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I may actually give this a go.

With the addition of non-free firmware in Debian ( so better hardware compatibility ) and the rising popularity of Flatpak and Distrobox ( so access to newer software ), the advantages of Ubuntu are narrowing and the problems with Ubuntu continue to mount. Basing something like Mint directly on Debian makes sense to me.

I have been considering trying Debian with Distrobox / Arch to fill any application gaps. LMDE might fill that void instead.

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I use Debian and was using Arch in a Distrobox to have some AUR apps (PyCharm, DBeaver, Pulsar Editor and a few more). It’s nice and I recomend you to try and have fun with it. Undoubtedly, Distrobox is a game changer - however, I believe it’s a better tool to set a development environment, with the distro and packages used in the production environment. Nowadays, just to install random software on Debian, I’ve been using Pacstall - try it as well. In the end, I think it integrates better. For example, if I click on a link in a Markdown doc in Pulsar in a box, either it will not open the link if I don’t have another browser within the box or I’ll have to implement a workaround to open the host’s browser.

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I had never heard of Pacstall. Thanks.

You use it with Debian? It looks like it targets Ubuntu.

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Yes, I use Debian and Pacstall works well on it. From their Wiki, you can see that you can target incompatible versions if applicable - I saw it in one app, incompatible with Bullseye but compatible with Bookworm and Ubuntu (maybe git-delta, if I remember well). Also, I have a small contribution to the project as well.

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A Debian version of mint is incomprehensibly based

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… based on Debian, yes.

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Based.

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What do you mean?

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TLDR: 80s: On crack 90s: Being yourself, cool, swagger 2020s Alt right attempts to appropriate this to mean being an unapologetic douchnozzle

https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/based/

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20s: Alt left uses douchenozzle /j

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Hey I haven’t heard of this.

So this is mint based on Debian directly instead of ubuntu?

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That’s correct they released it around the time so the Amazon stuff happened if I remember right. Since debian 12 has been so popular and with flatpak and distro box gaining popularity, there’s been a big call for lmde to become the focus.

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Thanks for the reply! Amazon stuff? I’m so out of the loop it seems.

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I dont know anything about linux but my friend recommended mint. Have to say its the second best thing ever happened to me , first being losing my virginity.

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Anyone who’s read any fantasy knows not to mess around with the faye. I’ll wait for the next version unless that one’s named Cthulhu.

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