Linux Mint 10 OR Linux Mint Debian?
Thursday, December 16th, 2010 at
14:38
For the time being, I’s still using Linux Mint 9. And I’m trying to figure out what my next long-term plan is going to be. I love the new look of Linux Mint 10. But I also love the potential of great things that can come from Linux Mint Debian (such as life without Ubuntu!). If this was about "playing it safe", then staying with Linux Mint 9 for the LTS seems obvious. But I’m not the kind of Linux support that like to stay in the same place forever; I like to look ahead!
Please tell me your second opinions. Thanks in advance.
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Filed under: Debian
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I have been thinking about trying LMDE also, though I am going to wait a little bit, at least until they get the 64-bit release out. Right know LMDE is still in it’s premature stage and thus is a bit rough around the edges, though it has great potential. I think I am going to give it a few release cycles of the Main Linux Mint before really getting into the Debian Version.
I plan to also get a test machine soon, so I will probably be testing a variety of Linux Flavors, One that has really caught my interest is Fortress Linux though: http://www.fortresslinux.org/
Like the other person said, LMDE is a little pre-mature. I have had it installed for quite a while now and while I do enjoy it, there is just something missing. You don’t have that ease of automatic nvidia driver installation. You have to do it manually and this can be rough for some users. It looks basically like linux mint 9. With that said the 64-bit version of LMDE is coming in December and they are going to allow you to use the icons and theme from Linux Mint 10 very very soon in LMDE. So I say hold of for just a bit longer until January or late December and download Linux Mint Debian. Or download Linux Mint 10 now and then switch later, linux is great for this kind of testing. I hope LMDE will eventually boom and get more and more users who are tired of paying tons of money for a new version of windows every 4 years.