Mint Debian

[ginjabunny]

I have presumed that it is ok to change the debian repository to be country specific, I noticed earlier when doing a big update that I wasn't getting the download speeds I was expecting, so I have changed ftp.debian.org to ftp.uk.debian.org and doubled my download speeds.

Is it ok?
Can I change any of the others to be country specific?

GB

[Gramps50]

I have presumed that it is ok to change the debian repository to be country specific, I noticed earlier when doing a big update that I wasn't getting the download speeds I was expecting, so I have changed ftp.debian.org to ftp.uk.debian.org and doubled my download speeds.

Is it ok?
Can I change any of the others to be country specific?

GB

You should be fine, in fact it is recommended that you change your repository to a mirror that is close to your location. Just be sure to choose one from the official mirror list.

[craig10x]

by the way...as a "rolling distro" when i see the mention of the words "you might occasionally get breakage" what exactly does that mean? would you have to re-install? If it is a matter of fixing something, what if one isn't that technically oriented? Would the fix shortly come up through the updates and correct the "breakage"? I'm thinking that eventually many newbies may try this, and if that would be a problem for them, they may get discouraged...Or,even after the team gets it much more polished, is it really oriented more toward the "tinkerers" among the mint community?

Also, since i am not actively participating...i hope someone will post if/when the team does stuff to make the web surfing font rendering for the various browsers closer, equal of even better then what you get in the ubuntu based versions...

By the way, i noticed that the installer isn't particularly newbie friendly...the normal mint installer gives you the options of installing over your current os, or having them side by side and specifying how big you want it to be, without going into advanced settings where as the current one on the debian version ONLY has the advanced type of settings...hope that will be changed down the road...

[shayney]

by the way...as a "rolling distro" when i see the mention of the words "you might occasionally get breakage" what exactly does that mean? would you have to re-install?

I think it would take a very extreme case to need a re-install and is very unlikely.
From Sid/sidux experience, breakage would generally come in the form of updates to major components such as the whole of gnome, KDE or xorg.
Mainly because a user might update before all the packages are fully ready so it turns out to be a half-upgrade without realising (this is probably the biggest downside to rolling distros), so you could end up unable to get a graphical desktop.

Other cases might be down to mistakes in dependencies but such issues are usually caught in Sid and fixed before they reach testing.

Might be worthwhile having something like the "upgrade warnings" section on sidux forums.
Here, people can read up on potential upgrade problems so that they know beforehand how to fix/workaround issues or better still, so they can wait until issues are resolved before upgrading themselves.

[randomizer]

Just don't update your system as soon as the update is available and then you'll likely avoid the major breakage problems. If a package is really bad, it should be corrected, or at least pulled from the repo, within 24 hours. This will vary with mirrors though, since they only sync with the official repos once or twice a day at the most.

[msnthrp]

I installed LInux Mint Debian today. How Sweet It IS!!!

I had my hard drive extended partition configured with the logical swap partition first, then the root logical partition (and three more logical partitions in the extended one). The installer froze when trying to install with that configuration. So I used gparted to delete the swap and root partitions and recreated them with the root first and the swap second. The next install try went without a hitch. Beautiful.

I wish there was 64 bit edition since my machine has an Intel dual core x64 and I have 4GB of DDR2 800 RAM. But I figure the x64 edition will get here sometime. Maybe the x64 Flash will be here by then.

[kmb42vt]

Check it out. Linux Mint just went to number 1 on Distrowatch for the last 7 days by nearly 200 hits above Ubuntu (check the list in right-hand sidebar and select "Last 7 days" from the drop down menu).

[AbeFreeman]

ignore this -- I started a new post

[randomizer]

Mint Debian doesn't seem to like my Realtek RTL8187 wireless much. It works, but not particularly well, as I get frequent packet loss. ndiswrapper doesn't do much for me either. I don't think LM9 had this problem, but I can't remember for certain. I really need to wire up my house with some Ethernet cables. It's just not easy navigating through my roof...

[Anonymo]

As the release is already a DVD, in the future, it would be cool if all versions were on 1 DVD. So we could have 2 DVDs, maybe a 32bit and a 64bit, with all versions of DE and WM (GNOME,KDE, etc). Just throwing it out there.

[Zwopper]

Just installed on my main machine - so far so good!

[dnmint]

How does one login automatically in LMDE ?
Pls help

[zole052]

How does one login automatically in LMDE ?
Pls help

mintmenu > administration > login screen

[SteveHoffmanUK]

Hmmm, strange.

On MY LMDE, it's

Mint Menu > System | Control Centre > System > Login Screen

[Teucca]

Here Instruction http://linuxmint-fi.info/lmde-login/

[randomizer]

Hmmm, strange.

On MY LMDE, it's

Mint Menu > System | Control Centre > System > Login Screen

zole052's instructions sound like they're actually for the GNOME Main Menu.

[Orographic]

I just added ttf-mscorefonts-installer and modified my ~/.fonts.conf and the fonts look about the same as they do on any Linux Mint 9 edition. Granted, the fonts are not as clean as they are in Windows, but they never have been. If there's one thing Windows excels at, it's font rendering.

That's what I did. Just installed mscorefonts, no other tweaking in that regard, and it all looks really good. I use to do the same thing in older versions of Ubuntu and other distros with dodgy fonts.

I've also changed the default menu (which is nice but not my favourite) and went for the customised menu with Applications Places System as the menu items. I added a top panel and put it there with my most commonly used programs; just like in Lucid.

Mint Debian is very nice. I've had one 'no signal' message on the monitor during boot but the system just shut down after thirty seconds and rebooted fine with no errors. Think it might be the 2.6.32.5 kernel not fully supporting my newish Core i3 and H55-USB3 motherboard. This monitor issue occurs in Lucid, Fedora 13 and Mint Debian but not PCLOS or W7 on the same hardware. I think PCLOS uses a newer kernel.

[randomizer]

Kernel 2.6.33 was the first to have full support for the i3, including the IGP. 2.6.32 may have some support for the CPU but I think IGP support is flaky at best.

[zole052]

Hmmm, strange.

On MY LMDE, it's

Mint Menu > System | Control Centre > System > Login Screen

zole052's instructions sound like they're actually for the GNOME Main Menu.

[Orographic]

Kernel 2.6.33 was the first to have full support for the i3, including the IGP. 2.6.32 may have some support for the CPU but I think IGP support is flaky at best.

Hey, thanks for that. That may explain why in the newer kernel in PCLOS, the no signal message on the monitor doesn't happen. In Lucid when I get the no signal message I have to do Ctrl-Alt F1 and in Fedora and LMDE it just shuts down after a few seconds. I bought this system though knowing that it may not be fully supported for six months or more, so I can't blame Linux for that decision. It only happens once or twice a month anyway.

I do like Linux Mint Debian quite a bit so far, it seems really good and to basically have Debian with a bit more polish is an attractive option. My gut feeling is LMDE will go far. I will certainly promote it on a large aussie forum if it continues along so well.

Thanks to everyone that has worked so hard in producing it and all Mint flavours. Its been two years since I've looked at Mint and I am impressed indeed.