in the settings though, it only worked in Xorg and it was auto-configured by something called geoclue which is no longer functional.
The team is hoping to have this feature fully integrated into the Cinnamon desktop and working out of the box, both in Wayland and Xorg.
Clutter Dialogs
Work continues on migrating key Cinnamon dialogs to Clutter.
Here is the dialog which pops up when a keyring needs to be unlocked:
And here is the one to confirm display changes:
Donations via Stripe
Stripe was added as an alternative to PayPal on the donors page.
This was done to make it easier for people who couldn’t or didn’t want to donate via PayPal. More countries and more bank cards are supported by Stripe and no account registration is necessary.
Framework Laptops
We started working with Framework. We’re hoping this will lead towards a great partnership.
Framework promotes a concept which is quite admirable. They make high-performance laptops which are easy to upgrade, repair and customize.
They want to achieve full compatibility with Linux Mint and the Cinnamon desktop. That’s also very important to us because it means we can recommend this brand within our community without having to worry about compatibility issues.
Their laptops are packed with components we don’t have or technologies which we hadn’t really focused on yet. This will boost new areas of development for us.
The Laptop 13 they sent me just arrived today so I won’t be able to review it until the next blog post. Spoiler alert: I like it
When it comes to hardware I love it when a product feels special and/or of high quality. I’ve had many different computers in the past. The ones I enjoyed the most weren’t the most modern or the most powerful, they were the ones I grew attached to, either because they were very well built or because I loved something unique about them. I still work mostly on a Mintbox 3 and an old Macbook Pro Retina. I’ll be comparing this Laptop 13 to these two next month.
Hellotux Garments
Some of our branded clothes will soon be discontinued.
Hellotux can’t source the green Mint shirts anymore.
Some sizes are missing, some are reduced. We’ll also probably remove the old Mint logos eventually.
If you like the green shirts or the old logos don’t wait until they’re gone.
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Donations in September:
A total of $11,006 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 396 donors:
$250 (30th donation), Ralph Siegler aka “ziggy”
$216 (3rd donation), Ralph J.
$216, Association pour l’Informatique Participative
$200, Steven S.
$162 (2nd donation), Dirk S.
$120, Aaron P.
$108 (8th donation), Karl H.
$108 (4th donation), Enric Pastor
$108 (4th donation), Franky W.
$108, Ivaylo I.
$100 (13th donation), Mihail S.
$100 (10th donation), Plamen Atanasov
$100 (9th donation), Carl J.
$100 (2nd donation), Emily L.
$100, Bryan N.
$100, James F.
$100, Mark M.
$100, Richard B.
$100, Timothy B.
$95, Simon L.
$86 (6th donation), Rhydwen V.
$80 (2nd donation), Peter F.
$70 (7th donation), Joel M.
$65 (36th donation), Wolfgang P.
$55, Jay Norris
$54 (66th donation), Michael R.
$54 (12th donation), Hermann W.
$54 (9th donation), Devendra Rai.
$54 (6th donation), Ike
$54 (6th donation), Jesse C.
$54 (5th donation), Gildas M.
$54 (5th donation), Manuel F.
$54 (4th donation), Philipp K.
$54 (3rd donation), Marion
$54 (3rd donation), Siegfried S.
$54 (2nd donation), Bernard P.
$54 (2nd donation), Lucas D.
$54 (2nd donation), Michel B.
$54, Adrian W.
$54, Christian G.
$54, Christoph T.
$54, Erich M.
$54, Francois A.
$54, Franz K.
$54, Henri W.
$54, Laobhan
$54, Martin P.
$54, Michael D.
$54, Nagy I.
$54, Olav H.
$54, Paul G.
$54, Phillip H.
$54, Siegbert P.
$54, Thomas S.
$54, Udo W.
$54, Uwe S.
$54, Wolfgang A.
$52 (13th donation), John Mc
$51, Neil P.
$50 (87th donation), Anthony C. aka “ciak”
$50 (10th donation), Nate P. aka “cog_nate”
$50 (8th donation), Michael C.
$50 (6th donation), David W.
$50 (5th donation), Harrison W.
$50 (4th donation), Chris C.
$50 (3rd donation), Vance West
$50 (2nd donation), Benjamin L.
$50 (2nd donation), Daniel A.
$50 (2nd donation), Graeme D.
$50 (2nd donation), Jeffrey J.
$50 (2nd donation), Nick Gausling | Fractional COO | Retail and Consumer Sector Consultant
$50, Adib H.
$50, Alejandro S.
$50, Alfred C.
$50, Andri A.
$50, Anthony D.
$50, Christopher C.
$50, James L.
