--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
>
> According to Clem Lefebvre in a recent interview on Mintcast, LMDE is still
> experimental and there are no long range plans for it. So at this time it is
> just a side project and you cannot assume that it has a future. He also said
> that it was almost on par with the Ubuntu version in terms of features. It
> is a rolling distribution based on Debian testing, whereas Ubuntu is based
> on Sid. They will never be equal. Sid is a year or two more advanced. Mint
> (not LMDE) is based on Ubuntu and uses its repositories and therefore we can
> assume that Mint has a more recent kernel and more recent applications at
> any given point of time, remembering that we are comparing apples with
> oranges (fixed versus rolling release).
>
> Roy
>
> Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
> Location: Canada
>
Yeah, good points there, Roy, but have you given it a taste yet? I won't touch anything that isn't at least stable...maybe LMDE is by now? Anyway, I have no probs whatsoever w/ Mint, and the Ubu repo's are excellent, of course, but I was just curious.
Have a good one,
Mark
P.S. (and totally off-topic) When you mentioned famous Canadian musicians/bands recently you left out three that were highly significant- Guess Who, BTO and Rush. Guess Who were pretty decent (personal taste), BTO was one of my first favorite bands (I discovered Rock in the mid-70's) and, though I don't care for Rush at all, I respect the talent. A co-worker, around '93, talked me into watching a bootleg video of a concert and, though I didn't change my mind about them, I was blown away by a drum solo! Neil Pert, right? Incredible!
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