●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, January 17, 2025 ●● ● Jan 17 [09:20] schestowitz[TR2] "Yes, and please refer to me by my correct name, no other names." ● Jan 17 [10:49] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:57] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 17 [16:22] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 17 [17:32] schestowitz[TR2]
[17:32] schestowitz[TR2][17:32] schestowitz[TR2]Linux Mint 22.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use.
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[17:35] schestowitz[TR2][17:35] schestowitz[TR2]Debian 12.9 - the latest point-release of Debian "Bookworm" - emerged at the weekend and coming hot on its heels is one of the more interesting downstreams, MX Linux 23.5.
[17:35] schestowitz[TR2]Although MX Linux is based on Debian, it is significantly different for instance, it contains the new Xfce 4.20 desktop, which appeared in late December.
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[17:42] schestowitz[TR2][17:42] schestowitz[TR2]The biggest piece of news from last month is the arrival of Iceweasel, a web browser built from Mozilla Firefox source code but without any official branding or registered trademarks, in the software depots (for x86_64 only, at the moment.) Weve been slow-rolling the announcements on this one, in part because the browser was quite unstable at first and prone to cause kernel assertio [17:42] schestowitz[TR2] n failures on the nightly builds, but after a month of work its in much better shape and is relatively stable.
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