Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 "Faye" Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing
https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-debian-edition-6-faye-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing
https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-debian-edition-6-faye-is-now-available-for-public-beta-testing
30 Comments
LeFantome@programming.dev · 34 pts · 2y
I may actually give this a go.
With the addition of non-free firmware in Debian ( so better hardware compatibility ) and the rising popularity of Flatpak and Distrobox ( so access to newer software ), the advantages of Ubuntu are narrowing and the problems with Ubuntu continue to mount. Basing something like Mint directly on Debian makes sense to me.
I have been considering trying Debian with Distrobox / Arch to fill any application gaps. LMDE might fill that void instead.
bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 2y
A Debian version of mint is incomprehensibly based
drspod@lemmy.ml · 38 pts · 2y
... based on Debian, yes.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
Based.
const_void@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
What do you mean?
Jerbil@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
michaelrose@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
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lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 2y
20s: Alt left uses douchenozzle
/jRQG@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y
Hey I haven't heard of this.
So this is mint based on Debian directly instead of ubuntu?
sirico@feddit.uk · 39 pts · 2y
That's correct they released it around the time so the Amazon stuff happened if I remember right. Since debian 12 has been so popular and with flatpak and distro box gaining popularity, there's been a big call for lmde to become the focus.
RQG@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Thanks for the reply! Amazon stuff? I'm so out of the loop it seems.
superkret@feddit.de · 13 pts · 2y
RQG@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Thanks for answering. That was after me first trying out Linux and before me returning to Linux.
That's some bullshit but damn does the Linux community hold grudges like they always have.
superkret@feddit.de · 7 pts · 2y
yoz@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 2y
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social · 13 pts · 2y
Anyone who's read any fantasy knows not to mess around with the faye. I'll wait for the next version unless that one's named Cthulhu.
Ascend-910@kbin.social · 11 pts · 2y
yay I love LMDE :D
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 2y
This is the first time I'll try a distro upgrade, let's see if it's as easy as Ubuntu-Mint!
shotgun_crab@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Time to consider distro hopping
qyron@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 2y
Was wondering when this would land. I've been considering returning to Debian full force but after running Mint for some years some bad habits linger. Maybe LMDE can prove to be a good middle of the way.
For those who tried: how does LMDE behaves when loading any other DE not Cinnamon?
Mandrew002@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
On LMDE 5 I had some problems with multiple wm/de's but im assuming that's a large part of what they're going to fix in this release
qyron@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
I've seen some reviews where LMDE being the backup plan for Mint, Cinnamon was the only priority; if that is to change, great. I'm hoping to move to XFCE again.
superkret@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y
qyron@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
Older software, mostly. Debian was my daily driver for years but it comes to a point where having to deal with aged software becomes tiresome.
This also meant not having the required - and newer - version of some library to run some other program.
Mint also refines Debian a little more. Makes it less harsh.
superkret@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
qyron@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
I'm not tech savvy enough to mess with Sid. Not by a long shot.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl · 6 pts · 2y
khorovodoved@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Various mint apps come preinstalled.
LeFantome@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y
Simplicity of deployment would be a big one. There are also few other apps that come along with being Mint.
I would expect LMDE to be much better tested and refined. That said, the end result is probably that the Cinnamon lacked in Debian work great as well.
Sigmatank@midwest.social · 4 pts · 2y
As a not-that-tech savy person who is looking at getting back to using Linux (it's been 5 or so years since I was running Ubuntu, I dual booted for awhile but WFH generally has made me Windows only) this sounds like a distro I would enjoy
pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
I've been waiting for this!
Ludrol@szmer.info · 3 pts · 2y
I will test this tonight. Finally mint will have hardware support for my laptop with high kernel version. I will see if kernel patch for proprietary stuff also works.
LeFantome@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
I just realized that LMDE only gets two years of support. The Ubuntu version gets 5 I think. So they want you to upgrade to the latest LMDE every time it is released.
PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Does it yet support OpenZFS root on install (with encryption) or encrypted BTRFS root install? Snapshot rollbacks are just so handy and have saved me multiple times over the past few years... I'm not sure I could give that up. NOTE: I've only needed that for physical hardware installs. VM's have other ways to be snapshotted and rolled back.
selokichtli@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
If rolling back is all you need, Mint encourages you to use Timeshift with rsync.
PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
Ah, but rollback was of /boot. Something rsync Timeshift isn't that helpful for.
unwillingsomnambulist@midwest.social · 1 pts · 2y
Sweet. First line of the neofetch logo is still off doing its own thing, I see…