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LMDE 201109 Gnome

The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 201109 with updated ISOs for Gnome and Xfce.

Highlights

LMDE in brief

  • Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is a rolling distribution based on Debian Testing.
  • It’s available in both 32 and 64-bit as a live DVD with Gnome or Xfce.
  • The purpose of LMDE is to look identical to the main edition and to provide the same functionality while using Debian as a base.

What’s new in this release

  • All Linux Mint 11 features
  • Installer improvements (keyboard variants, locale, bug fixes, UUID in fstab)
  • Update Packs, dedicated Update Manager and staged repositories
  • GTK2/GTK3 theme compatibility
  • Updated software and packages

If you’re new to LMDE, welcome to Linux Mint Debian!

Important info

Multi-core and multi-CPU support in 32-bit kernel:

To guarantee compatibility with non-PAE processors, the 32-bit versions of Linux Mint Debian come with a 486 kernel by default. This kernel does not support SMP, and as a consequence is only able to detect one core and one CPU. If your CPU has multiple cores, or if you have more than one CPU, simply install the 686-PAE kernel and reboot your computer.

Update Pack 2 and Update Pack 3:

This release comes with Update Pack 2 and points to the “Linux Mint Debian Latest” repository as well as the Debian “Security” and “Multimedia” repositories.

Starting with Update Pack 3, “Security” and “Multimedia” become part of “Linux Mint Debian Latest”. When Update Pack 3 is made available, your sources will need to change and all of them will then point at Linux Mint. In the meantime, it is recommended not to apply updates coming from “Security” and “Multimedia”, as they might not be compatible with the packages in Update Pack 2.

Important links:

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is LMDE compatible with Ubuntu-based Linux Mint editions?

No, it is not. LMDE is compatible with Debian, which isn’t compatible with Ubuntu.

2. Is LMDE fully compatible with Debian?

Yes, 100%. LMDE is compatible with repositories designed for Debian Testing or Debian Squeeze.

3. What is a rolling distribution?

LMDE constantly receives updates. Its ISO images are updated now and then but users do not require to re-install it on their systems.

4. How does LMDE compare to the Ubuntu-based editions?

Pros:

  • You don’t need to ever re-install the system. New versions of software and updates are continuously brought to you.
  • It’s faster and more responsive than Ubuntu-based editions.

Cons:

  • Although it’s using Romeo for unstable packages, LMDE continuously changes as it receives updates and new software. Compared to a frozen version of Linux Mint which changes very little once it’s publicly released, it’s not as stable. Things are likely to break more often but fixes can also come quicker. For this reason, LMDE requires a deeper knowledge and experience with Linux, dpkg and APT.
  • Debian is a less user-friendly/desktop-ready base than Ubuntu. Expect some rough edges.
5. Will it come with KDE or other desktops?

Yes. It will support KDE and Fluxbox in the near future.

Additional notes:

  • About the installer: The live installer is developed from scratch with Debian in mind. It’s configurable and it can be re-used by other Debian-based distributions. We noticed a lack in live technologies and in live Debian installers, so we’re happy to take the lead on this. If you’re a developer and you’re interested in using it, have a look at its source repository and don’t hesitate to contact us so we can help you fork it and merge upcoming changes between our two projects.
  • About bugs: Please use Launchpad for bug reports.
  • About the media: It comes as a liveDVD. Locales work differently in Debian and the package base requires more space. We made LMDE compatible with unetbootin though, so you can install it using a USB stick.
  • Dedicated chat room: #linuxmint-debian is open to LMDE users on irc.spotchat.org.

Download links

MD5:

  • Gnome 32-bit: 12b6ba38ae84998bd054e0ef936bc7d5
  • Gnome 64-bit: 638febbbd5daec10a84a91ccaa1047a3
  • Xfce 32-bit: 470e6149ed9d4f7a08183c8fa0ddb1a1
  • Xfce 64-bit: 1a39ace750eebcc1c5e5d225e2d6f6dd

Download via torrent: [Gnome 32-bit] – [Gnome 64-bit] – [Xfce 32-bit] – [Xfce 64-bit]

Download via HTTP:

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun with this new release!