$50, Jesse T L.
$50, John L.
$50, Joseph M.
$50, Julian D.
$50, Leela A.
$50, Michael B.
$50, Michael M.
$50, Michael T.
$50, Mike P.
$50, Thomas C.
$50, Warren S.
$40 (8th donation), John S.
$40 (2nd donation), John W.
$38, Martin Skouboe P.
$35 (16th donation), B. H. .
$35 (5th donation), David H.
$35 (4th donation), Katherine K.
$32 (7th donation), Gabriel S.
$32 (4th donation), Reijo H.
$32 (4th donation), Sebastian G.
$32 (4th donation), Stephen C.
$32 (2nd donation), Álvaro R.
$32 (2nd donation), Finn I.
$32 (2nd donation), Flavio S.
$32 (2nd donation), Harry F.
$32, Enrico G.
$32, Evariste S.
$30 (3rd donation), Daniel S.
$30 (3rd donation), Nicholas B.
$30, Henry B.
$30, Raymond S.
$30, Robert K.
$30, Roland V.
$27, Jeffrey E.
$27, Jens K.
$25 (43th donation), Linux Mint Sverige
$25 (17th donation), Richard N.
$25 (11th donation), Corey J.
$25 (9th donation), John W.
$25 (3rd donation), John P.
$25 (3rd donation), Richard T.
$25 (2nd donation), Mihnea Rădulescu
$25, Thomas G.
$24 (7th donation), Olaf Bousche aka “Bushman”
$22 (99th donation), Johann J.
$22 (52th donation), Peter E.
$22 (15th donation), Marek S. [LMDE SUPPORTER]
$22 (14th donation), Benjamin W.
$22 (9th donation), Martin L.
$22 (8th donation), Alexander H.
$22 (8th donation), Divoto
$22 (8th donation), Raymond L.
$22 (8th donation), Stoyan
$22 (7th donation), Peter C.
$22 (6th donation), Thomas G. aka “thg14”
$22 (5th donation), Didier P.
$22 (5th donation), Ivo S.
$22 (4th donation), Mario N.
$22 (3rd donation), Gines S.
$22 (2nd donation), A V.
$22 (2nd donation), Albin L.
$22 (2nd donation), Andrew B.
$22 (2nd donation), Antoine M.
$22 (2nd donation), Benjami L.
$22 (2nd donation), Jean-paul D.
$22 (2nd donation), Matthias V.
$22 (2nd donation), Miguel S.
$22, Alexander S.
$22, Antti K.
$22, Arndt B.
$22, Arni A R.
$22, Aspins
$22, Calogero P.
$22, Christian S.
$22, Dieter Schemmelmann aka “Die0691”
$22, Dr O Freeman
$22, Hamish M.
$22, Jans K.
$22, Jerome G.
$22, Joachim B.
$22, José Luis D.
$22, Klaus D.
$22, Klaus R.
$22, Krystian K.
$22, Kurt G.
$22, Liam H.
$22, Markus B.
$22, Matthias D.
$22, Mikkel A.
$22, Mohamed E.
$22, Pedro F.
$22, Peter Hans S.
$22, Peter M.
$22, Peter R.
$22, Petur K.
$22, Pierre B.
$22, Renato P.
$22, Thomas F.
$22, Thomas U.
$22, Tommaso D.
$22, Uwe S.
$20 (49th donation), Stefan M. H.
$20 (30th donation), vagrantcow
$20 (27th donation), Denis D.
$20 (10th donation), Matthew L. A. aka “Matt”
$20 (9th donation), Kleiner Funk-Electronic
$20 (8th donation), George M.
$20 (8th donation), Oblong Software Products
$20 (6th donation), Terry Phillips aka “Terryphi”
$20 (5th donation), Robert S.
$20 (4th donation), Victor C.
$20 (3rd donation), Alex Z.
$20 (3rd donation), Luke B
$20 (2nd donation), Christopher F.
$20 (2nd donation), Eric H.
$20 (2nd donation), Stiliyan P.
$20, Aiden M.
$20, Andrey L.
$20, Armin M.
$20, Bobby B.
$20, Brien C.
$20, Bryan C.
$20, Christopher D.
$20, Christopher S.
$20, David H.
$20, Dean G.
$20, Frank K.
$20, Ian H D.
$20, Ian T.
$20, Jacob C.
$20, James D.
$20, James H.
$20, James M.
$20, Jonathan G.
$20, Joseph L.
$20, Marshall B.
$20, Matej M.
$20, Michael J.
$20, Michael K.
$20, Michael P.
$20, Norman B.
$20, Olisterno
$20, Oren K.
