Petteri Räty, Denis Dupeyron, Tobias Scherbaum, Mart Raudsepp,
Tomas Chvatal, Ned Ludd and Ulrich Müller (Gentoo Council members)
has voted wether or not to support the daring proposition Linus made
on Kernel Release schedule bounded to Ubuntu release schedule.

3 members supported the proposition, 2 were against it.

Larry Cow said that there were no vote on this, and that these are only rumors.

If only Larry the Cow could vote - this could be a tie

Mark Shuttleworth:

There were no pressure on our behalf on Linus to do so nor at any other kernel developers. Most of them, as you already know, use Fedora as their base system. This only proves how Ubuntu became the strongest link in the chain. We have many users, wich are NOT unsatisfied like Linus said, but nevertheless we @Canonical will always support decisions of the majority and distinctive representatives of Linux community.

Nemoj sutra da kažu - salili smo se! (1 april)

New partnership with Mattel and Microsoft
Written by Clem on Thursday, April 1st, 2010 @ 10:41 am | Main Topics

We are happy to announce that Linux Mint entered in a joined partnership with Mattel and Microsoft. This partnership will result in Linux Mint being pre-installed on a new range of computers sold throughout the World and in a number of toys and games distributors.

The partnership will introduce the following changes for our distribution:

* All included components will be based on Mono. Technologies not using Mono will be rewritten or replaced by Mono alternatives.
* All present editions will be discontinued. New editions will replace them, namely a “Masters of the Universe Edition” for boys, a “Barbie Edition” for girls, and a generic “Microsoft Professional Edition” for small to medium companies.
* The default browser will be replaced by an emulation of Internet Explorer.
* All editions will come without an office suite but with full compatibility with Microsoft Office.
* Linux Mint won’t be available for download anymore, only through the purchase of one of these computers.
* The system will protect users against central software sources, such as the getdeb website, APT repositories and the download of .deb formatted files.
* APT and the .deb compatibility will be replaced with a new software manager including the latest offers from Microsoft. Users will be able to pay online for DLC without having to go to the shop to buy their favorite software.

On behalf of the team, I would like to say that I’m very excited about this. I have no doubt the community will be overjoyed by the news and I can’t wait for you all to finally see Linux Mint near you, in a retail store.

Oh… wait, it’s not going to be called Linux Mint anymore. It’s going to be called…. “April Foo OS” ;)

* All included components will be based on Mono. Technologies not using Mono will be rewritten or replaced by Mono alternatives.

All present editions will be discontinued. New editions will replace them, namely a “Masters of the Universe Edition” for boys, a “Barbie Edition” for girls, and a generic “Microsoft Professional Edition” for small to medium companies.

* APT and the .deb compatibility will be replaced with a new software manager including the latest offers from Microsoft.