Linux Mint 21.1 "Vera" will greatly improve the verification level of ISO images and make the desktop cleaner.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Coje_He for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com October 2 news, a few years ago, the Linux Mint website was hacked and fake ISO images were uploaded. Since then, the team has put more emphasis on verifying ISO downloaded by users to ensure that they have not been tampered with. In the upcoming "Vera" version of Linux Mint 21.1, users will be able to use the new ISO authentication tool. When it comes to validating ISO, it does most of the heavy work.

Right-clicking the ISO file provides options to verify its integrity. The authentication tool will pop up, and if it is a Linux Mint or Ubuntu file, the URL of the SHA256sum and GNU privacy protection (GPG) files will be automatically filled in for inspection-all the user has to do is click the verify button. If there is nothing wrong with ISO, users will see a pop-up message saying, "everything looks fine," and ISO is the official image.

In addition to validating ISO, the team is also developing USB Image Writer tools. The validation button opens the validation tool, which is detected if the user attempts to write to the Windows ISO and provides a link to write to the Windows image because more steps are required.

The Linux Mint team also announced that the upcoming version, and later versions, will begin to hide the computer, home page, recycle bin, and web desktop icons by default. They are hidden because they are easily accessible in other ways and will provide cleaner desktops. Although these shortcuts are hidden, users can still place them on the desktop and access the installed drive from here. If you want to restore any hidden icons, users can do the same.

CTOnews.com has learned that the Linux Mint team has confirmed that its goal is to make Linux Mint 21.1 "Vera" available to the public by Christmas, possibly ahead of the Beta beta.