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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], Joan Leach <jleach728@...> wrote: > > > > You could try Mint Debian Live CD... > > > > Joan in Reno > > > 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 > > > [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/
