Linux Mint Debian LMDE 201204

Linux Mint Debian also known as LMDE is just another version of Linux Mint. It is based on the Debian distribution. It is a rolling distribution, which means that it receives updates and upgrades often.

LMDE

LMDE comes in quite a few variants. It comes with Cinnamon installed and also with Gnome and XFCE desktop environments. Now you might be thinking what is the difference between the normal Linux Mint and LMDE. Here are  a few answers to that question:

1. LMDE is a rolling distribution whereas the Linux Mint is a much more stable version. LMDE receives updates often and that also causes bugs much more often. However it also means that the bugs are fixed faster.

2. LMDE is Debian based and cannot run applications developed for Ubuntu. For that, you'll have to use the normal Linux Mint. However LMDE supports all Debian applications completely, so no sweat there.

3. The live version of LMDE does not run VLC. you'll have to install the LMDE and after that the VLC will run flawlessly.
However, in case you want to run VLC in the live medium, you can you the following work-around:
"sudo ln -s / /filesystem.squashfs"

4. There is no splash screen in the LMDE version.

5. The best part of LMDE is that won't have to re-install your system. The updates are automatically incorporated. Though many-a-times, your themes are likely to be screwed up, you can fix that by logging out and logging in again!

You can download the latest version of Linux Mint Debian from the link below:
LMDE 201204

Linux Mint: The Most Trending Distro

Linux Mint is one of the most trending Linux/GNU distro recently. It has seen a huge increase in its fan following and is rising rapidly amongst other heavy weight distros like Fedora and Ubuntu. Started in 2006, Linux Mint is now the 4th most widely used home operating system behind Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS and Canonical's Ubuntu.

Linux Mint 12, code-named Lisa, is the latest version of this distro. Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu which itself is based on Debian. Just like Ubuntu, Mint also uses .deb packages. It has a wonderful software centre, synaptic package manager and is free of almost all the bugs that creep into an Ubuntu system.

You can download the latest version of Linux Mint from their download page. It has Gnome 3 and MATE desktop environments by default. KDE and LXDE variants of the same also available for download. So download Lisa and give it a try, and I am sure you'll fall in love with it!

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