News briefs for December 19, 2018. Purism's Librem 5 dev kits are shipping, and backers should receive their dev kits before the end of the year. The Purism blog post notes that "Our backers who are ...

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The Beta version of Linux Mint 22 "Wilma" has been released. It comes with lots of changes but end users won't see too much that's new. A lack of radical changes makes it a good choice for some. The ...

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The team behind Linux Mint have pushed the beta images of Linux Mint 19.2. The betas are available in Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce editions. The final release will come once more bugs are fixed. The team ...

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