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It's what I use vs "Mint" becase why have
Debian --->Ubuntu--->Mint ?
What do you mean? I don't understand what the relevance of Debian or Ubuntu is here.
@victorz @hanrahan Mint is partly derived from Ubuntu, which is derived from Debian. As well as also being partly derived from Debian itself.
LMDE skips the Ubuntu part of the derivations.
Linux Mint is a derivative of Ubuntu Linux. They start with a recent Ubuntu LTS and sprinkle their magic on it to create a release of Linux Mint.
Ubuntu itself is a derivative of Debian Linux though obviously they have diverged significantly.
Some people have become concerned about the direction of Ubuntu.
As a hedge over having to possibly switch away from Ubuntu as their base, the Linux Mint project provides LMDE. For LMDE, they start with a recent version of Debian Stable and then sprinkle the same Linux Mint magic on it as they do for Ubuntu.
LMDE is not the “main” Linux Mint distro but some people prefer it and, as the comment above, many people see cutting out the Ubuntu middle-man as a good thing.
Linux Mint just had a major release recently. This brings the same “Mint” bits featured there to the Debian edition.
Ah okay, I didn't know Mint was based on Ubuntu. I've been out of the distro loop ever since I installed Arch like a decade ago (btw), but that makes more sense, yeah. Thanks for the explanation! 😁