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Donations & Sponsorships:

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

Donors:

  • $500 (2nd donation), Mike Shimanski
  • $300 (4th donation), Terry Mansfield aka “tmansfield”
  • $202, Patient’s Guide
  • $108 (2nd donation), S R W.
  • $100 (3rd donation), Larry B.
  • $100, Jon Hulka
  • $100, Timothy W. L.
  • $100, Vlad aka “Monsta”
  • $63.8 (3rd donation), Kimmo K.
  • $63.8, LTE
  • $63.8, David B.
  • $63.8, Christian M.
  • $63.8, L8zeeb0y
  • $60 (5th donation), Darrel Norstrom aka “Darrel”
  • $51.04 (11th donation), Pasi K.
  • $50 (29th donation), Slavoljub aka “slw”
  • $50 (23rd donation), Matthew M.
  • $50 (3rd donation), B Smith aka “corktowner”
  • $50 (3rd donation), Ralph Siegler aka “ziggy“
  • $50, Perry Bhandal aka “perryb”
  • $50, Hari S. N.
  • $50, Quinten C.
  • $50, John B. aka “Kinship”
  • $50, Emile T.
  • $50, Joe D.
  • $44 (7th donation), John A.
  • $42.11, Andrea S.
  • $40, Michael W.
  • $38.28 (3rd donation), Lukas V.
  • $38.28 (2nd donation), Roger D.
  • $38.28 (2nd donation), Christian M.
  • $38.28, Keith G.
  • $38.28, Karsten K.
  • $38.28, Jiří K.
  • $35, Thomas L.
  • $31.9 (3rd donation), Henk van C.
  • $31.9 (2nd donation), Anno K.
  • $31.9, Michael G.
  • $31.9, Peep B.
  • $30 (6th donation), Henry W.
  • $30, Anne-christine U.
  • $30, Krzysztof M.
  • $30, Mason S.
  • $30, Ulf G.
  • $30, Alexey I.
  • $25.94, Stefan N.
  • $25.52 (24th donation), Olli K.
  • $25.52 (2nd donation), Kris G.
  • $25.52 (2nd donation), Brian E.
  • $25.52, Bertil N.
  • $25.52, Pesenti D. D. P. D. D. I.
  • $25.52, Santiago D. L. T.
  • $25.52, Stefan B.
  • $25 (12th donation), John M.
  • $25 (7th donation), Adam D.
  • $25 (4th donation), Peter T.
  • $25 (2nd donation), Robert J. H.
  • $25 (2nd donation), Colin B.
  • $25, Tom P. aka “HyTech”
  • $25, Sm Fahmid aka “sagirfahmid3“
  • $25, Joseph T.
  • $25, Jan-rens R.
  • $25, Joseph R.
  • $25, Ze L.
  • $23 (6th donation), John A.
  • $20 (6th donation), Andras Porga aka “GodmaNZ”
  • $20 (4th donation), Alex V. aka “Karashata“
  • $20 (2nd donation), Jeffery S.
  • $20 (2nd donation), Thomas E.
  • $20, Rodney F. P.
  • $20, Chelfi M.
  • $20, Angus B.
  • $20, Geovel M.
  • $20, Devendra R.
  • $20, Wayne M.
  • $20, Anna W.
  • $20, Rick B.
  • $20, Sandy B.
  • $20, Andre Matuch aka “Silver Slimer“
  • $20, James K.
  • $20, Edward L.
  • $20, Paul R.
  • $20, Jack B.
  • $20, Michael C.
  • $20, Allan Nielsen
  • $20, Rehman K
  • $20, wolverine_tech aka “wolverine_tech”
  • $19.14, Damiano D. S.
  • $19.14, Michael V.
  • $19.14, Kai R.
  • $18 (2nd donation), Dominik K. aka “doke“
  • $16.62 (6th donation), Matt R. aka “kiswa”
  • $15.01, Chris M.
  • $15, Shun-cheng C.
  • $12.76 (14th donation), Ulf S. aka “MonteDrago”
  • $12.76 (8th donation), Jarkko K.
  • $12.76 (4th donation), Martin
  • $12.76 (3rd donation), Philip E.
  • $12.76 (3rd donation), Jens-uwe R.
  • $12.76 (3rd donation), Vytautas S.
  • $12.76 (2nd donation), Bo J.
  • $12.76 (2nd donation), LTE
  • $12.76, Peter S.
