Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
helvede.net is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Velkommen til Helvede, fediversets hotteste instance! Vi er en queerfeministisk server, der shitposter i den 9. cirkel. Welcome to Hell, We’re a DK-based queerfeminist server. Read our server rules!

Administered by:

Server stats:

157
active users

helvede.net: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.7

#LMDE

3 posts3 participants0 posts today
Public
Emma Liv 🇨🇦

One of the reasons I'm such a huge fan of #LinuxMint and other so-called "beginner's" distros (I've been using Linux desktops exclusively for around 15 years now and specifically #LMDE for the last few but I digress) is that I strongly believe free and open-source software ought to be as accessible to "regular" people as possible.

#Linux#FOSS
Public *
Charlotte Aten

I've installed Linux Mint Debian Edition onto one of my machines! I have been using Mint (the one made using Ubuntu) for about a decade and I'm happy to finally cut #Amazon out of the loop.

Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) feels almost exactly like Linux Mint. The only difference I've noticed is that it asks me about the GRUB bootloader more at setup than I recall from Linux Mint.

If all continues to go well with my first machine, I'll be switching the other machines to Debian Edition, as well.

I had a hard time finding information on the differences between specifically Debian and LMDE online that wasn't just AI-generated clickbait garbage, but I have the general impression that LMDE has more set up for me at the outset, which is what I prefer.

#Linux#LinuxMint#Ubuntu
Public
squinky

Day 2 of running #LMDE instead of Ubuntu.

The fact that this is built on Debian Bookworm (stable, 2023) is really starting to show. I couldn't get it to pair with my bluetooth mouse out of the box, but fortunately I know the cheat codes. I backported the version of `blueman` that's in Trixie (debian testing), and it popped up fine. The BT mouse is not optional because this damned Dell XPS trackpad just dies after a certain amount of uptime.

I'm using Flatpak for certain extremely corporate things like Spotify and Steam, and I installed Neovim from an AppImage because compiling nvim is less fun than dental surgery.

I wouldn't have had a problem with Ubuntu snaps if they weren't forcing core desktop functionality into them, like web browsers and things. In LMDE the killer app for these sorts of packages are when you want to do things that are newer than Debian provides, and have too many dependencies to provide via backport upgrades.

Overall though I like the Cinnamon desktop too. It feels like a nice mid-point between GNOME and XFCE, the latter of which I used for years just to avoid GNOME bloat. I'm pretty happy with all this.

Public
Death by Lambda

@Linux_Is_Best @zak
Your later post, misskey.de/notes/a2lxrfrwj6 notwithstanding, I still disagree with you.

I converted from Ubuntu-based #Mint to #LMDE as soon it was released and I've never looked back.

Every now and again I need to manually change the apt sources, to match the new release and that's it.

Since 2016.

misskey.deLinux Is Best (@Linux_Is_Best)Why I do NOT recommend Linux Mint to newbies. If you have ever considered trying, Linux, someone likely told you: "Linux Mint is great for newbies." I would argue you were misinformed. I'll keep it simple and ask you, have you ever tried to make a copy of a copy? That's Linux Mint. It starts from Debian which is forked to Ubuntu, which is later forked to Mint Linux. You have far too many upstream developments (2), and like any software, occasionally bugs happen, but in Mint it happens more frequently because you have the issue from Debian or Ubuntu or Mint or a random combination of one or more into a "hot mess". On top of this, most of the people within the Linux Mint community are "old school" users who will insist you learn and use the terminal for everything, within that "hot mess" of a broken up system. Even when there is a GUI. That is comparable to a 1st time PC user, being told to use Microsoft PowerShell for everything. Sure, you can, but would you want to? There are far better alternatives, for example, Ultramarine Linux (I suggest the KDE Plasma build). 1st, all the drivers, firmware, non-free media codecs and repos, are already included. You don't have to set any of that up. 2nd, if you know how to use an app store, you can use the one provided with Ultramarine Linux. 3rd, everything from adding a printer to changing user settings or setting up an optional firewall, DNS, VPN, etc. just with a mouse click. 4th, go ahead and download an RPM package, and double-click, it will install just as easily as a Windows Setup File. Ultramarine Linux is just 1 out of many possible distros you can use, without all the nonsense. There really are better alternatives than Linux Mint. > "But... but.... I used the Debian Edition of Mint" Which they hardly support. The problem with their Debian Edition is they make their Mint modification and then that's it. You're getting all your patches from Debian, which sounds good on principle, as it doesn't have so much upstream, but those modifications which Mint made are outside Debian, and whatever may be broken, stays broken, long-term, and are exclusive to Mint Debian, while they focus on their Ubuntu based copy. And of course, it is the same "old school" community that want you, a newbie, who knows nothing, and wanted an easy experience, to use the terminal for everything. As a newbie, Mint Linux or Linux Mint (however you call it), is not the newbie friendly Linux distro you have been led to believe. I can build Linux from source, something I don't expect a newbie to do, but even I have found Mint frustrating at times, because it is a "hot mess". But I digress. There are (many) better alternatives out there and if your 1st experience with Linux was Linux Mint and you gave up shortly afterward, I can understand as to why. IN before the Linux Mint groupies claim how wrong I am, but YOU (reader), who may have given up after trying Mint, decide for yourself, by trying something else.
Public
Alex Schwartz

