What is Mint Debian? The <a href="http://distrowatch.com">distrowatch.com</a><div>entry for Mint says that it is based on Debian</div><div>and Ubuntu. Since Ubuntu is based on </div><div>Debian, what then is Mint? </div>
<div><br></div><div>i.e., if one says Ubuntu is Debian because</div><div>it is based on Debian, most distributions are</div><div>Debian. One could say Ubuntu Debian?</div><div><br></div><div>Not sure how any of this matters, but if</div>
<div>everything is Debian, why call anything</div><div>a Ubuntu variation?</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Ryan Pusztai <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rpusztai@gmail.com">rpusztai@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Steve Romanow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slestak989@gmail.com" target="_blank">slestak989@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I have installed Mint Debian on my main machine and it is okay. A little rough on some points, but I am not sure I am sold on Unity Desktop. I am going to wait a bit for Gnome3 and then compare the two to see what meets my needs.</blockquote>
<div><br></div></div>I am also switching to Mint Debian for main desktops at because of the rolling release cycle. So for I am in love. The only part that Ubuntu has done very well is the "Hardware Drivers" install dialog for Wifi and Graphics drivers. Those seem to be way more manual to install in Debian. But I have got them working, so I am very happy with my experience so far (about 2 months).<br style="font-family:Ubuntu, UbuntuBeta !important">
<br style="font-family:Ubuntu, UbuntuBeta !important"><div style="font-family:Ubuntu, UbuntuBeta !important">Also I really miss the PPAs for Ubuntu. Can they be used on Debian? Is there a similar idea for Debian?</div>
-- <br style="font-family:Ubuntu, UbuntuBeta !important">Regards,<br style="font-family:Ubuntu, UbuntuBeta !important"><div>Ryan</div></div>
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