OMG! Ubuntu!<p>Linux Mint is Making a Major Bluetooth Change</p><p>A better Bluetooth experience is likely to feature in the next major release of Linux Mint. Current versions of the Linux distro ship with Blueberry (which uses the gnome-bluetooth backend). This is used to handle connections to Bluetooth devices like headphones, headsets, games controllers, smartphones, etc, and integrate these devices within the Cinnamon desktop. But Linux Mint 21, due for release later this year, is likely to use Blueman and the bluez backend. Why the change? Well, the short answer is that Blueman works better. Testing within Mint reveals it successfully connects to a wider range of devices, audio equipment :sys_more_orange:<br><a href="https://the.fores.top/tags/Dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dev</span></a> <a href="https://the.fores.top/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://the.fores.top/tags/Blueman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blueman</span></a> <a href="https://the.fores.top/tags/Bluetooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluetooth</span></a> <a href="https://the.fores.top/tags/Bluez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluez</span></a> <a href="https://the.fores.top/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> <a href="https://the.fores.top/tags/LinuxMint21" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint21</span></a> </p><p>:sys_omgubuntu: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/03/linux-mint-is-making-a-major-bluetooth-change" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/03/linux-</span><span class="invisible">mint-is-making-a-major-bluetooth-change</span></a></p>