--- title: Linux Mint Developing New Apps For Terminal & System... description: Linux Mint's October 2026 status report outlines new apps and features ahead of Linux Mint 27, due around Christmas. Developers are restoring hibernation... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-developing-new-apps-for-terminal-system-monitoring-gqqsgzk2a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux Mint Developing New Apps For Terminal & System Monitoring | daily.dev og:description: Linux Mint's October 2026 status report outlines new apps and features ahead of Linux Mint 27, due around Christmas. Developers are restoring hibernation... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-developing-new-apps-for-terminal-system-monitoring-gqqsgzk2a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gQQSGzk2a.png og:image:alt: Linux Mint Developing New Apps For Terminal & System Monitoring og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Linux Mint Developing New Apps For Terminal & System Monitoring **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linux Mint's October 2026 status report outlines new apps and features ahead of Linux Mint 27, due around Christmas. Developers are restoring hibernation support through the System Administration tool, after Ubuntu dropped it from supported sleep modes. The Nemo file manager gains an image preview pane. Three new apps are in development: Superlight for monitoring CPU, RAM, GPU, network, storage, temperatures and fan speeds; Velocity, a new terminal emulator; and Unfold, a small archive manager. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new apps is Linux Mint building for the Mint 27 release? Linux Mint is developing three new apps: Superlight, a system monitor covering CPU, RAM, GPU, network, and storage usage plus temperatures and fan speeds; Velocity, a new terminal emulator; and Unfold, a small archive manager. These are part of the October status report ahead of the Linux Mint 27 stable release planned around Christmas. _Track new Linux Mint 27 apps and features as they land on daily.dev._ ### Why did Linux Mint need to bring back hibernation support? Upstream Ubuntu removed hibernation from its supported sleep modes, so Linux Mint developers are restoring it themselves. Once added, hibernation will be enabled through Linux Mint's System Administration tool as an alternative to suspend for users who want it. _Follow distro-level fixes like this on daily.dev before they hit your desktop._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Will Be Released This Month](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-22-3-beta-will-be-released-this-month-fztslnon0) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux Mint 22.3 Beta Released, This is What’s New](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-22-3-beta-released-this-is-what-s-new-d7fh9odi4) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux Mint Now Considers Wayland Stable](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-now-considers-wayland-stable-8oz5mvizf) · It's Foss · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-developing-new-apps-for-terminal-system-monitoring-gqqsgzk2a) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Linux Mint Developing New Apps For Terminal \u0026 System Monitoring","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-developing-new-apps-for-terminal-system-monitoring-gqqsgzk2a","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/linux-mint-developing-new-apps-for-terminal-system-monitoring-gqqsgzk2a"},"datePublished":"2026-10-31T14:43:35.039Z","dateModified":"2026-10-31T14:44:04.259Z","description":"Linux Mint's October 2026 status report outlines new apps and features ahead of Linux Mint 27, due around Christmas. 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