Linux Mint goes Debian???

by hqlinux Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:45 am

Yeppers... tis true:

http://distrowatch.com/6263

An interesting diversion for the developers of Linux Mint
- the usual Ubuntu base has been replaced with Debian's testing branch
to create a new, rolling-release edition of Linux Mint. From the
announcement: "Today is very important for Linux
Mint. It's one day to remember in the history of our project as we're
about to maintain a new distribution, a rolling one, which promises to
be faster, more responsive and with which we're less reliable on
upstream components. Linux Mint Debian edition (LMDE) comes with a
Debian base, which we transformed into a live media and on top of which
we added a new installer. It's rougher and in some aspects not as
user-friendly as our other editions, it's very young but it will improve
continuously and rapidly."

Harvey