Linux Mint 17.3 Officially Released (softpedia.com)

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 5, 2015 @02:37AM from the onward-and-upward dept.

prisoninmate sends news that Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" has been officially released. Following a few technical problems with their website, the Mint developers posted release announcements for both the Cinnamon and MATE flavors of the operating system. "Both Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" editions ship with the same improvements for some of the operating system's core components and in-house built apps, such as Software Sources, which is now more reliable, responsive, and fast, Update Manager, which can perform more checks, Driver Manager, which is now more robust, and Login Screen." Here are the release notes (Cinnamon, MATE), and the summaries of new features (Cinnamon, MATE).

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More important question: does it have systemd? by Anonymous Coward · 2015-12-05 03:04 · Score: 1, Interesting

A more important question is, Does Linux Mint come with systemd?
If the answer is a resounding "No!", then it's probably safe to use. Traditional Linux distros have a solid reputation for being robust and reliable.
If the answer is a resounding "Yes!", then beware! I've had nothing but trouble with systemd on Linux. I'm talking about systems that wouldn't boot, binary log files that were difficult to work with, problems with stderr, and other such issues.