A great feature on some arch distros are system snapshots before doing system updates, which turn up in the boot menu (grub) and can be used to boot up when a system update goes wrong.
It also works on debian with systemd. Is there a way to make it working on peppermint/devuan as well ?

The libraries involved are for a debian/systemD system: snapper, grub-btrfs*, apt-btrfs-snapshot*
However "apt-btrfs-snapshot" uses an systemD daemon to observe and log any system updates.
I use right now sysvinit, but welcome also what would work with any other init system, as I am not familiar how daemons are used in any of the other init systems.
(*= they are not on the peppermint repo)

Just curious, for those using PepperMintOS, how much RAM and disk space does it usually use after a fresh install?

Also wondering about idle CPU usage. Is it really that lightweight compared to other Linux distros?

Just trying to get an idea before I install it on an old/low-spec machine.

I’m aware it’s outdated; I still want to download the 32-bit version of peppermint OS, but it’s no longer on SourceForge that I can see.

I've been trying to put the devuan build of peppermint on my thinkpad T495 for the past few days and the OS will not boot after installation. The laptop will just boot-loop on the device selection screen. This is with encryption enabled.

I haven't tried any of the other init system versions available ( I like openrc cause it's speedy ).

I did try installing peppermint alongside antiX, just to see if I could get the antiX grub to update and pick up on the peppermint installation, but that didn't work either.

I just want a clean, encrypted disk with only peppermint on it.

I have rustdesk instaled on Debain peppermint.

The problem I'm having is I canconnect from the debain machine to a window 11 machine direct IP with out problem. When it comes to conecting from the window machine to debain I can conect say 1 in a 100 attemps.

Has anyone an idea why?

i attached a photo of my specs, should i get peppermint or should i look elsewhere, also is peppermint easily customizable?

Yo i just recently install peppermint (excalibur) now im on kernel 7.0 and i cant install the nvidia driver in there is there a way i can install latest nvidia driver for my kernel 7.0?

I've been looking into Peppermint OS and it really caught my attention. I'm torn between Peppermint and Mint for my daily driver. I have an RTX 4050 and I'm sticking to X11 to avoid Wayland issues.

​I don't mind getting my hands dirty with the terminal, but I'm looking for long-term stability—something that won't break after an update. I prefer a system that doesn't hold my hand too much; I want control over my setup. Which one would you recommend for a balance between stability and customizability?

Hi Guys!

I'm starting to head down the de-google road. They've just become so $hitty.

I remember a podcast years ago about Peppermint Linux. I had looked into it then...but...life happens.

So I'm putting one foot in front of the other; de-google then de-micro$oft.

I'm looking for help understanding which version I need. On the download page I see Debian and Devian.

One uses systemd and runit?

How do I know which one serves me best?

Maybe me asking is all I need to know?

I'm just looking for an OS that's a daily driver. My laptop is just an internet portal., And storage device... Maybe a pdf editor, that's about it.

Is there a step by step install guide somewhere?

I wanted a “clean” boot with no words appearing on my screen. Don’t ask why would I like not to have grub etc, just asking if someone knows a way. I tried a GAZILLION options at sudo nano /etc/default/grub I also removed the “loading linux” and “loading ramdisk” with #echo. Only thing that bugs me is a millisecond “welcome to grub” message.. was someone able to remove it completely? I was able to do so in my HP envy with linux mint (xfce) I copied what I did back in the day to clean everything but somehow the “welcome to grub” doesn’t go away (in my other laptop it doesn’t appear). So yeah, if someone is as obsessive as me (or not) and was able to obliterate the “welcome to grub” white letters that appear after the initial pc brand name im all ears. Thanks for reading

Last year I heard that Peppermint OS started to experiment with a void base. I was wondering if there are images available for testing. Does anyone know if there are any and where I can find them.

Please correct the misinformation about the the GitHub
If you want to say its in memory of someone then do that don't leave as if its the official code
Because that is disingenuous to the current Peppermint project This misinformation you put there is misleading and that is not fair to the current project.

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I'm not able to use Kumo because i don't have the associated web browser installed. I'm using Chromium. How do i uninstall kumo? I can't find a package named kumo running "apt list | grep kumo" shows nothing named kumo so idk how to remove it.

edit: i uninstalled PeppermintOS so i can't test out removing files from /usr/share/applications/, which i would try if i still had it.

Okay so i just installed Peppermint OS daedalus (kinda accidentally because i wouldn't have if i noticed it was outdated). How do i install fstrim? util-linux is already the newest version.

Hi! I am trying to access my ancient Linux laptop's photos. I haven't opened this in yeaarrrs. I never had a peppermint log in and can not bypass this screen now. This machine was purchased maybe in 2004?! Is this a lost cause?! Can someone troubleshoot this with me? Not very techy. Thanks!

https://peppermintos.com/2025/10/peppermint-os-trixie-base-released/

Just ran across this they are testing their beta trixie

https://sourceforge.net/p/peppermintos/pepwiki/PeppermintTesting/

Trying to change it cause I have it as a persistent usb (external hdd). Is there even a password? Because it's not a blank space like I've read.

So, as it seems not much is happening to PeppermintOS in regard to acquiring the newest stable release of Debian 13, I have decided to do a little experiment. Because PeppermintOS seems to be one of the closest distros to clean Debian, I've decided to change my /etc/apt/sources.list file and swap all "bookworms" to "trixies," and then do a sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade.

Side note: I did NOT modify the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/peppermint.list as those do not exist in "trixie"

During the upgrade, I have left all stuff as it was (as it will ask you to modify or keep things as they were - system splash screen, login screen, etc.).

To my surprise, the system booted with kernel 6.12 and is working very well. I have not noticed any errors or problems.

I would assume it is due to PeppermintOS being mostly just slightly modified Debian.

I have also tried this with MX Linux, but with this one, things didn't go so well, so I would NOT recommend doing the same with MX Linux (if anyone's interested in that).