Linux Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre revealed today in the monthly newsletter for October 2025 two new tools for Linux Mint users, System Information and System Administration.
In the Linux Mint and LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) distributions, the System Reports tool is used by the devs to troubleshoot hardware-related issues based on user reports, but it can also be used by users to easily install multimedia codecs and set up a system restore utility. System Reports has now been rebranded as System Information.
System Information has four new sections, namely USB, GPU, PCI, and BIOS, which will display detailed information about plugged-in dev…
Linux Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre revealed today in the monthly newsletter for October 2025 two new tools for Linux Mint users, System Information and System Administration.
In the Linux Mint and LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) distributions, the System Reports tool is used by the devs to troubleshoot hardware-related issues based on user reports, but it can also be used by users to easily install multimedia codecs and set up a system restore utility. System Reports has now been rebranded as System Information.
System Information has four new sections, namely USB, GPU, PCI, and BIOS, which will display detailed information about plugged-in devices on the USB section, grouped by USB controller, default graphics card and its support for hardware acceleration on the GPU section, internal PC components on the PCI section, motherboard, BIOS version, boot mode, and Secure Boot on the BIOS section.
In addition, a new tool called “System Administration” was implemented, which currently lets you tweak Linux Mint‘s boot menu by either hiding or showing it, setting a timeout, and adding or removing boot parameters. In time, System Administration will receive more useful system administration features.
“Despite our best efforts, things don’t always work out of the box, right? When troubleshooting issues and finding solutions, you don’t only need to find people who are able to help you, you need to be able to give them the information they need to understand your problem and give you the right solution,” said Clement Lefebvre.
Apart from introducing the System Administration and System Information tools, the Linux Mint devs have started working on a new XApp project called XSI (XApp Symbolic Icons), to replace the Adwaita symbolic icons in all the XApp, Cinnamon, and Linux Mint projects.
In other news, the Linux Mint devs continued working on the highly anticipated new applications menu for the Cinnamon desktop environment, which is coming as part of the Linux Mint 22.3 release later this year, with the ability to move the search bar to the bottom and position the system buttons in the sidebar.
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