Linux Mint Debian Edition 5: A Beginner's Approach

LMDE 5 "Elsie" has just been released, and this time we're taking the most straightforward approach to install and experience this amazing distro, which makes Debian 11 "Bullseye" easy and accessible to just about anyone!

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[LKD]

LMDE should really be mints main focus. Ubuntu is going further and further away from the ideals of mint. Change sooner rather than later.

[happyfeet]

Brilliant video i. I've kicked arch into touch & installed lmde5 wish I would have done it months ago. It's a piece of cake to install & use. Stable and fast my new daily driver

[peppe]

Great to have you back! One addition: the software store in Linux Mint has Flathub enabled ootb. So, while running Debian, it is a one click process to install the latest version of some software should you need it (such as LibreOffice). In the manual disk configuration it is of course possible to apply Btrfs, which is great with the pre-installed Timeshift.

[davidwayne]

I've been running this for -- well since it was released in BETA and LOVE IT!!! it's FAST- easy to work with- stable- and just been wonderful.... I have looked around for more "fancy" version of something- but the fancy ones all have so many drawbacks-- I thnk I'll just stick with this..

[abobader]

Nice video Stephen, btw, we miss your videos lately, thanks.

[karenhenson]

Welcome back!! Great video which really shows how lovely and practical this distro is. A great intro for anyone. Like your choice of colours ha! Check out Mabox Linux, Stephen, by the way for something completely different but SO clever (uses open box so brilliantly well!). Hope to see you again soon... Thanks!

[scottmb]

Thanks for this! Hey, can you point me to a video where you do a partition during install? There are so many install vids, I have no idea which one can guide me through that process. Thanks for all your educational videos, very much appreciated for us newbies!

[TomTapping]

Installed when version 5 was released, just to see what it is like. I wont be going back to the ubuntu based version again as I am more than happy with LMDE5.

[rockyraab]

Tried it but went back to Mint 19.3. It is probably my skill level but I could not get WINE to work for my use of Quicken. They also need to include the Brave browser in the package manager.

[squidbeard]

I run lmde for my stable work machine and arch with a cinnamon desktop for my gaming PC. I haven't really noticed a difference other than proton not always updating as quick.
I wanted to try fedora cinnamon, but it never seems to have or takes forever to search/show programs I look for in the software manager besides them removing the right mouse click

[jamesskyway]

why not just run Debian with Cinnamon desktop? What is advantage to run Mint>Debian>cinnamon over Debian>cinnamon?

[ArmageddonAfterparty]

I stopped halfway through, as the real beginner would actually run into trouble with ethernet, e v e r y single time, with Ubunti based Mint, with a realtek network adapter. Worked out of the box for you then, Stephen?

[tiomkinnyborg]

I don't understand the logic behind Linux. Sure it is easy to install but it is impossible to use as a daily driver. Compared to Windows (which just works in most use cases) Linux lets you install it but try connecting to a local network drive (which your other linux machine can see and use) and all you get is errors. You try to duplicate the config of the first machine but it still fails. Then you scan the internet for solutions and days editing .conf files and re-booting. In the end you just stick to your your old machine with an ancient distro on it. I use Linux but will never recommend it to anyone unless they enjoy sudo and root editing of files to make BASIC functions work. Everyone is dazzled by rounded corners and dark modes, meanwhile nothing works unless you just want to surf and read emails. I'f windows wasn't spyware I'd switch back. No distro maker tests their products for ease of use.