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I’m planning the following three releases:

Friday 25 /07–> KDE CE RC1
Friday 01/08 –> XFCE CE Stable
Friday 08/08 –> KDE CE Stable

I’ll also be rolling out an R2 on Main and its new Universal Edition. Once all of this is out I’ll be experimenting with the x64 edition.

Shane is also working on the Fluxbox CE but I’m not sure how it will fit into all this at this stage, in terms of delays and schedule.

Note: The Universal edition will replace the Light Edition. It will come without codecs but with a .mint file to install them on the desktop, it will contain language packs for all major languages, a vanilla Grub (non-graphical) and it will come as a DVD.

Note: We’ll release “when ready”, as usual. Dates don’t mean much to us and that’s why we usually don’t communicate them. I’m only giving these dates to give people an idea but if something needs fixing then we’ll be releasing later that that of course.

Linux Mint 5 Elyssa XFCE CE RC1 (BETA 025) was released today. 

Links: Release Notes 

Please report bugs here in the forums:  http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=14945

Have fun and don’t hesitate to send us comments and feedback. The Stable release should come in two weeks.

The Wallpaper Of The Week competition is changing format. We will be going to a monthly format.

There are a few reasons for this change,

1: It will allow more time for artist to create new wallpapers, and as such, wallpapers of a higher quality and polish.

Now that is not to say that the wallpapers we have been getting are of a low quality, or saying that they need more pollish, this is just saying that you will have more time to create your art, and get it just the way you want it, without having to rush.

2: Having more time for submissions, means more people will be able to get involved.

As the Art-Team is a community project, the entire Mint community should have the opportunity to get involved, and having more time, will allow people who may not make new artwork on a semi-daily basis, get involved in the competition.

3: Management.

Changing to a monthly format, will make it alot easier to manage, there will be less posts on the forums,  which will reduce the clutter a little, and also make it easier for users to find the proper post. Weekly competitions create too many posts, and some confusion as to what is the current issue, monthly will make it easier for all, as all you have to do is look for the month.

I posted a question and vote on the forums, and the vote has come back 3 to 1 for the change, this was not an arbitrary decision, I wanted input from the entire community, and I thank you all for your input and votes.

So, from this point on, the Wallpaper Of The Week, will be now known as, Wallpaper Of The Month.

The first round of voting will be done at the end of this week, and will be the August issue of Wallpaper Of The Month, we will then start taking submissions for the Septembers issue, and so on.

Again, thank you all for your votes, and input on this matter.