Home
| Calendar
| Mail Lists
| List Archives
| Desktop SIG
| Hardware Hacking SIG
Wiki | Flickr | PicasaWeb | Video | Maps & Directions | Installfests | Keysignings Linux Cafe | Meeting Notes | Linux Links | Bling | About BLU |
Jay Kramer wrote: > I tried mint Debian version. It worked like a charm. But for some > reason, maybe I did not like the color, I reverted back to good old > Debian original. It also works like a fine running machine. I was going to ask if anyone had tried Linux Mint Debian (LMDE)[1]. A little confusing that Linux Mint has a main stream version based on Ubuntu, with two desktop environments, plus this other version based on Debian, which also follows a different update model. (Though not unlike the multiple versions of Ubuntu.) LMDE is "a rolling distribution" based on Debian Testing, so it perpetually gets upgraded packages, with no code freezes or "mass upgrade" steps (i.e. you take some explicit action to upgrade from 2.0 to 3.0). (I think Mint's FAQ[1] is misleading when they say that with LMDE users are "not require to re-install." I wouldn't characterize a Debian or Ubuntu version upgrade as a "re-install.") You'd think this would get you the most cutting edge packages, but at the time Cinnamon was announced in the Linux Mint blog[2] they said, Cinnamon "will soon make its way...to LMDE when Gnome 3.2 enters Debian Testing." Yet Cinnamon was already supported on "Linux Mint 12, Ubuntu 11.10, Fedora 16, OpenSUSE 12.1 and Arch Linux." That suggests you are paying the costs (instability) of a rolling distribution, while missing out on one of the main benefits. Maybe GNOME is just a special case. -Tom 1. http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php 2. http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1910 -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/
BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups | |
We also thank MIT for the use of their facilities. |