Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon Review The latest LTS release has had long gestation period and it’s yet another solid release Specs [table id=1 /] Originally based on Debian, but now built on Ubuntu’s LTS releases, Mint follows a ‘release when ready’ cycle, instead of a fixed schedule as preferred by Fedora, Ubuntu and many others. … Read more
Impressed by the richness of its latest release, Shashank Sharma is keen to award Linux Mint the prestigious ‘Debian of the desktop distros’ award… Features at a glance Spicy customisation The range of themes, desklet and applets can help you change the appearance of the distro. LTS release Mint 18.2 will receive updates until 2021 … Read more
Jonni Bidwell splutters under pressure to make a hat-related anecdote worthy of this delightful distribution, which is now on version 26. – Pick a language, any language. Preferably one you understand, though. Sensible packaging Fedora 26 also includes the new DNF(Dandified yum) 2.0 package manager, which still respects yum’s syntax. The yum command is actually … Read more
Zesty Zapus is out, but its release has been overshadowed by the demise of Unity, the death of Canonical’s convergence dreams and layoffs at the company I took the view that, if convergence was the future and we could deliver it as free software, that would be widely appreciated both in the free software community … Read more