are linux mint source code and files available in public ?

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are linux mint source code and files available in public ?

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are linux mint source code and files available in public ?

i am thinking to contribute during my free time
but cant find anything related on github or linux mint websites
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planetrocker1 wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:46 pmbut cant find anything related on github or linux mint websites
Linux Mint Github

Linux Mint website: Get Involved Scroll down the page to Project Contributions.

Edited to add: I deleted the duplicate topic you created in Chat about Linux Mint. We do not permit duplicate topics on the forum.
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i need the whole source code and files for cinnamon

is this the one ?
https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon
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planetrocker1 wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:07 pm i need the whole source code and files for cinnamon

is this the one ?
https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon
Cinnamon is an entire Desktop Environment. What you listed is the main repository, but not the only one which has Cinnamon files.

Go to the link I gave you and click "View all repositories" at the bottom. Many of those are part of Cinnamon.

I would think it's better to pick a specific area on which to focus your efforts rather than all if it. :?
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i want to see all source code and files of linux mint as an Operating System
to understand how it works
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There are almost 2,200 software packages installed on the default install of Linux Mint, with some 90,000 software packages available total. How many decades have you blocked in your calendar to read source code? :)

In the Software Sources program you can enable the source code repositories. Then you can get the source code for a package with command apt source packagename. That will download a packagename_version.tar.xz archive with the source code to the current directory. You can refer to the tutorial for recompiling a package from source code for more instructions: viewtopic.php?t=178574
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planetrocker1 wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:45 am i want to see all source code and files of linux mint as an Operating System
to understand how it works
You're talking about millions of lines of code. Good luck.
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