Debian attracts a certain type of user. I would not say that it is for aficionados so much as geeks, purists and people who crave stability. There are aficionados in all distributions in my experience. Couple this with the fact that Debian is less that welcoming to newcomers, even to the extent of pushing them away, then you will find Debian a different kettle of fish entirely.
I feel that Mint users will not like to be part of Debian and will miss Ubuntu if the chnage to a Debian base for all of their distributions. I base this upon my own experience with Debian and what I have seen over the years. Things move very slowly in Debian and change is not embraced. look at their installer if you don't believe me. Ubuntu has tried and gone out of its way to welcome newbies and to improve user experience. As a consequence Ubuntu has risen from nothing to be the number one distribution, while Debian has faded. In order for LMDE to become successful the Mint community would have to develop significantly and replace what Ubuntu now does for them. They would have to develop their own forums and support groups because the Debian community is too geeky and are prickly pears, unless you like being called names and excoriated for abusing Debian by using its code and giving nothing back (as they have openly done with Ubuntu) and for using Firefox and not Ice Weasel. That sort of thing. Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, 64-bit Location: Canada On 22 October 2010 23:06, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected] <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Darksyde" <m_alexande...@...> wrote: > > > > I must admit, Mint *does* overdo the green a bit. I change my desktop to > black but there's still all that bright green everywhere else. > > FWIW I'll almost definitely switch to Deb when I do change distro's, and > I know I'll eventually do so. Mint is great, of course, but Deb has a more > pure feeling to it, for lack of a better term. > > Mark > > > > I believe today Debian is the premier choice for any true Linux aficionado > that has the experience to deal with it. I'm sure many would disagree with > me, but they're all wrong :) > > Paul > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
