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The Linux Mint Blog: Monthly News – November 2023

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 07, 2023

Many thanks for your donations and for your support!

I’ll be brief today because we’re a little bit late in our schedule. The holiday season is coming and so is Linux Mint 21.3.

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