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Donations & Sponsorships:

Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:

Donors:

  • $150 (5th donation), Andreas S.
  • $138.8, Anton D.
  • $100 (4th donation), Gregor M.
  • $100 (2nd donation), Joseph C.
  • $100, Anant S.
  • $100, Warren B.
  • $75, Lynn G.
  • $69.4 (5th donation), Eric H.
  • $69.4, Juergen V.
  • $69.4, Adalberto M.
  • $69.4, Felix V.
  • $69.4, Thomas M.
  • $55.52 (5th donation), Pasi K.
  • $55 (2nd donation), Herbert L.
  • $50 (2nd donation), Robert K.
  • $50 (2nd donation), Joshua B.
  • $50, David I.
  • $50, Malcolm P.
  • $50, Matthew H.
  • $50, Edward R. aka “Tecknomage“
  • $50, Douglas B.
  • $50, Lockert P.
  • $50, Erwin D.
  • $50, Tsuguo S.
  • $50, Stephan H.
  • $50, Reed W.
  • $50, Raymond M.
  • $50, Samson S.
  • $48 (2nd donation), Thomas S.
  • $45, Arthur
  • $41.64 (7th donation), Laurent P.
  • $41.64, Robert K.
  • $40.25 (3rd donation), Hartmann M. aka “hkmle”
  • $40 (3rd donation), Richaed Meade aka “Dick”
  • $37.02, Matt R. aka “kiswa”
  • $30 (2nd donation), Jonathan L.
  • $28 (18th donation), Olli K.
  • $28, Klemens M.
  • $28, Richard P.
  • $28, Tomaso aka “t.munari”
  • $27.8 (23rd donation), Manuel F.
  • $27.8, Sjur M.
  • $27.8, Barry Flanagan
  • $27.8, Patrice C.
  • $27.76, Janne S.
  • $25 (23rd donation), Slavoljub aka “slw”
  • $25 (3rd donation), Happy Nerds Workshop aka “linuxdevman (aka scotts)”
  • $25 (2nd donation), James S.
  • $25, Adam D.
  • $25, David K.
  • $25, Marcus K.
  • $25, Michael M.
  • $25, Douglas R. aka “darco”
  • $25, Chris B.
  • $21.57, Chris GE
  • $20.82 (2nd donation), Andrea D. N.
  • $20 (14th donation), Antonio M. aka “Rob Brill’s book-keeper”
  • $20 (5th donation), Ian M.
  • $20, Lawrence L.
  • $20, David R.
  • $20, J K. R. L.
  • $20, Robert W.
  • $20, Petter J.
  • $20, Kent K.
  • $20, Mario W.
  • $20, Jose M.
  • $20, Holger W.
  • $20, Ashish K.
  • $20, CW P.
  • $16 (8th donation), Robert D B.
  • $15 (8th donation), Jun Q.
  • $15 (4th donation), Geoff Perry
  • $15, Scott M.
  • $15, Mjn H. aka “Malcolm”
  • $13.9 (14th donation), Marco R.
  • $13.9 (3rd donation), Zoe Q.
  • $13.9 (2nd donation), Jarkko K.
  • $13.9 (2nd donation), Michel A.
  • $13.9, Kurt W. aka “Hal”
  • $13.9, Martin W.
  • $13.9, Matus Laco
  • $13.9, José J. A. A.
  • $13.9, Sampsa P.
  • $13.9, Stéphane T.
  • $13.88, Marko S.
  • $10 (8th donation), Kiril Sotirov
  • $10 (6th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
  • $10 (5th donation), Craig Stock aka “craig10x”
  • $10 (4th donation), Coaching intern
  • $10 (4th donation), Michael C.
  • $10 (3rd donation), Jake Basile
  • $10 (3rd donation), Astap A.
  • $10 (3rd donation), Richard G. aka “Trollboy”
  • $10 (2nd donation), David Fronczyk aka “azdavef”
  • $10, Charles K.
  • $10, Richard S.
  • $10, Anton K.
  • $10, Tom R.
  • $10, Sigbjørn A.
  • $10, Blake M.
  • $10, Billy W.
  • $10, Philip R.
  • $10, Debasish D.
  • $10, Hrvoje R.
  • $10, Peter Meloncelli aka “driekus”
  • $10, Marcello P.
  • $7, Benjamin W.
  • $7, Francesco M.
  • $7, Mirko Z.
  • $7, Tobias S.
  • $7, Ludovic B.
  • $7, Mirko R.
  • $7, Julien
  • $7, Thomas G.
  • $7, Steffen B.
  • $6.94, Peter R.
  • $6 (3rd donation), ohio/michigan mold test kits
  • $5 (7th donation), Michael K.
  • $5 (3rd donation), Johnny R. aka “Jraz“
  • $5 (2nd donation), James H.
  • $5 (2nd donation), Chris aka “Roezer“
  • $5, Payam M.
  • $5, George S.
  • $5, Miguel A. G. R.
  • $5, Antonina K. aka “Tonya”
  • $5, Belmonte B. S.
  • $5, Erick V.
  • $5, Sławomir B.
  • $4.16, David T.
  • $3.14, Nicholas C.
  • $3, Maximilian S.
  • $3, Bruno P.
  • $3, Ron Panduwana
  • $3, Eulalio P.
  • $3, Radegast aka “scame”
  • $2.77, Ivo G.
  • $2, Dmitry C. aka “RFDX”
  • $2, Yan L.
  • $2, Computer Checks
  • $2, Omer N.
  • $1.95, Wilson C.
  • $1 (2nd donation), Snoring Solutions
  • $1, Wrishiraj Kaushik aka “Wrix“
  • $1, Louis S.

