LMDE 6 “Faye” released! – The Linux Mint Blog
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LMDE 6 has been officially released. The big deal about this is that it’s based on the recently released Debian 12 and also that being based on Debian LMDE is 100% community based.

If you’ve been disappointed by what the Linux corporations have been doing lately or don’t like the all-snap future that Ubuntu has opened, then this is the distro for you.

I’m running it as my daily driver and it works exactly like the regular Mint so you don’t lose anything. Clem and team have done a great job, even newbies could use Debian now.

Personally I think LMDE is the future of Linux as Ubuntu goes it’s own way, and this is a good thing for Mint and the Linux community. Let’s get back to community distros and move away from the corps.

EDIT: LMDE is 64bit only. There is no 32bit option.

  • Julian@lemm.eeEnglish
    28·
    1 year ago

    Been using mint for a while on my main machine and I’m not keen on doing a reinstall, but the next time I do I’ll definitely be looking at Debian edition.

    • Certainity45@lemmy.ml
      8·
      1 year ago

      If you don’t have Nvidia gpu, then LMDE is better. It is slightly snappier and boots slightly faster.

        • palordrolap@kbin.social
          6·
          1 year ago

          I have a very old Nvidia GPU and am on LMDE5. The official legacy driver works fine for me. Can’t speak for the open-source one.

          Going to assume that LMDE6 will be similar when I get around to upgrading.

        • Certainity45@lemmy.ml
          1·
          1 year ago

          Well, the thing is I don’t have Nvidia gpu but it is a general rule since LMDE doesn’t ship with the driver manager as the “regular” Mint does.

          • merthyr1831@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            That’s because it doesn’t need to use the Ubuntu drivers. I’m pretty sure it’s intentional (if a bit less user friendly). I wish distros could come up with a universal(ish) driver app.