A few hours earlier, Clem Lefebvre, head of the Linux Mint Project, approved the beta release of Linux Mint 20. Shortly after, the new version became available to all users of the operating system. Although there has not yet been an official post about the new version, it is already available in three different flavors: Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce.
According to the Linux Mint development team, the ISO file of the new version is now available on all download mirrors. This means that you can easily download the new version by simply selecting the mirror closest to you. Surprisingly, the Linux Mint development team revealed earlier on the operating system blog that they are now stopping the development and creation of distributions with 32-bit architecture. This means that Linux Mint 20 will only be available in 64-bit distributions.
The main reason for releasing the beta version is to discover and fix bugs, as well as improve new services, before the stable version is released. For the same reason, we recommend that you do not use the beta version for work, as it may cause problems during your downtime.
However, many times, users prefer to update system when an official stable version is released. However, there is currently no set release date for the stable version of Linux Mint 20. Usually, stable versions of the operating system are released about 20 days later than beta versions. In other words, it is possible that we will see Linux Mint 20 stable at the end of June. Clem Lefebvre also proved this, with a post in May, in which he announced that Linux Mint 20 will be released shortly before the end of June.
According to the operating system development team, along with the release of the new version of Linux Mint, support for Linux Mint Debian Edition 3 will also cease.
