Canonical/Ubuntu and Linux Mint Leftovers
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Ubuntu 23.10 Won’t Use Snap Printing Stack After All [Ed: MS Canonical (Mark Shuttleworth's Canonical) trying to snooker everything for vendor lock-in]
Ubuntu was planning to ship the CUPS printing stack as a Snap in 23.10 — but after several months of testing, its changed its mind. Accordingly, a DEB-based printing stack will feature in Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur” and in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Switching to the CUPS Snap will now aim to take place during the Ubuntu 24.10 development cycle.
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Alan Pope: It's not working from home
I’ve worked from home since November 2011, when I started working for Canonical. I’ve had enough though, and have chosen to go back to working in an office on a regular basis. No, I don’t have investments in city-centre office spaces, and I’m not a Zoom paid shill. I just think it’s better for me, and here’s why. Commuter hell Before 2011, all my roles were all on-site, commuting between six and sixty miles a day, each way.
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11 Best Linux Mint Themes
Practical guide on some of the finest themes that you can use on Linux Mint using a list of a handful of popular themes and how to install them on Linux Mint.