Linux Mint Debian Edition vs Linux Mint Standard Edition. Will Linux Mint break away from Ubuntu?
Saturday, April 16th, 2011 at
19:25
Is this a sign of a complete break from Ubuntu and if it is would it affect the popularity of Linux Mint in any way.
Your thoughts
Tagged with: Linux • mint • popularity • ubuntu
Filed under: Debian
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I think it will all come down to the desktop environment. Will Unity be popular among Ubuntu users? and if not, would very many of them know of the other choices that are out there other than Ubuntu? Seems to me that most of them have been brainwashed into believing that Ubuntu IS linux, and that there are no other choices.
Among those in the know – those who understand that Ubuntu and LMDE are built upon the same Debian base – I get the feeling that Mint will gain users as people migrate away from the major changes coming to Ubuntu. Unity is just the start.
The Mint blog has said that the Mint Main Edition will remain with the Ubuntu base (although not switch to Unity), but I also get the impression that all the rest of the Mint distros will be switching over to the Debian base. Given enough time, and enough support, I think that Mint would benefit greatly from separating themselves from Ubuntu altogether. Lets just hope that Gnome 3 isn’t too big a change from the current scheme.
mint is based on ubuntu,
ubuntu is based on debian,
mint is based on debian,
they all use debs as packages, which is a debian package, so does it really matter,
the only way they can truly break away is to re-design all the packages and sever their links with debian
has mandriva broke away from redhat ? has pclinuxos or tinyme broke away from mandriva ?
some bits have but they all use rpm’s so they will never (at least in the forseeable future) truly break away
doesn’t matter how often you say mint is not ubuntu, the roots come from ubuntu and debian,
mint will always be thought of as ubuntu based – same as mandriva will always be redhat based,
and mandriva has been out a lot longer than ubuntu
Debian is way better than ubuntu.
And as ubuntu is based off debian, I don’t see why mint having a debian base should affect its popularity.