The live install will probably be fine for me. It's a fine line between "bloat" and not having basic functionality. I just find things like lots of media players, multiple image viewer/editors, backup utilities, 2 or 3 different web browsers, etc. to be too much for my taste. Mx has a boatload of "mx-tools" to do things that are already built in to the DE.
The idea osbthat The idea of netinstall isn't to create a barebone system (albeit it's possible), but it's just a way to choose what to install, like a traditional install DVD but with the packages coming from the web. As a bonus, the system installed this way doesn't need updates. With live disc you install once from the ISO, then practically you re-download the whole system because the updates.
A LTS release makes me curious how many Canonical OS users will switch. I keep hearing about Canonical's choices being poor, especially snaps and the like. Does Debian use snaps in this version? I haven't found a final word on if it's either available or default.
Yeah, I really liked Mint up until ~17.2, and I still like that they remove Snaps from the Ubuntu source, but all the more recent versions have given me other odd behaviors, like the login screen triggers/loops to a second login before actually going to the desktop, showing two network icons in the task bar, etc. I just got tired of the weird bugs and went to Debian "proper" instead. By the time it transforms from Debian to Ubuntu to Mint, I'm guessing things under the hood tend to get weird. I suppose it is still a good distro to start on though. Edit: An after thought. I used the Xfce version, which may be a factor in the issues I had with it.
You have mentioned these issues before, for me all the Mint variants work perfectly, but that is the beauty of Linux, if one doesn't work for you there is always another that will. LMDE6 is great, I love MX Linux and Manjaro, the list goes on. You just have to find the one that matches your PC and suits you.
fully concur. mint gives me none of the glitches that were mentioned, and zero crashes.it is all pretty stable, [ mx too, although i detest the interface.]
Debian 12.9 released. I suspect Debian 13 'Trixie' is just a few months away now. I have had a great experience with 12.x. Totally stopped me from distro hopping.
I am using LMDE 6 at present, I will go full Debian when 'Trixie' arrives, probably via Spiral, a nice user friendly lazy route. With Spiral/Debian you get longer support and fewer updates than either flavor of Mint. Performance is rock solid with all of them, Mint is always prettier lol.
I actually use the Mint Y Red theme + Matcha Azul on mine. Call me weird, but I really like the red highlights on it. The older versions, the newer ones are too bright, too red.
I did much the same when I ran Debian for a short time. I tried Debian first then went and gave MX another go before settling on LMDE. I missed the pure Debian installation but I had had enough of hopping around and decided to stay with Mint until 'Trixie' makes an appearance.
Yeah, I think Mint should dump the ubuntu base and just go with LMDE. I guess they like piggy backing on their repos or something.
Mint is built on Ubuntu which in turn is built on Debian, its baffling, why not build Mint on the original distro? As far as the repos go Debian seems to have all the software most people require, I had no issues in that department. My only problem with LMDE is the short life span of each build, pure Debian provides support for donkeys years on every releases, I think its 5 years or maybe more. There is growing pressure from within the Mint community to drop Ubuntu and concentrate on the Debian build, I hope it happens.