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  ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Linux Mint Debuts Xepub As New EPUB Reader, Clockenstein Calendar App

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The Linux Mint project today published their August 2026 development report, including some new applications added to their XApp collection.

Xepub has been added to Linux Mint's XApp collection as a new EPUB reader. The intent with Xepub is on making it a similar experience to what one would find on the likes of the Amazon Kindle.

Linux Mint developers have also developed Clockenstein as a new calendar application.

Aside from the new Clockenstein and Xepub apps, Linux Mint has continued enhancing their other XApp applications. They also debuted a dedicated website devoted to their apps at [1]XApp-Project.org .

More details on these latest Linux Mint development initiatives via [2]LinuxMint.com .



[1] https://xapp-project.org/

[2] https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=5067


Oxygen is a very toxic gas and an extreme fire hazard. It is fatal in
concentrations of as little as 0.000001 p.p.m. Humans exposed to the
oxygen concentrations die within a few minutes. Symptoms resemble very
much those of cyanide poisoning (blue face, etc.). In higher
concentrations, e.g. 20%, the toxic effect is somewhat delayed and it
takes about 2.5 billion inhalations before death takes place. The reason
for the delay is the difference in the mechanism of the toxic effect of
oxygen in 20% concentration. It apparently contributes to a complex
process called aging, of which very little is known, except that it is
always fatal.

However, the main disadvantage of the 20% oxygen concentration is in the
fact it is habit forming. The first inhalation (occurring at birth) is
sufficient to make oxygen addiction permanent. After that, any
considerable decrease in the daily oxygen doses results in death with
symptoms resembling those of cyanide poisoning.

Oxygen is an extreme fire hazard. All of the fires that were reported in
the continental U.S. for the period of the past 25 years were found to be
due to the presence of this gas in the atmosphere surrounding the buildings
in question.

Oxygen is especially dangerous because it is odorless, colorless and
tasteless, so that its presence can not be readily detected until it is
too late.
-- Chemical & Engineering News February 6, 1956