The next Linux Mint version is using Ubuntu 14.04 as well

Apr 8, 2015 08:51 GMT  ·  By

The name of the next Linux Mint 17.2 release has been chosen and it's going to be "Rafaela." The project continues with the feminine names, so the new code name should be no surprise.

Linux Mint is the second most used operating system after Ubuntu, which makes it extremely popular. It has a lot of users and its two main flavors, Cinnamon and MATE, have a lot of fans. The code names are not usually all that important, but it helps the community to identify a release much more easily than a version number that might not be all that clear.

Unlike other projects that outsource the naming process to the community, and that is not always the best idea. The community tends to choose weird names and developers are forced to adopt them. For example, the Fedora naming process used to be like this, but they have since abandoned it.

Linux Mint 17.2 is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

The Linux Mint team decided a while ago that they are going to use only Ubuntu LTS versions, in this case, Ubuntu 14.04, and that includes all the point releases like the just announced Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela."

"The second 17.x point release will be Linux Mint 17.2 codename ‘Rafaela’. Rafaela is a feminine form of Raphael, which is of Hebrew origin and which meaning is 'God has healed'. The name Raphael is attested as far back as c. 1350 BCE. It was made popular by many illustrious characters and historical figures: an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, an Italian master painter and architect in the High Renaissance , a Spanish tennis player, and a Ninja Turtle. Linux Mint 17 and Linux Mint 17.1 users will have the choice to upgrade or not and that upgrade will be both easy and safe," wrote the leader of the Linux Mint project, Clement Lefebvre.

As you might expect, there is no launch date for Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela," but the first testing versions should pop up in the coming months.