Sponsors:

Money raised in August:

* Donations: $3631.06 (146 donors)
* Sponsors: $1366.03 (126 sponsors)

http://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php
http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

User Stats:

Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

  • Linux Mint 11 Katya: 43.29%
  • Linux Mint 10 Julia: 25.84%
  • Linux Mint 9 Isadora LTS: 15.14%
  • LMDE: 4.42%
  • Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 4.42%
  • Linux Mint 8 Helena: 3.33%
  • Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2.33%
  • Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 0.74%
  • Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 0.47%

Web Stats:

  • Visits: 3,157,017
  • Unique views: 3,983,188
  • Pageviews: 5,484,934
  • Page impressions: 2,896,962
  • Search queries: 8,906,192
  • Forum users: 54,484
  • Forum posts: 447,906

Rankings:

  • Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 2185 (2nd)
  • Distrowatch (traffic share): 1.4% (2nd) (made irrelevant by Firefox 4′s decision to hard-code user agents and most distributions not setting it up anymore)
  • Alexa (website ranking): 12,162nd

Events:

Summary:

  • The LMDE Update Pack 3 is currently being tested and features the new Linux 3.0 kernel. Reports so far are promising and no significant regressions have been observed.
  • The stable release of LMDE should come out early this month. The feedback we gathered from the RC was extremely positive and allowed us to fix important bugs and to bring additional improvements. Some of the most notable issues in the RC were related to the installer, its handling of fstab, mounting of partitions and creation of partition tables on empty hard drives, this is all being addressed at the moment. Developers and people interested in the code can follow its development on Github.
  • A network of mirrors was started for the Latest Debian Repository. This repository is currently hosted in Denver, USA and mirrored in Romania and Australia.
  • R&D started on Gnome 3. Although the new desktop is extremely different than what we’re aiming for, it looks extremely promising from a technical point of view and easy to modify and improve upon. We’re planning to do some R&D on Gnome 2 as well in order to assess the work involved in maintaining it within Linux Mint. Of course, all you probably want to know is whether Mint 12 will come with Gnome 3, Gnome 2 or something else.. and I’m afraid you’ll need to wait a little more before we can tell you for sure. At this stage it might go either way, or it’s possible we might support both versions of Gnome going forward. We’re aware of what the community wants, we’ve got a precise idea of what we want to achieve, and based on the technicalities, and confidence we have in these two technologies, not only now, but for the future, we’ll take our time and make the right decision.
  • Many improvements were made to the Community Website. It’s faster than before, it takes less resources on the server, it now shows more statistics and it lets you follow the evolution of tutorials and ideas and see when the team reviews them. There’s a graphical breakdown of tutorials, devices, ideas, according to their format, status, brand and other criterias to give users a better overall idea of what is going on. The most significant changes are not visible though… all forum moderators were also promoted to community moderators and their rights were changed to let them review tutorials, process ideas and rebrand/recategorize hardware devices. As a result, hardware devices will be easier to find, tutorials will be reviewed faster, ideas processed more often and their author will get a better follow-up.
  • Proxima Centauri was promoted to Forums and Community Administrator.
  • In South Dakota, USA, Aspire High School migrated all their computers to Linux Mint.
  • We’re currently in talks with a computer company whose name everybody knows and we’re very excited about a possible partnership with them (and before you ask, no, it is NOT Apple or Microsoft). Talks are ongoing at the moment.
  • The Summer months are usually relatively quiet, but August was a surprise for us, with our daily income going up 40%. This income is largely generated by the community, the donations and the traffic (in terms of advertising) it represents. It varies according to the level of support we get from our users, the size of our user base and the health of the advertising markets. Such a result is outstanding and extremely motivating for us, and the fact that it came in August was simply fantastic. I’d like to thank all the people who support us directly (via donations and sponsorships) or indirectly (via search queries, traffic, promotion) and who participate in making Linux Mint as successful as it is today.