  • $12.76, Giacomo G.
  • $12.76, Alexander S.
  • $12.76, Jean-françois B.
  • $12.76, Shane G.
  • $12.76, Daniel P. A.
  • $12.76, Joachim R.
  • $12.76, Gebhard M.
  • $12.76, Julian G.
  • $12.76, Christian
  • $12.76, Douglas C.
  • $12.76, Kaye F.
  • $12, Amanda M. S.
  • $11 (5th donation), John A.
  • $10.21, Alexander M.
  • $10 (12th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
  • $10 (11th donation), Kiril Sotirov
  • $10 (7th donation), Craig Stock aka “craig10x”
  • $10 (7th donation), SamVimes
  • $10 (5th donation), Frank Martin aka “”kitanis””
  • $10 (4th donation), Phillip H Blake aka “antiquexray”
  • $10 (3rd donation), Charlie Robinson
  • $10 (2nd donation), Frank Theile
  • $10 (2nd donation), Michelle and Barney Grady
  • $10 (2nd donation), Alan T.
  • $10 (2nd donation), James C.
  • $10, Keith H.
  • $10, Duncan Colhoun
  • $10, Bill Mitchell
  • $10, Adam I.
  • $10, Tomoya S.
  • $10, Richard M.
  • $10, George M.
  • $10, Alexander C.
  • $10, Timothy Obialo
  • $10, Joseph P.
  • $10, Maxweis1 C.
  • $10, Mark R.
  • $10, Parag T.
  • $10, Richard D.
  • $10, Scot M.
  • $10, Anthony L.
  • $10, Simon S.
  • $10, Jahangir R.
  • $10, Natalia G.
  • $10, Almir U.
  • $10, Robert L.
  • $10, Ole E.
  • $8.93, Helmut S.
  • $8.86 (2nd donation), Stephan J.
  • $8, Andrey Belov aka “Sonikelf“
  • $7.66, Tuna aka “Tunafish”
  • $7 (7th donation), Antonina K. aka “Tonya”
  • $7, Valentina F. aka “Forex“
  • $7, Laszlo T.
  • $6.38 (9th donation), Ronald Trip
  • $6.38 (2nd donation), SilFox
  • $6.38 (2nd donation), Gipponi A.
  • $6.38, Miguel A. D. C. M. aka “Wimon”
  • $6.38, Oscar B. E. aka “IES CIUDAD JARDIN – Vitoria-Gasteiz”
  • $6.38, José T. M. R. aka “Piloto”
  • $6.38, Michael M.
  • $6.38, Moritz D.
  • $6.38, Marcos P. V.
  • $6.38, Martin B.
  • $6.38, Martin W.
  • $6.38, Juanmanuel C.
  • $5.1, Danail Rabadjiyski aka “DanailDR“
  • $5 (6th donation), Wilson de Carvalho Jr. aka “24horasonline“
  • $5 (5th donation), Y.K. aka “Market Analysis“
  • $5 (5th donation), Arnold Bechtoldt aka “arnoldB“
  • $5 (4th donation), CouponCodeSwap.com
  • $5 (2nd donation), George L.
  • $5 (2nd donation), Piotr W.
  • $5 (2nd donation), Robert K.
  • $5, Jieri K.
  • $5, James Selvakumar
  • $5, Pawel C.
  • $5, Selim Ö.
  • $5, Matthew B.
  • $5, Aaron Wolf aka “LM KDE Music Studio“
  • $5, Lane H.
  • $5, Daniel S.
  • $5, Mustafa CINARCI aka “human75”
  • $5, Lucas R. S.
  • $5, Jerry L.
  • $4.18 (3rd donation), Liam W.
  • $3.96 (3rd donation), Sergey Berezka aka “azhonja”
  • $3.34, Carlos G.
  • $2.55 (4th donation), Jose A.H.
  • $2 (11th donation), mold test kits
  • $2 (2nd donation), Mark B.
  • $2, Larry@Riedel.org aka “Cinnamon”
  • $2, Donald S.
  • $2, Sameer P.
  • $1.34 (3rd donation), free domain names
  • $1.28 (2nd donation), José L. C. R.
  • $1.28, Kai L.
  • $1 (4th donation), Vitamini
  • $1 (2nd donation), Pharmacie en ligne
  • $1, eddie bauer coupons
  • $1, Velocity S. S. P. L.
  • $1, Account V.
  • $1, Tea
  • $1, Ask a question
  • $1, Celebrity Gossip
  • $1 (3rd donation), Javier Bassi

