[HLUG] Where does Linux Mint go from here ?

[Ann]

Although I loved Mint - Mate, I have switched to Manjaro as I like the 
rolling release, installing software is so easy - but I haven't had the 
courage to install pure Arch yet.
Ann
On 20/11/14 01:55, brightfield at runbox.com wrote:
> 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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