Zed, I am very curious...
After saying the "Ubu base has been wonderful" and "gotta love those Ubu repositories!"--you moved to LMDE and hope it is the new standard for Mint? In what way, please, is it superior to the mainline Mint based on Ubuntu? Without knowing a bit more, the two ideas seem somewhat contradictory--and it would certainly help others on list to understand why you believe it might be an improvement. Personally, I am thinking about going to a distro which has a continuous upgrade model rather than the wholesale replacement every six months approach. However, to do so I want to be sure I am not giving away other very strong advantages that come with the Ubuntu constellation of distros--such as so many apps being written to be compatible out of the box without much fiddling to give just one example. I am also considering constructing some sort of installer script that will re-install the various utilities and programs I have come to use commonly so doing a complete version upgrade can be done in a somewhat more foolproof method than trying to do it piece-meal. However, with Ubuntu Tweak and Ailurus, much of that has become unnecessary. I have also recently installed PPA Manager, which has great promise for simplifying management of PPA repositories. David --- In [email protected], Zed <zed@...> wrote: > I'm curious about where I might consider > moving after Mint 9. The Ubu base has been wonderful, and I would hardly > abandon GNU/Linux if Mint moved up the branch, so to speak, or even if it > was abandoned. ... > I have used pure Debian before, and I liked it, but damn, ya > gotta love those Ubu repos! > > I've used LinuxMint since v3.0 Cassandra but when Clem issued LMDE, with the > warning that it was experimental, I decided to try it. There have been a > few niggles but even I, lacking a technical bent, have managed to resolve > them without too much hassle. Currently I am running LMDE 64bit on my > desktop and LMDE 32bit on a Thinkpad T60. Both work well and I'm hoping > that Clem and the development team decide to use Debian as the base for the > main Mint edition. > > Zed > > -- > Zed > Without software to do something useful with it, hardware's nothing more > than a really complicated space heater. (Neil Stephenson) > ------------------------------------ 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/
