Who will finish first?

With the latest release of Ubuntu 12.04 with Long Term Support, the question now is who will release their Ubuntu-based OS first? Will it be Linux Mint or Netrunner or some other distribution?

The Netrunner OS guys have said that they'll release their Kubuntu 12.04 based distribution by the end of April 2012 while Mint has declared the launch date of their LTS version by the end of May. However, The LM 13 LTS will have only 3 years support unlike the LTS of Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS still has bugs in their final version. CDMA usb modems do not get enabled after completing the updates though it used to run fine before the updates just fine. No workaround seems to work. So Ubuntu 12.04 is a strict no-no for me. Let's see what happens in the world of Linux now. The rat race for the first place begins!


P.S.: Linux Mint is now on the top of the list by DistroWatch and I want it to stay that way! ;-)

Linux Mint 13, Maya

Linux Mint 13, code named Maya has been announced to be released by end of May 2012. I have been waiting for a long time for the next release of Mint and it seems the wait is almost at an end. Its been almost 6 months since I started using Mint and I have never looked back towards either Windows or Ubuntu which were my previous OS being used.

On their official blog, Clem said that "The choice for this codename has nothing to do with the Mayan Calendar or the notorious cataclysmic interpretations for 2012 (by then we’ll be looking at Linux Mint 14 and a different codename)."

Infact, Clem said that the code name Maya was selected after her daughter's name.

So all the Linux Mint fans out there, hold your breath till the end of May and I am sure we will all be surprised with the new release.

It is said that there will be separate releases for MATE and Cinnamon. So there's the end of MATE and welcome to Cinnamon, which according to me is going to become the default in Linux Mint 13.

Let's wait and watch. If you want to read about the latest LMDE release click on the Link below:

Linux Mint Debian LMDE 201204