It's been a hot minute since the release of the previous Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), version 5 "Elsie". A year and a half at the time of writing to be precise, several months after Debian…

In this blog post, I opine on why the Debian Edition of Mint appeals to me over the main Mint Ubuntu release.

I also take an in-depth look at what the latest LMDE 6 has to offer, from installation to setting up Cinnamon after the initial boot.

I had great fun trying the new LMDE out! I recommend you all do the same.

  • RubberAxeman@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for the post, I wanted to try Debian on my main desktop, but alas, couldn’t make the wifi dongle work (I found the solution for Mint, so I eventually installed LM), however, I am still eyeing Debian for two things you’ve mentioned…the philosophy and the stability. As I use my comps to do work, I am not looking for a frequent distro-hopping (how different would using Libre Office would be on an Xth distro, right?), so stability is a main factor. That being said, I am also very satisfied with Mint itself.

  • ChrisG@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Caveat for anyone being influenced by the long political intro trying to convince folks to install Debian based Mint over Ubuntu based Mint:

    "There’s a few final things to note about Linux LMDE 6 that may be of interest. Firstly, if you’re looking explicitly for a DE that supports Wayland instead of X11 then Linux Mint of any flavor isn’t going to meet your needs. Linux Mint LMDE 6 (and Mint main) with Cinnamon uses X11 exclusively, and Cinnamon support for Wayland isn’t there yet. If you’re looking for Wayland support, you’re pretty much limited to GNOME 3 and KDE at this time and distros other than Mint will serve you better in this regard.

    Another thing of note is that the LMDE version of Mint specifically, including Faye, does not have the same third party driver helper tool that is present in the main version of Mint based on Ubuntu. While the 6.1 branch of the Linux kernel brings even more hardware support to LMDE 6, there are still times when you may require or prefer to use third party proprietary drivers for certain hardware. If that’s the case, you’re on your own to install those manually in LMDE."