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Latest [Mint] news
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| Kendall Weaver worked on an LXDE edition
| of Linux Mint and his latest ISO was
| approved for a release by Exploder. Itâs
| currently waiting my approval and the team
| and I are discussing what our strategy
| should be in regards to âCommunity
| Editionsâ. These editions are tested and
| released in the exact same way as the main
| edition and they meet the same quality
| requirements. According to reviews and the
| general feedback weâre getting about them
| theyâre quite popular. The label
| âcommunityâ undermines them though, not
| that âcommunityâ is pejorative or
| anything, but it makes them look ânon-
| officialâ. The only significant difference
| between the main edition and the community
| editions is simply the fact that their
| maintainers are benevolent volunteers who
| work on them in their spare time. As a
| consequence theyâre often released late in
| the release cycle and sometimes they may
| not be released at all (The Fluxbox
| edition for instance missed the Linux Mint
| 7 cycle). There are different things we
| can do about this, we can introduce money
| within the team, we can prioritize some
| editions and define our strategy in terms
| of how late an edition can and should beâ
| and Iâm sure weâll come with improvements,
| but the important thing at this stage is
| that weâre aware of the problem and weâre
| trying to strip these editions from their
| âcommunityâ label. So a big reflexion
| about this is ongoing and if we decide to
| go ahead with an LXDE edition, it should
| come out pretty quickly.
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http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1286
Recent:
- From Mandriva to Mint
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| I have liked Mandriva since Mandrake Linux
| 9.1. Its been an amazing distribution ever
| since. Pure visual delight and ease of use.
| I like KDE for the look and feel, GNOME is
| mostly a no no for me. Mandriva being a KDE
| centric distro fits the bill perfectly.
| Mandriva is the default king of our two
| year old Family Desktop. We all loved the
| latest version and despite KDE being a
| little buggy, find it convenient to use.
| I gave this info to emphasize that it was
| not easy for me to think about moving from
| Mandriva to any other distro, specially a
| GNOME centric Mint. Here goes the story :
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| My wife's vaio completed 1 year and ran out
| of official warranty. Hence she allowed me
| to dual boot it with Mandriva and Vista.
| She was already comfortable with Mandriva,
| so it was supposed to be a smooth move. The
| problem started right after the first
| install.
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http://abhay-techzone.blogspot.com/2010/02/from-mandriva-to-mint.html
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