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LMDE 201108 Gnome

The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 201108 RC with updated ISOs for Gnome and Xfce.

Highlights

  • All Linux Mint 11 features
  • Installer improvements (keyboard variants, locale, bug fixes, UUID in fstab)
  • Update Packs, dedicated Update Manager and staged repositories
  • GTK2/GTK3 theme compatibility
  • Updated software and packages

If you’re new to LMDE, welcome to Linux Mint Debian!

Important links

LMDE in brief

  • Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is a rolling distribution based on Debian Testing.
  • It’s available in both 32 and 64-bit as a live DVD with Gnome or Xfce.
  • The purpose of LMDE is to look identical to the main edition and to provide the same functionality while using Debian as a base.

FAQ

1. Is LMDE compatible with Ubuntu-based Linux Mint editions?

No, it is not. LMDE is compatible with Debian, which isn’t compatible with Ubuntu.

2. Is LMDE fully compatible with Debian?

Yes, 100%. LMDE is compatible with repositories designed for Debian Testing or Debian Squeeze.

3. What is a rolling distribution?

LMDE constantly receives updates. Its ISO images are updated now and then but users do not require to re-install it on their systems.

4. How does LMDE compare to the Ubuntu-based editions?

Pros:

  • You don’t need to ever re-install the system. New versions of software and updates are continuously brought to you.
  • It’s faster and more responsive than Ubuntu-based editions.

Cons:

  • Although it’s using Romeo for unstable packages, LMDE continuously changes as it receives updates and new software. Compared to a frozen version of Linux Mint which changes very little once it’s publicly released, it’s not as stable. Things are likely to break more often but fixes can also come quicker. For this reason, LMDE requires a deeper knowledge and experience with Linux, dpkg and APT.
  • Debian is a less user-friendly/desktop-ready base than Ubuntu. Expect some rough edges.
5. Will it come with KDE or other desktops?

Yes. It will support KDE and Fluxbox in the near future.

Additional notes:

  • About the installer: The live installer is developed from scratch with Debian in mind. It’s configurable and it can be re-used by other Debian-based distributions. We noticed a lack in live technologies and in live Debian installers, so we’re happy to take the lead on this. If you’re a developer and you’re interested in using it, have a look at its source repository and don’t hesitate to contact us so we can help you fork it and merge upcoming changes between our two projects.
  • About bugs: Please use Launchpad for bug reports.
  • About the media: It comes as a liveDVD. Locales work differently in Debian and the package base requires more space. We made LMDE compatible with unetbootin though, so you can install it using a USB stick.
  • Dedicated chat room: #linuxmint-debian is open to LMDE users on irc.spotchat.org.

Download links:

Gnome
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United Kingdom

Canada

USA

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Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun testing the release candidate!