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Here's a little blurb from the Wikipedia article on the piece:

The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, composed by Edvard Grieg in 1868, was the only concerto Grieg completed. It is one of his most popular works and is among the most popular of the genre.

Grieg's concerto provides evidence of his interest in Norwegian folk music; the opening flourish is based on the motif of a falling minor second followed by a falling major third, which is typical of the folk music of Grieg's native country. This specific motif occurs in other works by Grieg, including the String Quartet No. 1. In the last movement of the concerto, similarities to the halling (a Norwegian folk dance) and imitations of the Hardanger fiddle (the Norwegian folk fiddle) have been detected.

This article offers a quick overview of Linux Mint, answering a few questions a potential (or new) user may have that are not covered by the official FAQ, such as how the scheme used for each release's code name works.

Linux Mint 21.2 and LMDE 6 releases are slated for release in the coming months! Additionally, the tooltips are being redesigned to achieve a consistent look, now using the accent color whenever possible.

Here's another excellent rendition of Horse-Racing, this time accompanied by piano:

John Erhu - Horse Racing

I love the energy of the piece! It's upbeat and evermore a joy to listen to.

Celebrate FreeDOS with this fun calendar! Each month shows a different screenshot from FreeDOS 1.3.

Take a look at the calendar images here:

https://www.freedos.org/images/calendar2023/

Note that there is a video (~24 minutes long; a transcript is available) accompanying the article.

The work on release 21.2, codename "Victoria", has begun! A preview of some of the planned features has been detailed, alongside some bugfixes to Cinnamon, and an upgrade of the new bluetooth manager, Blueman.

What a wonderful performance of the classic Christmas poem! Although familiar with it, I had never heard a musical performance till to-night on the radio.

So, go on, and give it a listen! I'm sure you'll enjoy it, if even not Christen!

The current moderator seems to have deleted their account. It's a low post-volume community, though I would nonetheless welcome another Linux Mint user as an additional moderator, should there be one interested.

While many on the related blog post for the 21.1 BETA release announcement page laud the new look of several applications, I cannot help but feel such changes rob Linux Mint of its distinctive look and charm, taking Mint from its instantly recognizable desktop to something decidedly more generic and bland. I cannot fathom the reason for new sounds, either. I'm not certain the goals of making Mint more trendy and beautiful were achieved. Unless these refer to making it look more akin to Windows 11, which nemo's new manila folders with blue highlighting echoes. The new, more vibrant colors of Windows 11 icons were also rightfully criticized as being poor choices, but Mint seems determined to follow in its footsteps. Good defaults matter, and I believe these UI changes are not.

That notwithstanding, the non-UI improvements everywhere are well justified and should make Linux Mint more comfortable for all to use. Flatpaks were rather inconvenient to use, and much work has gone into making those easier to manage. Especially exciting is the new ISO Verification Tool!

Tintagel is a symphonic poem by Arnold Bax. It is his best-known work, and was for some years the only piece by which the composer was known to many concert-goers. The work was inspired by a visit Bax made to Tintagel Castle in Cornwall in 1917, and, although not explicitly programmatic, draws on the history and mythology associated with the castle.

--quoted from the Wikipedia article on Bax's Tintagel

For more of his work, check out Wikipedia's list of compositions by Arnold Bax. I myself am partial to his tone poems, though his symphonies are also excellent.

This topic has come up several times in the mailing lists over the past months; here is one such example. It's a good article, and the summary of the mailing list link is that FreeDOS won't run on newer hardware.

Gnome Boxes offers a painless way to run FreeDOS, for anyone looking for an easy way to get up and running!