{"id":2969,"date":"2015-12-31T23:32:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T23:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2015-12-31T23:32:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T23:32:15","slug":"monthly-news-december-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=2969","title":{"rendered":"Monthly News – December 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

News<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wish you all a very happy New Year!<\/p>\n

2016 is going to be an exciting year for us.<\/p>\n

Of course, in January we’ll announce stable releases for Linux Mint 17.3 KDE and Xfce editions (and upgrade paths for 17.x users).<\/p>\n

But then after that, we’ll start working on Linux Mint 18.x. A brand new series, with a new package base, using a new init system, a new version of GTK…<\/p>\n

Our biggest challenge for the first release will be to make sure everything works fine. We’ll focus primarily on stability.<\/p>\n

We’ve also heard your feedback on the fact that you want an upgrade path between 17 and 18. That will be another one of our challenges \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

We’ll also try to update the look and feel of the OS. The Mint-X theme and icons looked great initially and we’ve been improving them with every new release, but time has passed and they do look a bit old now. They’ll probably still be an option, but we’ll definitely try to give Mint 18 a fresh look.<\/p>\n

Many thanks for using Linux Mint. Many thanks to all the people who support us and help our project.<\/p>\n

See you next year \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Sponsorships:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:<\/p>\n

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Platinum Sponsors:<\/span>
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\nBronze Sponsors:
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\n\"AYKsolutions<\/a>
\n\"7L<\/a>
\n\"BGASoft<\/a>
\n\"David<\/a>
\n\"Milton<\/a>
\n\"Sysnova<\/a><\/td>\n		Community Sponsors:<\/p>\n