Do you think it will happen the same for Linux Mint one day?
Peppermint's now based on Debian!
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Peppermint's now based on Debian!
I just discovered that Peppermint OS is now based on Debian stable. That's a great news in my opinion. The more time passes, the less I like Canonical (or should I say the more I dislike Canonical?)
Do you think it will happen the same for Linux Mint one day?
Do you think it will happen the same for Linux Mint one day?
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Re: Peppermint's now based on Debian!
like LMDE5 ?Do you think it will happen the same for Linux Mint one day?
Re: Peppermint's now based on Debian!
I'm typing this in MX 21 KDE, which is also Debian Stable based. I quite like Stable, stability is much more of a priority for me than having new software.
However, changing Mint from Ubuntu to Stable base would cause a couple of problems.
Stable isn't great for new hardware. It's best installed on machines that are at least a couple of years old. Yes, I know you could enable the sid repo and get support for newer stuff. But that's a hack and if you have to do that why use Stable for general purpose anyway?
And one of the biggest complaints on this forum from newbies is that they don't get the newest software versions. Well, in Stable the software is even older than Ubuntu based Mint, and you can't use Ubuntu ppa's.
Personally I think all this anti Ubuntu crud I'm seeing here lately is completely uninformed.
However, changing Mint from Ubuntu to Stable base would cause a couple of problems.
Stable isn't great for new hardware. It's best installed on machines that are at least a couple of years old. Yes, I know you could enable the sid repo and get support for newer stuff. But that's a hack and if you have to do that why use Stable for general purpose anyway?
And one of the biggest complaints on this forum from newbies is that they don't get the newest software versions. Well, in Stable the software is even older than Ubuntu based Mint, and you can't use Ubuntu ppa's.
Personally I think all this anti Ubuntu crud I'm seeing here lately is completely uninformed.
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Re: Peppermint's now based on Debian!
I meant being based only on Debian, without an Ubuntu based version
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Re: Peppermint's now based on Debian!
I don't think it will and I surely hope not! Why would you want to take the OS that I like away from me?FinixFighter wrote: ⤴Wed May 25, 2022 9:14 amI meant being based only on Debian, without an Ubuntu based version
There already is a Ubuntu-free version of Mint, let us keep the Ubuntu-based one that we have.
And don't forget that Ubuntu, and thus Canonical, made Mint possible in the first place.
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I don't understand. Why aren't you using Peppermint and LMDE then? Why waste time waiting for something that might take years, decades? Developing software is no easy task.
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Re: Peppermint's now based on Debian!
In fact I do. My post was just for knowing what other people think, if they feel the same things I feel for Ubuntu, etc.. just that
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