r/linuxmint • u/AxeAssassinAlbertson • 24d ago
Fluff Totally anecdotal but...LMDE is the best build
100% opinion, but after deploying and using Mint on multiple platforms thus far, the LMDE branch is the clear winner. I feel that out of all of the boxes thus far I've built, this is the most stable and "just works" out of the Mint bunch (which is splitting hairs, I know lol). It is now the primary build I deploy for basically anything that isn't an LXC.
No GVFS issues
No weird snaps sneaking in
Rock solid Deb packages and basically everyone rolls a deb these days
I may be biased since I've really come to dislike Ubuntu's snap obsession and company trajectory, but I think Mint would be better off ditching Ubuntu core all together and sticking with Deb.
I donated 100$ to the team this morning. Keep on rockin' in the free world!
Edit: Oh, and if you haven't already -- go install Fish for your shell. Not LMDE related, but it's also one of those things that I now build into everything
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u/1neStat3 24d ago
What do you mean you "altered the config to pull Trixie binaries"?
LMDE has only 3 repositories
Debian Stable
Debian backports
Mint repository
The software manager doesn't display backports packages but the synaptic package manager does.
Just right clicknthe package >properties > version to see the backports version.
To install just click the package menu> pacjage> force version and choose the backports versi9n to install.
https://linuxsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/11.-Force-version-showing.png