Will someone explain, pls
Linux Mint 22.3 will be released in December of this year. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will soon thereafter be released in April of 2026. When that happens, the focus will no longer be on LM, but on Ubuntu.
Linux Mint 22.3 release will be a short cycle, immediate focus is LMDE 7

The Linux Mint team is focused on LMDE 7, with a beta set to arrive this month. Afterwards, it'll prepare to release Linux Mint 22.3 in December.

Neowin
What focus?

I’m more referring to the hype that surrounds the launch of updates to popular distros, such as LM and Ubuntu. IMO it seems metrics like DistroWatch fluctuate around these releases.

I know it sounds silly.

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lol i forgot that distro wars exist