LMDE 5 “Elsie” (Linux Mint Debian Edition) released

guest · Mar 20, 2022

The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 5 “Elsie”.

LMDE is a Linux Mint project which stands for “Linux Mint Debian Edition”. Its goal is to ensure Linux Mint would be able to continue to deliver the same user experience, and how much work would be involved, if Ubuntu was ever to disappear. LMDE is also one of our development targets, to guarantee the software we develop is compatible outside of Ubuntu.

LMDE aims to be as similar as possible to Linux Mint, but without using Ubuntu. The package base is provided by Debian instead.
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March 20, 2022
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guest · Mar 20, 2022

Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 Released - Built Atop Debian 11
March 20, 2022

The Linux Mint crew have today released Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 (LMDE5). This is the effort carried out as a safeguard should Linux Mint in the future determine it unsuitable to continue basing their flagship distribution atop Ubuntu.

Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 is available for those preferring the Debian base rather than Ubuntu and for the developers their latest step to hedge against the possibility "if Ubuntu was ever to disappear" that they would have a path for transitioning to upstream Debian GNU/Linux.
With LMDE 5, they have re-based atop Debian 11 "Bullseye" while continuing to have the latest Cinnamon desktop and other desktop/application work carried out by the Linux Mint team.
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LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 5 “Elsie” Is Now Available for Download
March 17, 2022

As I reported during the beta phase, LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 5 is based on the Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating system series. More precisely, it is using the packages included in the Debian GNU/Linux 11.2 point release that arrived last year in December.

This means that Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 is powered by the long-term supported Linux 5.10 LTS kernel series, which will be supported until October 2023. On top of that, LMDE 5 “Elsie” comes with all the applications and packages included in the Linux Mint 20.3 “Una” release.
But, besides the Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” base and the newer Linux 5.10 LTS kernel (Linux Mint 20.3 comes with Linux kernel 5.4 LTS), there’s literary no difference between LMDE 5 “Elsie” and Linux Mint 20.3 “Una”.
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I was asked before why choose LMDE over the Ubuntu-based Linux Mint. Well, the short answer is that you are getting access to newer packages compared to those in the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating system series.
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