For those wondering, I went with LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) for my old iMac. Other than some issues getting audio working (got it working this morning), everything went without a hitch. Still not sure what distro I’m going to toss on the old laptop yet.. might end up going through a few.

#linux#lmde#lmde6
Public
Niavy :verified: :bearn:

Hello les geeks !
Une idee de comment activer la rotation automatique de l'ecran sous Debian ? J'ai un Lenovo Yoga, je teste Linux Mint LMDE, l'ecran tactile marche super, mais la rotation de l'ecran, zero.

#Linux#debian#mint
Public
WenAstar

Dear #linuxmint -ers,
Today I upgraded my #LMDE system which has a Radeon 7600 graphics card with a second UHD monitor. The prior combination of UHD + 24" 1920x1080 worked fine, bare some hitches with readable menus. Now I cant even reorder the monitors to lie on the same plane without the graphics driver hanging up. I do get a "driver not found" message after five to ten minutes on the log console, though.
Is this problem treatable with LMDE or do I have to switch to Fedora?

Public
Norm

I've noticed an issue lately in #LinuxMint where certain date/time formats have an extra space in front of them.

E.g. "Sun, 4 Aug"
instead of "Sun, 4 Aug"

I looked into it, and found this #Cinnamon bug report from a few days ago: github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/

Basically it's an upstream change, and the workaround is to add a hyphen after the percentage sign. So "%-e" instead of "%e".

Unfortunately the linked docs don't mention this, so posting here in case others find it helpful.

GitHubCalendar: Hidden leading zeroes still take up space · Issue #12335 · linuxmint/cinnamonBy DokterKaj
#FOSS#LMDE
Public
Daniel Wayne Armstrong

Today unboxing a Kobo LIbra Colour ereader I received as a gift.

Two things I immediately like:
* it mounts via USB as a plain storage device (formatted FAT32) under Linux (LMDE) and epub files can be simply copied to the device in the console
* its a simple matter to add a one-liner to the plaintext config file stored on the device to disable the need to register and setup an account (user has options)

Kudos Kobo!

#Kobo#Ereader#LMDE
Public
Codeschubse, Fediverse Bat

Muss ich jetzt echt auf Debian umsteigen, weil das das einzige Linux ist, welches im Installer Verschlüsselung bei manueller Partitionierung ermöglicht?

Ich find keine Anleitung, wie man das bei #LinuxMint oder Linux Mint Debian Edition #LMDE macht, bei der Installation wohlgemerkt. Ne Anleitung, die mir erklärt, ich soll was in der noch nicht vorhandenen fstab eintragen, ist hirnverbrannter Schwachsinn.

Habt Ihr alle bullenfreundliche Rechner oder wie macht Ihr das?

ohai.social/@Codeschubse/11280

ohai.socialCodeschubse (@Codeschubse@ohai.social)Alle Anleitungen zum Verschlüsseln von Festplatten, die ich finde (einschließlich UbuntuUsers-Wiki) gehen scheint's schwachsinnigerweise davon aus, dies geschehe NACH der Installation. WIE verschlüssele/partitioniere ich meine Festplatte so, dass ich Linux Mint Debian Edition darauf installieren kann? Der Installer von Debian kann das, der von LMDE nicht. Unnötige Obstacles, die mich ankotzen!
ExploreLive feeds
About