Archive for the ‘Linux Mint Debian’ category

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The first thing to do after installing Linux Mint Debian 201204

Linux Mint Debian is a line of desktop distribution based on Debian, developed by the same group responsible for Linux Mint, a desktop distribution based on Ubuntu Desktop. The latest edition, released on April 24, is Linux Mint Debian 201204. Made available for download were the Xfce and MATE/Cinnamon editions. Both editions have already being [...]

Published by on May 3, 2012 5:26 am
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Linux Mint Debian 201204 Xfce review

Linux Mint Debian is the line of desktop distributions from the developers of Linux Mint that is based on Debian. For the record, Linux Mint Debian is different from Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu Desktop. The very latest edition, Linux Mint Debian 201204, was released on April 24. Installation images for 32- and [...]

Published by on May 2, 2012 10:51 pm
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Linux Mint Debian 201204 MATE/Cinnamon review

Linux Mint Debian 201204 MATE/Cinnamon is the latest edition of Linux Mint Debian, a desktop distribution based on Debian. It offers a choice of two GNOME-based desktop environments – MATE and Cinnamon. MATE is a fork of GNOME 2, while Cinnamon is an attempt to bring sanity to GNOME 3, to make it look like [...]

Published by on April 28, 2012 3:19 am
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How to run Linux Mint Debian Cinnamon in VirtualBox

One edition of Linux Mint Debian released a few days ago, features two desktop environments – MATE and Cinnamon. The former is a fork of GNOME 2, while the later is an attempt to bring sanity to GNOME 3, to make it look like something designed for use on desktop computers. So that if you [...]

Published by on April 26, 2012 3:24 am
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Manual disk partitioning guide for Linux Mint Debian

The latest ISO installation images for Linux Mint Debian, the line of Linux Mint based on Debian, were made available for download a few days ago. While it is one of the most user-friendly desktop distributions out of the box, the installer is any thing but user-friendly. Though the default disk partitioning scheme works, you [...]

Published by on April 25, 2012 9:35 pm
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How to dual-boot Linux Mint Debian Edition and Windows 7

This is the latest article in the series on dual-booting Linux and BSD desktop distributions with Windows 7. And this one provides step-by-step directions on how to dual-boot Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) with Windows 7 on a computer with a single hard drive. LMDE is the branch of Linux Mint that is based on [...]

Published by on April 23, 2011 3:28 am
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Linux Mint Debian Edition Xfce review

Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is the branch of Linux Mint that is based on Debian, unlike Linux Mint editions which are based on Ubuntu Desktop. But how can you tell which Mint release is based on Debian and which one is based on Ubuntu? Here’s the answer from the FAQ section of the release [...]

Published by on April 21, 2011 10:25 pm
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How to install Linux Mint Debian Edition on an encrypted LVM file system

Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is the edition of Linux Mint that is based on Debian Testing. Like the edition of Linux Mint based on Ubuntu, the installer of LMDE lacks support for LVM, and disk encryption. This tutorial presents a detailed guide on how to install LMDE on an encrypted LVM file system. But [...]

Published by on January 1, 2011 10:51 pm
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Linux Mint Debian Edition review

Linux Mint Debian Edition, or LMDE, is the edition of Linux Mint based on Debian Testing. The latest release was made available for download on December 24, 2010. LMDE was announced as an alternate edition of Linux Mint in first week of September 2010. A review of that release was focused on the installation program. [...]

Published by on December 29, 2010 1:30 pm
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Manual disk partitioning guide for Linux Mint Debian Edition

Linux Mint Debian Edition, or LMDE, is the edition of Linux Mint based on Debian Testing. The latest release was made available for download on December 24, 2010. The installation program on this edition is similar to the Ubiquity installation program, which is used on the main edition, the one based on Ubuntu. But while [...]

Published by on December 28, 2010 2:29 pm