Linux Mint 19.2: why not based on Ubuntu 18.04.03?
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Linux Mint 19.2: why not based on Ubuntu 18.04.03?
have to ask why the devs didn't wait for unbuntu 18.04.3 to be released before building this?
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Re: Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” Cinnamon released!
What is in Ubuntu 18.04.3 that is of importance?
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Re: Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” Cinnamon released!
it installs kernel 5.0 out of the gate for one.
Re: Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” Cinnamon released!
Because Linux Mint releases are based on Ubuntu long term support releases. And so, the whole Linux Mint 19 series is based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
I agree. I found it quite easy to look up. I found it here https://itsfoss.com/linux-mint-19-2-release/ but there are tons of other places where that information can be found.
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Re: Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” Cinnamon released!
while i do thank you for the link and the info there is the following.
first i asked the devs.
second itsfoss aren't the devs, are they? all a article will tell me is the writers opinion on why it was done.
third 18.04.3 is lts.
http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/
first i asked the devs.
second itsfoss aren't the devs, are they? all a article will tell me is the writers opinion on why it was done.
third 18.04.3 is lts.
http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/
Re: Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” Cinnamon released!
root email would be the most direct: https://www.linuxmint.com/contactus.php
or developer group members: memberlist.php?mode=group&g=18
Re: Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” Cinnamon released!
thanks for that, but the reason for asking here is so when the question is answered more than just one person will see the answer.zcot wrote: ⤴Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:06 pmroot email would be the most direct: https://www.linuxmint.com/contactus.php
or developer group members: memberlist.php?mode=group&g=18
Re: Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” Cinnamon released!
This is not the area for support nor for asking questions. This is for releases & announcements.
Plus, stomping your feet and acting like a child doesn't foster an atmosphere for responses with your demand:
Re: Linux Mint 19.2 “Tina” Cinnamon released!
first NO ONE stomped their feet, i ask a LEGITIMATE question. second this is the place to ask just that type of question.
Re: Linux Mint 19.2: why not based on Ubuntu 18.04.03?
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Question split off from an announcement thread. Announcement theads are not the place to ask questions.
Question split off from an announcement thread. Announcement theads are not the place to ask questions.
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Re: Linux Mint 19.2: why not based on Ubuntu 18.04.03?
Hello, MrGrimm.
Actually Mint 19.2 could hardly be based on Ubuntu 18.04.3, because their development processes crossed.
So waiting for Ubuntu 18.04.3 would have meant to delay the release date of Mint 19.2.
Yet, what you really had in mind, was the kernel question:
In the past Mint minor releases .2 and .3 brought along the most recent Ubuntu HWE kernels.
For Mint 19.2 this would indeed have meant that the Mint 19.2 ISO images might have brought along Linux kernel 5.0.0 instead of 4.15.0.
Why the decision has been made to stay with kernel 4.15.0 instead can only be answered by the Linux Mint developer team.
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Karl
Actually Mint 19.2 could hardly be based on Ubuntu 18.04.3, because their development processes crossed.
So waiting for Ubuntu 18.04.3 would have meant to delay the release date of Mint 19.2.
Yet, what you really had in mind, was the kernel question:
In the past Mint minor releases .2 and .3 brought along the most recent Ubuntu HWE kernels.
For Mint 19.2 this would indeed have meant that the Mint 19.2 ISO images might have brought along Linux kernel 5.0.0 instead of 4.15.0.
Why the decision has been made to stay with kernel 4.15.0 instead can only be answered by the Linux Mint developer team.
Best regards,
Karl
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Re: Linux Mint 19.2: why not based on Ubuntu 18.04.03?
actually waiting a few extra day would of been fine by me and i'm sure most.
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Re: Linux Mint 19.2: why not based on Ubuntu 18.04.03?
Please do some more research before posting such bold statements. It would have entailed more than just a "few extra days". Everything would have needed extensive further testing on the renewed code base, before reliably stable iso's could be spun.
Now the real question is: would it have been worthwhile to delay Mint 19.2 by weeks or more? Apparently the Mint devs thought not. That's a reasonable point of view, even though the opposite view would have been reasonable as well.
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Re: Linux Mint 19.2: why not based on Ubuntu 18.04.03?
Wisely spoken.
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Re: Linux Mint 19.2: why not based on Ubuntu 18.04.03?
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Re: Linux Mint 19.2: why not based on Ubuntu 18.04.03?
learn to read i did ask the devs right above.
then you'd be as big of a loser as the person above you is.