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Derived distros

Derived distros

Posted Mar 7, 2013 16:31 UTC (Thu) by tjc (subscriber, #137)
In reply to: Derived distros by rahvin
Parent article: Ubuntu unveils its next-generation shell and display server

The Linux Mint developers have already forked Gnome Shell (and a few other things), so I wouldn't be too surprised if they did the same with Mir, although it would probably be a much more difficult job. Or maybe they will use Wayland instead. Or re-base on Debian, as you say. They have options.


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