There's some interesting plans ahead coming from the Linux Mint team including a new EDGE ISO for running Mint on newer hardware, info on the next Linux Mint release and their concerns with Ubuntu and Snap.
First up for fans of their LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition), it's still going and version 6 is code-named "Faye". With their plans to have all the features and changes from the main Linux Mint 21.2 but there's currently no ETA on when it will be available.
On top of that they've announced plans for a new Linux Mint EDGE ISO for Mint 21.2. The idea is to provide you with a download that has a fresher Linux kernel (6.2) for running Linux Mint on newer hardware. Seems like a sane idea, other distributions do a similar thing when refreshing their downloads. Not an entirely new thing for Mint though, they’ve done it for some previous releases.
Also the next main Linux Mint release 21.3 is planned for December, however they're likely to "reduce the scope" of it. While they have plenty planned they want to "prioritize some long-term aspects and dedicate some of our time to them" like updating their ISO production tools and fix secureboot. They're also doing some Wayland support investigation work.
Linux Mint's leader Clement "Clem" Lefebvre has also shown plenty of concern about Snap packages in Ubuntu, and it seems that issue has continued as they will be "keeping an eye on Ubuntu, their increased focus on Snap, the quality of their 24.04 package base and what this means for us going forward".
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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: tuubiI don't know about him, but I like a separate home partition simply because it makes reinstalling or dual booting distributions a bit simpler. I don't do either of these often, but still.
am i him ? okay then
i simply prefer to redo my entire install each time, i generally get the feeling that i have installed and fiddled around enough that i need a clean slate. For backups of configs i can use timeshift and manual saving of files and most my stuff is on external drives so the entire install and renew process is pretty quick. it also lets me refresh my mind on how to configure stuff again like the desktop settings and my browser preferences etc..
Quoting: LoftyQuoting: tuubiI don't know about him, but I like a separate home partition simply because it makes reinstalling or dual booting distributions a bit simpler. I don't do either of these often, but still.
am i him ? okay then
I was referring to Purple Library Guy, as my response was to a question that was asked of him.
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