A refreshed Linux Mint 22.3 LTS releases.">HWE (Hardware Enablement) operating system installer is now available, incorporating Linux kernel 7.0. This update provides users with the same core Linux Mint 22.3 Zena experience, which remains based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Long Term Support), but with the benefits of a significantly newer kernel. While previous HWE ISOs for Mint 22.3 booted with Linux kernel 6.17, and the original release used kernel 6.14, the inclusion of kernel 7.0 in the latest installer ensures enhanced hardware compatibility, performance improvements, and security updates for newer systems. This allows new installations of Linux Mint 22.3 to immediately leverage the latest kernel advancements.