Linux Mint Debian Edition officially released

I've never had a use for Linux Mint myself, but I'm still happy to see them cut out the middle man and base it directly off of Debian. Hopefully being closer to the source will result in even more upstream contributions.

Been using mint for a while on my main machine and I'm not keen on doing a reinstall, but the next time I do I'll definitely be looking at Debian edition.

Oh boy, here I go distro-hopping again.
Just kidding - you can pry Slackware from my cold, dead hands.

Can anyone tell me if the Debian Testing branch has been stable? I like Debian, and I like rolling release to be more up to date, so I was considering swapping from Fedora.

Very excited to see this. After having been through the last few Ubuntu versions, they have made some very frustrating decisions that have made the system management side a real pain.

So I’m showi my my extreme age but I remember when Mint was born as a sort of windows-like Ubuntu for easy migration. Has it carved out a reason for existing for folks that don’t want a windows like experience?

I just installed it in a VM to check it out, as I'm not a Cinnamon guy usually, and I really like it! I need to try it out on metal and see how it handles games, but so far I'm really happy.

Would this be analogous to Endeavor OS for Arch?

I wonder if they'll ever ditch Ubuntu and release a version based on Debian Sid.

and also that being based on Debian LMDE is 100% community based.

At first I read it as "completely based" and wondered whether LMDE is also red pilled.

Still no Wayland, right?

Well, time to try it. Hopefully XFCE runs well; Cinnamon is not to my liking at all.

I'm excited to give it a try.

This is 👍 👌 👍

SteamOS is debian based right? does that mean LMDE will benefit from valve's commits in some ways mint wouldnt have otherwise?

so what would be the difference between LMDE and Debian with cinnamon DE

I would've jumped on this instantly, but I finally landed on a Min21 configuration that works well. New laptop => new hardware => need new nvidia driver => need new kernel.

Which kernel does LMDE currently ship with?

I tried the beta and liked it. The only issue I ran into was that the MozillaVPN app wasn't working on debian.

I also had not seen much progress on the Debian version of the app from what I found. I could be wrong as that was my first dip into Debian.

Mullvad is available and I might switch to that at a later time when the motivation strikes me.

I prefer the idea of community driven projects though.

Can someone explain to me how it differs from regular Debian Cinnamon? Is it as secure, with updates and all?

The question everyone is thinking, but no one will ask: will I be able to install Snap packages on it? Hahahhaha kidding.

I've been eagerly awaiting this release, and will likely replace my OpenSuse with this. I really like OpenSuse, but have some software needs that are only available on dep packages.

LMDE 6 still has a 32-bit version, probably the last kek

How's the performance / system requirements compared to Debian 12 with xfce? I'm on pretty old hardware and lower system requirements was why I installed Debian over Ubuntu. I don't see CPU mentioned in the requirements on that link, just RAM and disk space

I wonder if I can install this on my late 2011 macbook pro...

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The cautious approach for LMDE5 users: If your system is working fine and there are no especially must-have features in LMDE6, there is almost certainly no rush to upgrade. Take your time.

Make backups. Test backups. Play games. Work. Do things entirely unrelated to the distro.

You could even almost (aaalmost) completely forget about LMDE6 (but do keep an eye on the LM blog).

The Mint team haven't announced an EOL date for LMDE5 yet, but if past dates are anything to go by, it'll be at least 18 months before they pull the plug. Even then, LTS updates might still filter through from Debian proper.

[How many people will actually see this message and how many it actually applies to out of them might well include me and literally one other guy somewhere else on the planet, but if you're that one guy, breathe friend. No rush.]

Which Debian version is it based on?

Now if it had

• wayland support
• immutable variant

It maaay be a nice option.

This begs the question: what sketchy stuff does Linux Mint Normal Edition doing?

Just fucking use debian lmao.