We are a bit off topic, so I won't belabor it. LMDE is stable. I have run it only in a VM. It is worth looking at, but I would not place too much stock in it for regular use. There are several user friendly Debian based distros that I would use first such as SimplyMEPIS or aptosid which both have a proven record and have good community support. LMDE is a side project and until mint commits to it then I would see it just as that, something to try on the side.
Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 7 February 2011 14:11, m <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > Yeah, good points there, Roy, but have you given it a taste yet? I won't > touch anything that isn't at least stable...maybe LMDE is by now? Anyway, I > have no probs whatsoever w/ Mint, and the Ubu repo's are excellent, of > course, but I was just curious. > Have a good one, > Mark > P.S. (and totally off-topic) When you mentioned famous Canadian > musicians/bands recently you left out three that were highly significant- > Guess Who, BTO and Rush. Guess Who were pretty decent (personal taste), BTO > was one of my first favorite bands (I discovered Rock in the mid-70's) and, > though I don't care for Rush at all, I respect the talent. A co-worker, > around '93, talked me into watching a bootleg video of a concert and, though > I didn't change my mind about them, I was blown away by a drum solo! Neil > Pert, right? Incredible! > > > [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/
