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I had a hard time installing Mint on a computer a few years ago. I ended up blaming it on my motherboard because I couldn't get anything to boot and I probably

I had a hard time installing Mint on a computer a few years ago. I ended up blaming it on my motherboard because I couldn't get anything to boot and I probably read a thread about it. Meanwhile any other linux distro seemed to work fine. No idea though. But since then, I haven't bothered with Linux Mint. Trying to stay closer to Debian and further away from Conical.

qskousen 3y ago
https://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php https://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php they have that covered :)
- hospitalJail 3y ago
  Wow thank you! That seems super robust. I suppose now I need to decide if I should go with a trendy new distro or the classic.
AdaX 3y ago
> Trying to stay closer to Debian and further away from Conical. My thoughts are similar, therefore LMDE is the best choice! Canonical's policy for several years goes into a bad side and reminds Microsoft more and more: - He pushes to users with his sick ideas ONLY because of a business, for example many violations of privacy, spying for Amazon, Unity, obsessive forcing snaps (because they completely control the repository) ... etc. Here read more: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#Linux_Hosts https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#... - Ubuntu with every new version is getting worse and has more and more bugs, And with them all Ubuntu derivatives - The publishing cycle issuing new versions using the force method at a fixed time limit, even when it is not fully ready and has full of unprotected errors (only marketing counts) - LTS promises support and fixing errors, but does not keep the word and there are security errors never fixed - Additional broker between Debian -> Ubuntu -> Mint increases the surface of attacks and errors in comparison to Debian -> Mint. - Debian has been a bigger reputation from Ubuntu for many years. after all, Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian, only broken along the way! - The LMDE team makes a fantastic job, but LMDE is poorly visible in the galaxy and is very underestimated. LMDE = All the best of Debian + all the best from Mint!

qskousen 3y ago

https://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php https://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php they have that covered :)

hospitalJail 3y ago
Wow thank you! That seems super robust. I suppose now I need to decide if I should go with a trendy new distro or the classic.

AdaX 3y ago

> Trying to stay closer to Debian and further away from Conical. My thoughts are similar, therefore LMDE is the best choice! Canonical's policy for several years goes into a bad side and reminds Microsoft more and more: - He pushes to users with his sick ideas ONLY because of a business, for example many violations of privacy, spying for Amazon, Unity, obsessive forcing snaps (because they completely control the repository) ... etc. Here read more: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#Linux_Hosts https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Host_Operating_System_Selection#... - Ubuntu with every new version is getting worse and has more and more bugs, And with them all Ubuntu derivatives - The publishing cycle issuing new versions using the force method at a fixed time limit, even when it is not fully ready and has full of unprotected errors (only marketing counts) - LTS promises support and fixing errors, but does not keep the word and there are security errors never fixed - Additional broker between Debian -> Ubuntu -> Mint increases the surface of attacks and errors in comparison to Debian -> Mint. - Debian has been a bigger reputation from Ubuntu for many years. after all, Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian, only broken along the way! - The LMDE team makes a fantastic job, but LMDE is poorly visible in the galaxy and is very underestimated. LMDE = All the best of Debian + all the best from Mint!