Sponsors:

Money raised in February:

* Donations: $5084.61 (210 donors)
* Sponsors: $10214.52 (159 sponsors)

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

Events:

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Update:

The initial poll had to be closed as its results were unfortunately manipulated. By clearing his/her browser’s cookies a voter could express his opinion multiple times. One of the poll options was clearly corrupted and we observed a bump from 14% to 32% in less than an hour. We weren’t able to assess whether other options had been corrupted as well.

Prior to this, the results were showing 5 DEs with high popularity scores: Cinnamon at about 42%, Gnome Shell and MATE at about 20% each, and KDE and Xfce at around 15%.

New poll:

A new poll was organized, this time, on our forums. If you’re registered on the forums, you can access the new poll at the following address:

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=100787

We’re aware that restricting the poll to our forums members will slightly change the results and represent only the more involved and active portion of users within our user base. After the first poll had been manipulated and reviewing the options we had, we didn’t feel it was appropriate for us to spend time or resources in developing or purchasing a secure polling solution, so we decided to rely on our forums instead.

Thank you for your patience and sorry about this inconvenience. Although this didn’t exactly go according to plan, we already gathered precious feedback and we look forward to seeing even more with this second poll.

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The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 201204.

This release features three of the best Linux desktops available at the moment: The traditional and functional MATE 1.2 desktop, the innovative and beautiful Cinnamon 1.4 and the lightweight and rock-solid Xfce 4.8.

Both the MATE/Cinnamon and Xfce editions use the MDM display manager. MDM will look familiar to many people, as it brings back GDM 2.20 and all its features: Remote login, configuration tools, fast-user switching, theme-ability, language selection…etc.

Yahoo joins DuckDuckGo and is featured as default in the list of search engines which financially support Linux Mint.

Highlights

  • MATE 1.2
  • Cinnamon 1.4
  • Xfce 4.8
  • MDM
  • Yahoo
  • Kernel 3.2
  • Update Pack 4
  • Hybrid ISO images

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

Screenshots


LMDE 201204 with MATE 1.2 (default environment)

LMDE 201204 with Cinnamon 1.4 (installed by default and available from the login screen)

LMDE 201204 Xfce

Important info

Login and password for the live session

The Live session should log you in automatically. If it doesn’t, or if you need to login manually (for instance, to try out Cinnamon), you can use the following credentials:

  • For the username, type “mint”
  • For the password, if asked, just press Enter.

LMDE in brief

  • Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is a semi-rolling distribution based on Debian Testing.
  • It’s available in both 32 and 64-bit as a live DVD with MATE/Cinnamon 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.

3. What is a semi-rolling distribution?

Updates are constantly fed to Debian Testing, where users experience frequent regressions but also frequent bug fixes and improvements. LMDE receives “Update Packs” which are tested snapshots of Debian Testing. Users can experience a more stable system thanks to update packs, or switch their sources to follow Testing, or even Unstable, directly to get more frequent updates.

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.

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 the media: It comes as a liveDVD. Locales work differently in Debian and the package base requires more space.
  • Dedicated chat room: #linuxmint-debian is open to LMDE users on irc.spotchat.org.

Download links:

Torrents:

MD5 sums:

  • MATE/Cinnamon 32-bit: 0bf23559edbf2070174b60131472d715
  • MATE/Cinnamon 64-bit: b0f14c53576804729a464aeba9ab9574
  • Xfce 32-bit: b28a77924a4c8c71caeb063feae52395
  • Xfce 64-bit: e60aa12974616d86cca6a565a794b6ea

MATE/Cinnamon 32-bit:

MATE/Cinnamon 64-bit:

Xfce 32-bit:

Xfce 64-bit:

Enjoy!

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