$20, Peter S.
$20, Ross W.
$20, Santos S.
$20, William B.
$20, William B.
$19 (5th donation), Nicholas J.
$16 (80th donation), Andreas S.
$16 (5th donation), Ravi S.
$16, Günter S.
$16, Phillip M.
$15 (2nd donation), Thomas L.
$15, Rudolph T.
$14, Eduard K.
$13, Bálint S.
$12 (3rd donation), Anthony Macgregor aka “Arcam123”
$11 (53th donation), Daniel S.
$11 (43th donation), Thomas R.
$11 (37th donation), Sami Mannila
$11 (30th donation), Tugaleres.com
$11 (27th donation), Denys G.
$11 (17th donation), Marc V. K.
$11 (17th donation), Stefan W.
$11 (12th donation), Bengt Falke aka “Falke”
$11 (12th donation), Michael P.
$11 (11th donation), Thomas R.
$11 (10th donation), Andreas M.
$11 (10th donation), Juergen M. B.
$11 (6th donation), Joerg B.
$11 (6th donation), Marcos P. G.
$11 (6th donation), Matteo A. aka “Angelinux”
$11 (6th donation), Michael W.
$11 (5th donation), Jan V.
$11 (5th donation), Michael T.
$11 (5th donation), Sami K.
$11 (4th donation), Bernd R.
$11 (4th donation), Jacques V.
$11 (4th donation), Jose J.
$11 (3rd donation), Andreas T.
$11 (3rd donation), Christophe L.
$11 (3rd donation), Fernandes J.
$11 (3rd donation), Francisco Jose A.
$11 (3rd donation), Henrique D.
$11 (3rd donation), Jose C. aka “Revenarius”
$11 (3rd donation), Olivier R.
$11 (2nd donation), Antonio Hilazo Santos
$11 (2nd donation), Dario B.
$11 (2nd donation), Eduardo H.
$11 (2nd donation), Erich G.
$11 (2nd donation), Fabien L.
$11 (2nd donation), Kiss J.
$11 (2nd donation), Ludwig H.
$11 (2nd donation), Marc R.
$11 (2nd donation), Mark Maslov
$11 (2nd donation), Michael O.
$11 (2nd donation), Michele D.
$11 (2nd donation), Panon D.O.O.
$11 (2nd donation), Rok
$11 (2nd donation), Stefan S.
$11 (2nd donation), Wil A.
$11, Adam F.
$11, Anthony P.
$11, Arnd M.
$11, Bjoern H.
$11, Bram D.
$11, Bruno L.
$11, Dainis L.
$11, Dario D.
$11, Dennis V.
$11, Dennis W.
$11, Donald W.
$11, Georg C.
$11, Hans S.
$11, Ilia I.
$11, Karsten M.
$11, Luca Z.
$11, Luigi L.
$11, Marlon D.
$11, Matthias K.
$11, Michael B.
$11, Nico S.
$11, Nicola S.
$11, Olli Pekka P.
$11, Pierre M.
$11, René B.
$11, Silvère D. aka “Lodestar”
$11, Steve H.
$11, Thierry R.
$11, Tim R.
$11, Vasilis R.
$11, Volker S.
$10 (102th donation), Thomas C.
$10 (47th donation), Philip Woodward
$10 (24th donation), Bruce M.
$10 (20th donation), Harold R.
$10 (17th donation), Dave S.
$10 (13th donation), platypus products
$10 (13th donation), Thevirtua
$10 (11th donation), Joseph G.
$10 (5th donation), Gary R.
$10 (5th donation), Geoffrey P.
$10 (5th donation), Tomasz K.
$10 (4th donation), Joseph G.
$10 (4th donation), S Russo
$10 (4th donation), Дмитрий С.
$10 (3rd donation), Robert N.
$10 (2nd donation), Bryan Y.
$10, Anthony A.
$10, Brent F.
$10, Edward M K.
$10, George L.
$10, Glyn S.
$10, Gordon William M.
$10, Harry Diepold
$10, Ioan B.
$10, John L.
$10, Jonathan F.
$10, Joseph G.
$10, Joshua G.
$10, Kirk F.
$10, Luis C.
$10, Rob T.
$10, Robert G.
$10, Ryan M.
$10, Scott B.
$10, Sean M.
$10, SERGIOVAZQUEZ.COM
$10, Skylar S.
$10, Slawek T.
$8 (29th donation), Blazej P. aka “bleyzer”
$8 (6th donation), Lorne F.
$8, ARY aka “alexDW9IFJ”
$6 (7th donation), Keith W.
$6 (4th donation), Darin K.
$143 from 38 smaller donations
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