Linuxmint LMDE 6 Officially Released

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27th September 2023

Available in both 32bit or 64bit editions
Kernel: 6.1.0-12

Release Notes: https://linuxmint.com/rel_faye.php

Official Blog: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4570

Download Mirrors: https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=308

..LMDE aims to be as similar as possible to Linux Mint, but without using Ubuntu. The package base is provided by Debian instead…

System requirements:
2GB RAM (4GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
20GB of disk space (100GB recommended).
1024×768 resolution
(on lower resolutions, press ALT to drag windows with the mouse if they don’t fit in the screen).

LMDE5 upgrade instructions: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4571

Win8.1/R2 Hybrid lives on..

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https://betanews.com/2023/09/27/linux-mint-debian-edition-6-lmde-faye/

…Despite sharing some known issues and tips, there are absolutely no new features announced in the release notes. And so, there is a legitimate worry: what new does LMDE 6 bring to the table? While stability and reliability are core to the Debian base, users look forward to fresh and innovative features with each new release. This anticipation is tinged with disappointment as the details of LMDE 6 emerge without a showcase of novel functionalities.

The user community might be left wondering if the lack of innovation will impact the future adoption and use of LMDE 6. It is essential for new releases to strike a balance between improving existing features and introducing new ones to ensure the operating system’s continual growth and relevance in the rapidly evolving tech world.

Look, folks, if the developers can’t be bothered to share new features, why should we be bothered to use the operating system? Oh well. If you want to try Linux Mint Debian Edition 6, you can download an ISO here.

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That seems unnecessarily harsh from Mr. Fagioli. Especially when considering what he had to say about LMDE 5, which also had no new features listed. It seems like he previously understood what LMDE is about, and then forgot.

https://betanews.com/2022/03/20/linux-mint-debian-lmde-five-elsie-5/

https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4287

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Not just harsh. He completely missed the point.

And so, there is a legitimate worry: what new does LMDE 6 bring to the table?

There is a worry? Which users are legitimately worried about this?

LMDE 6 is based on Debian 12, while LMDE 5 is based on Debian 11. LMDE 6 “brings to the table” the same things that Debian 12 does. Is there a “growing concern” for Debian too, from all of those people who crave the novelty of a cutting-edge distro, but for some reason  have chosen the least cutting-edge, most stable distro in existence?

While stability and reliability are core to the Debian base, users look forward to fresh and innovative features with each new release.

Which users look forward to that?

Fresh and innovative features are anathema to ability and reliability. Just consider Windows 10 for the first few years of its existence, and the blistering speed with which MS released new builds with all kinds of “fresh and innovative features” no one asked for or wanted. Do you remember the lack of stability (in both definitions) that went along with those features? Do you recall how many people stuck to Windows 7 as long as possible so that they could have stability without any “new and innovative features” to churn up the code base?

Ubuntu has two kinds of releases. They have the long term support releases, supported for 5 years and geared toward stability, and short term releases, which offer more “innovative” features but less stability, and are only supported for nine months.

Canonical reports that 95% of its customer base uses the LTS version. The preference for stability over features with Ubuntu LTS is not as strong as with Debian, but that’s fine, since we have both options.

This anticipation is tinged with disappointment as the details of LMDE 6 emerge without a showcase of novel functionalities.

Whose disappointment do you refer to?

If you want a showcase of novel functionalities, LMDE is clearly the wrong distro for you.

The user community might be left wondering if the lack of innovation will impact the future adoption and use of LMDE 6.

I seriously doubt that. I think the Linux community understands that Debian is about stability above all else. If you want new features, you picked the wrong distro. There are tons of them… why not pick one that is closer to what you expect?

It is essential for new releases to strike a balance between improving existing features and introducing new ones to ensure the operating system’s continual growth and relevance in the rapidly evolving tech world.

And you think that every distro out there, every single one out of the thousands of them, needs to follow that same philosophy and focus on the same small slice of the Linux-using community that you happen to inhabit?

 

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