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The Community website is now in BETA:

http://community.linuxmint.com

A new “tutorials” module was added, which allows you to write tutorials, to vote and to comment them. The module hosts a WISIWIG editor to make editing easier. To illustrate this, let me link to a tutorial I wrote on how to upgrade Linux Mint:

http://community.linuxmint.com/index.php/tutorial/view/2

This module will allow the community not only to help produce good documentation, but also to rate it and to discuss it. In the long term this will fully replace the Wiki.

Bugs are also now accepted in Launchpad.

At this stage, the website is fully functional and hosts the following modules:

  • Hardware database
  • Software portal
  • Idea pool
  • Tutorials library
  • Lesser modules: Users, countries, editions, releases, friends, messaging, subscriptions, notifications, chatroom.

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Maybe it’s time we know a little more about our user base when it comes to upgrades, not package updates, but upgrades between different releases of Linux Mint.

[poll:11]

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Linux Mint 6 Felicia will reach end of life on April 30, 2010. This release was based on Ubuntu 8.10 which is planned to reach end-of-life at the same date.

Repositories will remain open for another while but no more updates or security fixes will be made available. Users of Linux Mint 6 Felicia are asked to migrate to Linux Mint 8 Helena (which will be supported until April 2011) or to wait for the upcoming Linux Mint 9 LTS Isadora (Long Term Release which will be released in the end of May and supported until April 2013).

Announcement from Ubuntu: “As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 8.10 will reach end of life on Friday, April 30, 2010. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 8.10.”

Note: Linux Mint follows the Ubuntu release cycle with a new release every 6 months, a lifespan of about 1.5 years per release and 3 years per LTS release. LTS stands for Long Term Support. Linux Mint 9 will be an LTS release.