Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Mint Debian, hijack of "'Re: Debian Lenny..."

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

On 6 February 2011 10:53, m <m_alexander61@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Joan Leach <jleach728@...> wrote:
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> > You could try Mint Debian Live CD...
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> > Joan in Reno
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> Sorry, don't like to hijack, but I'd like to know how others like Mint Deb,
> esp. those who have used Mint (and/or Debian) to any real degree.
> Personally, after Mint and Ubu I like Deb and Fedora, not necessarily in
> that order, based on the versions I've tried. It seems that I liked Fedora
> more overall, though I prefer GNOME over KDE. Needless to say I didn't play
> enough to bother with alternate versions (Fedora w/ GNOME, if there's such a
> beast), nor did I check out the repositories....
> Ok, anyway, back on track. How's Mint Deb for h'ware detection, how's the
> repository, etc. Who cares about what the "pros" say, just personal opinion,
> guys and gals.
> Mark
> P.S. Yeah, I could burn a disk and see for myself but I'm up to my armpits
> in disks! 101
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