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At first I thought the same, but then I remembered the problems I had with Linux Mint. Most specifically, the inability to upgrade across releases.

• steanne 12y ago
  Linux Mint has a Debian edition that is semi-rolling. I chose LMDE Mate, though I recently installed xfce and am thinking about keeping it.
  • facorreia 12y ago
    Until 2016, future versions of Linux Mint will use the same package base as Linux Mint 17, making it trivial for people to upgrade.
  • thejdude 12y ago
    I'd really like to switch to a Debian-based system, but ALL Debian-based distros seem to have TERRIBLE battery life, whereas Mint 17 has an excellent one (better than Arch/Manjaro or Fedora and on par with Windows 7). Sigh. And yes, I'm using powertop. Without it, Linux battery life is horrible.
    • steanne 12y ago
      ah, i wouldn't know, i prefer a desktop. i have been looking at other rolling distros, though. how did you like manjaro other than that?
      • thejdude 12y ago
        Manjaro (I tried the XFCE flavor) was really nice. It didn't support Bluetooth, but at the time all distros were having some problems with upgrading to BlueZ 5. Regularly, they have some kind of update packs which they announce on their blog/forums, in case you should get any problems, and the community seems very nic. Definitely try it!