[HLUG] Where does Linux Mint go from here ?

[brightfield at runbox.com]

I went for the LTS Canonical's knack of screwing rolling releases up meant I opted not to upgrade to 14.10.. They have kind of cracked it with 14.04 for an everyday distro.. That's my 2pence worth for what it's worth..

Smiles C

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  Original Message  
From: Julian Robbins
Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2014 00:08
To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
Reply To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
Subject: Re: [HLUG] Where does Linux Mint go from here ?

I actually meant Ubuntu 14.10 which must be out now ??

Julian

On 19 November 2014 23:49, <brightfield at runbox.com> wrote:

> I've been using Ubuntu 14.04 for the last few months and it has been very
> stable.. They have really sorted out the issues with unity‎. I find it just
> works... It is very mature now..
>
> Charlie.
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the EE network.
> Original Message
> From: Julian Robbins
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:43
> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group
> Reply To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: [HLUG] Where does Linux Mint go from here ?
>
> Hi
>
> As you may know Linux Mint used to release its distro based on the Ubuntu
> packages and its own desktop environments of Cinnamon and mate about a
> month after Ubuntu's distro releases. But the upcoming release of Mint 18
> will be the first that will have only the major DE updates and some major
> application updates but won't have general application new versions as is
> usual which I can understanding their thinking to improve stability but I
> really would like new versions of applications without hundreds of messy
> PPAs everywhere ...
>
> So what do I do ? Go back to Ubuntu and install Cinnamon on top ? Messy but
> would work, or move to a totally new distro like Arch which is very
> powerful but possibly too much work to keep on top of
>
> ..Or something else - any suggestions ??
>
> I want to keep on the Debian/Ubuntu/Mint line rather than Suse or Fedora
> too ...
>
>
> Also new Ubuntu was released a short while back and its the first time I
> recall a new ubuntu without absolutely anyone telling me about it ... Is it
> that boring now when new distro versions come out that we know what to
> expect ... ?
>
> Julian
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