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Post by elvisuk on Oct 15, 2010 18:56:43 GMT
Linux Mint An interesting diversion for the developers of Linux Mint - the usual Ubuntu base has been replaced with Debian's testing branch to create a new, rolling-release edition of Linux Mint. From the announcement: "Today is very important for Linux Mint. It's one day to remember in the history of our project as we're about to maintain a new distribution, a rolling one, which promises to be faster, more responsive and with which we're less reliable on upstream components. Linux Mint Debian edition (LMDE) comes with a Debian base, which we transformed into a live media and on top of which we added a new installer. It's rougher and in some aspects not as user-friendly as our other editions, it's very young but it will improve continuously and rapidly." Here is the full release announcement with a brief FAQ section. Download: linuxmint-debian-201009-gnome-dvd-i386.iso (875MB, MD5, torrent).
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Post by mikkh on Oct 15, 2010 19:25:22 GMT
Yes, I've been keeping an eye on it. Mint, not tainted by Ubuntu does appeal to me
It will have to be good to better the already established Debian (non Ubuntu) clones though
Distros like Mepis, Parsix and DreamLinux already have an established user base
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