Linux Mint Debian Edition 6: Bookworm for Beginners?

We install and test drive the latest Debian 12 stable based Cinnamon Desktop. Is it for you?

[@kaysimpson]

I'm so excited to go to LMDE6 from standard Mint. In my opinion Debian is the right direction rather than de-Ubuntuing Ubuntu

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Indeed!

[@oraclejmt]

Yes, and the more KISS approach to it.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

👍🏻

[@Bareego]

I'll move once they've included the easy kernel update and the hardware manager.

[@MendenLama]

Good to see you are continuing your linux youtube journeys. Thumbs up!

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Hey, thanks! :D

[@drakemallard6100]

Great Video! Mint and Zorin OS are the perfect first Linux playgrounds with a high user acceptance for people moving from Windows to Linux. The next step could be Debian 12 where you have the choice of nearly all DE inkl. Cinnamon, Gnome, KDE etc. You can also install those DE side by side, chose one of them at login and customise the way you want.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Very interesting, thanks for the comment!

[@PurpleWarlock]

He is back! 🎉

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Feels good! :D

[@thesaigoneer]

Great to see you around again Stephen! In October 2018 my Linux journey restarted with Mint. Although I've moved on onto the likes of Kinoite, Sway, Qtile and Slackware LMDE 6 will be on the machine later this month. It is still a great distro!

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

It is indeed! :)

[@WololoWololo2]

​@@stephenstechtalks5377:)

[@angelnaydev5801]

great video, I am also a fan and use Cinnamon Mint for daily use. I like the idea of a working distro you just run and most things I personally need just work. Thanks for the comprehensive video.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Good stuff!

[@bigjuan6440]

I agree LMDE 6 is perfect for someone who just wants to get away from Windows and use Linux. I certainly have the capability of learning linux commands and doing everything the "hard way." And I have done some of that with other distros. But I just don't find that productive or fun. I don't really care what elite Linux lovers think.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

No fuss, no muss - thanks for sharing!

[@SrLimaDev]

Hey all! Hugs from Brazil. Tanks Professor Stephen

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Much love back to you, thanks so much for your support! :)

[@islam-karam]

As expected of you, very awesome video, good job, thanks.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

So nice of you!

[@malcontent_1]

Thanks for this. I've been considering switching from "standard" Linux Mint over to LMDE. Hopefully the latest version will recognize all the hardware on my ~decade old Dell XPS 13 (circa 2013).

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

I hope so too - it should!

[@mustafababdullah2485]

Hey Stephen so busy lately nice to take lunch and hear something intelligent 😂

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Always! :D

[@PurpleWarlock]

Which distros are candidates for future videos? Hope you can take a look at one from the Mandriva family. Also, FreeBSD 14 is on the way.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Appreciate the suggestions!

[@Aylych]

Thanks for LMDE6 Presentation!

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Thanks for watching!

[@Aylych]

@@stephenstechtalks5377

[@jpberes]

Very Good Video ...

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Glad you like it!

[@islam-karam]

I'm sorry for bothering you with newbies question, but I really need your help recently, I'm a little bet confused about what should I use for swap space (swap file or swap partition) but finally I chose swap file, then I read an article about “Zram and Zsawp and Zcash” then I remembered when you use, Zram-tools in a video that you made before, but now I really don't know what should I use Zram or Zswap? Please help.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

The difference between zram and zswap is pretty well explained here: wiki.archlinux.org/title/Zswap For Debian and Debian-based systems like LMDE, I would follow these instructions: wiki.debian.org/ZRam Opinion: My machines all have solid state storage, and to reduce wear and increase lifespans I would like to minimize writing to them if possible. That's why I avoid swap files or partitions! :) If you have a regular spinning mechanical hard drive storage, then traditional swap partitions or files should not be a problem. /Opinion

[@islam-karam]

I'm so grateful that you took the time to read my comment, I appreciate it more than you know. You're awesome! @@stephenstechtalks5377

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

After years of distro-h03 phase, going fro and tho through distros, LMDE 3 was the end of that... No regrets or complains whatsooever.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Thanks for sharing! :)

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@stephenstechtalks5377 btw, I subscribed.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 Thanks so much for your support!

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@stephenstechtalks5377 One day... someday... we will make possible the Year of Linux Desktop....

[@spike7319]

Hi interesting vid👍🏻 i got in browser, for example in KZbin videos in both Mints in my VM a snoring , scratching sound and cant fix it. Any suggestions or ideas? I am very new to Linux and would appreciate any tips, thanks in advance 😊

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Interesting! Difficult to troubleshoot a VM sound issue from here, sorry!

[@spike7319]

Thx for answering, another question: is there a difference between for example ublock origin from linux app center firefox addon and the addon from the original firefox addon site? Wich one would you prefer? Btw the soundbug is only in VM, installed LMDE on my pld Laptop and its ok there

[@boringboringboringboring]

What is shown on the screen of the PC which is running Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 if the command sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list has been executed?

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Please have a look here: wiki.debian.org/ru/SourcesList

[@boringboringboringboring]

Thanks,I’ve already read the article “SourcesList”at the Debian web site. Is There any difference between the SourcesList for Debian 12 and the SourcesList for LMDE 6? @@stephenstechtalks5377

[@cypher0124]

what do i need mint for though when debian has a cinnamon iso now

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Good question! :)

[@MnRProdMariolaur]

Is LMDE 6 an LTS?

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Since it uses the LTS kernel as the Debian Stable Bookworm it is directly built on, I would consider it LTS. :)

[@MnRProdMariolaur]

@@stephenstechtalks5377 yes but is it for 5 years like the other LTS?

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Debian Stable is 2 years :)

[@MnRProdMariolaur]

@@stephenstechtalks5377 and after that we have to get the new LMDE 7?

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

@MnRProdMariolaur Updates should be provided for much longer: wiki.debian.org/LTS

[@jarrettwalck3409]

I get to the end of the installation of this distro & it does not install

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

It won't boot? Sorry to hear that, maybe post with all the specific details on their forums? forums.linuxmint.com/ Good luck!

[@pseglav]

Void linux, please 👍🏻

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@johanb.7869]

If the Ubuntu based for some reason isn't supported anymore or Ubuntu decides to call it a day, LMDE.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Wise move on the part of the Mint team, IMHO!

[@johanb.7869]

@@stephenstechtalks5377 Indeed.

[@eshkamoshka3065]

LMDE is not the only distribution that has a 32-bit version, but it is the least problematic of the existing ones, and version 6 works at least as well as version 5, bringing a modern system to older laptops and PCs. The only thing that makes sense is to change Cinnamon to XFCE (or LXQT) if RAM is limited. An alternative (for old hardware) I can probably call Simply Linux, but this is an ugly duckling compared to LMDE.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Great tips, thanks for sharing!

[@kici5777]

Expirion Linux

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Yup!

[@dougfox9649]

Takes too long to get to the point

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Duly noted!

[@williamwallace9826]

Why did you even bother to make this video? It's nearly useless. You show us a bunch of menus and say about all of them "There are a lot of choices," but you don't show us what any of the choices actually DO. I had to quit halfway through. I can't waste my life watching videos that don't provide any useful information.

[@stephenstechtalks5377]

Thanks for the feedback!