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Linux Mint 19 Named 'Tara' (betanews.com)
BrianFagioli writes: Today, we get some information about the upcoming version 19 of Mint. The biggest news is that it will be called 'Tara.' If you aren't aware, Mint's distros are always named after a woman.
Clement Lefebvre, Linux Mint leader, shares the following information: "The development cycle only just started so it's a bit early to give details about Linux Mint 19, but here's what we can say already: Linux Mint 19 is estimated to be released around May/June 2018. Linux Mint 19.x releases will be based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and supported until 2023. Linux Mint 19.x will use GTK 3.22. GTK 3.22 is a major stable release for GTK3. From there on, the theming engine and the APIs are stable. This is a great milestone for GTK3. It also means Linux Mint 19.x (which will become our main development platform) will use the same version of GTK as LMDE 3, and distributions which use components we develop, such as Fedora, Arch..etc. This should ease development and increase the quality of these components outside of Linux Mint."
Clement Lefebvre, Linux Mint leader, shares the following information: "The development cycle only just started so it's a bit early to give details about Linux Mint 19, but here's what we can say already: Linux Mint 19 is estimated to be released around May/June 2018. Linux Mint 19.x releases will be based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and supported until 2023. Linux Mint 19.x will use GTK 3.22. GTK 3.22 is a major stable release for GTK3. From there on, the theming engine and the APIs are stable. This is a great milestone for GTK3. It also means Linux Mint 19.x (which will become our main development platform) will use the same version of GTK as LMDE 3, and distributions which use components we develop, such as Fedora, Arch..etc. This should ease development and increase the quality of these components outside of Linux Mint."
The name of the release is the biggest news?
Because it's named after a woman?
Just like it ... always has been?
Oh Slashdot, what has happened to you?
Is that contagious?
In case you missed it, things have improved in the 16 years since that story was written.
In the interest of fairness, should we compare modern Linux distros to Windows ME?
You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want.
Why are you posting an installer glitch from 16 years ago? It's not even the same distro mentioned in TFA. It certainly wouldn't have the GNOME release mentioned either.
I would call your post pointless FUD if that distro hadn't already been dead for years.
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It's also the name of a female Buddha and a goddess in Hinduism, and a sacred hill in Ireland near Dublin.
The racism is only between your ears.
I mean, people got upset that all Hurricanes used to have female names, and they changed it to have names of both genders....
Shouldn't there be an upset contingent that Mint is only female names with no masculine ones....?
Or...does the outrage only work "one way"?
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Any opinions why one should prefer Mint over Ubuntu or Cinnamon over Mate?
Not that I'd want to start a flamewar or some such, just to add something to talk about here, regarding which I'm not yet convinced I've made up my mind myself.
Quoting from the devblog at Linux Mint (https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3494)
Tara is a popular name here in Ireland, and the name of someone we really like