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freespirit利努克斯 :debian:

LMDE 7 verfügt über eine Full OEM Unterstützung!

Was heißt OEM!
OEM steht für "Original Equipment Manufacturer" (Originalgerätehersteller). Der Begriff bezieht sich auf Unternehmen, die Produkte oder Komponenten herstellen, die dann von anderen Unternehmen unter deren eigenen Markennamen verkauft werden.

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squinky

Day 2 of running #LMDE instead of Ubuntu.

The fact that this is built on Debian Bookworm (stable, 2023) is really starting to show. I couldn't get it to pair with my bluetooth mouse out of the box, but fortunately I know the cheat codes. I backported the version of `blueman` that's in Trixie (debian testing), and it popped up fine. The BT mouse is not optional because this damned Dell XPS trackpad just dies after a certain amount of uptime.

I'm using Flatpak for certain extremely corporate things like Spotify and Steam, and I installed Neovim from an AppImage because compiling nvim is less fun than dental surgery.

I wouldn't have had a problem with Ubuntu snaps if they weren't forcing core desktop functionality into them, like web browsers and things. In LMDE the killer app for these sorts of packages are when you want to do things that are newer than Debian provides, and have too many dependencies to provide via backport upgrades.

Overall though I like the Cinnamon desktop too. It feels like a nice mid-point between GNOME and XFCE, the latter of which I used for years just to avoid GNOME bloat. I'm pretty happy with all this.

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Death by Lambda

@Linux_Is_Best @zak
Your later post, misskey.de/notes/a2lxrfrwj6 notwithstanding, I still disagree with you.

I converted from Ubuntu-based #Mint to #LMDE as soon it was released and I've never looked back.

Every now and again I need to manually change the apt sources, to match the new release and that's it.

Since 2016.

misskey.deLinux Is Best (@Linux_Is_Best)Why I do NOT recommend Linux Mint to newbies. If you have ever considered trying, Linux, someone likely told you: "Linux Mint is great for newbies." I would argue you were misinformed. I'll keep it simple and ask you, have you ever tried to make a copy of a copy? That's Linux Mint. It starts from Debian which is forked to Ubuntu, which is later forked to Mint Linux. You have far too many upstream developments (2), and like any software, occasionally bugs happen, but in Mint it happens more frequently because you have the issue from Debian or Ubuntu or Mint or a random combination of one or more into a "hot mess". On top of this, most of the people within the Linux Mint community are "old school" users who will insist you learn and use the terminal for everything, within that "hot mess" of a broken up system. Even when there is a GUI. That is comparable to a 1st time PC user, being told to use Microsoft PowerShell for everything. Sure, you can, but would you want to? There are far better alternatives, for example, Ultramarine Linux (I suggest the KDE Plasma build). 1st, all the drivers, firmware, non-free media codecs and repos, are already included. You don't have to set any of that up. 2nd, if you know how to use an app store, you can use the one provided with Ultramarine Linux. 3rd, everything from adding a printer to changing user settings or setting up an optional firewall, DNS, VPN, etc. just with a mouse click. 4th, go ahead and download an RPM package, and double-click, it will install just as easily as a Windows Setup File. Ultramarine Linux is just 1 out of many possible distros you can use, without all the nonsense. There really are better alternatives than Linux Mint. > "But... but.... I used the Debian Edition of Mint" Which they hardly support. The problem with their Debian Edition is they make their Mint modification and then that's it. You're getting all your patches from Debian, which sounds good on principle, as it doesn't have so much upstream, but those modifications which Mint made are outside Debian, and whatever may be broken, stays broken, long-term, and are exclusive to Mint Debian, while they focus on their Ubuntu based copy. And of course, it is the same "old school" community that want you, a newbie, who knows nothing, and wanted an easy experience, to use the terminal for everything. As a newbie, Mint Linux or Linux Mint (however you call it), is not the newbie friendly Linux distro you have been led to believe. I can build Linux from source, something I don't expect a newbie to do, but even I have found Mint frustrating at times, because it is a "hot mess". But I digress. There are (many) better alternatives out there and if your 1st experience with Linux was Linux Mint and you gave up shortly afterward, I can understand as to why. IN before the Linux Mint groupies claim how wrong I am, but YOU (reader), who may have given up after trying Mint, decide for yourself, by trying something else.
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voltooidverledentijd

Using the Mullvad repository on Linux Mint

Mullvad does not officially support Linux Mint and suggests manual installation for Mullvad VPN and Mullvad browser. However it turns out that it can work nevertheless. Here’s how to do that for the default Linux Mint based on Ubuntu. Below that I’ll write something about LMDE, the Debian based Linux Mint.

In this example I am going to be using Intel x86_64 and Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia, which is based on Ubuntu Jammy :

  1. # Download the Mullvad signing keysudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/mullvad-keyring.asc https://repository.mullvad.net/deb/mullvad-keyring.asc

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sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mullvad.list

3. Copy and paste the following line (This should be all in one line without any carriage return!) into that new file and save the file and exit the nano editor :

deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mullvad-keyring.asc arch=amd64] https://repository.mullvad.net/deb/stable jammy main

4. Run : sudo apt update

5. Run : sudo apt install mullvad-vpn

and optionally : sudo apt install mullvad-browser

If you have Mullvad-browser already installed manually and you did create a menu icon with :

./start-mullvad-browser.desktop --register-app

you can undo that with the unregister command. For details about the exact characters check :

./start-mullvad-browser.desktop --help | grep register

For LMDE, Debian based : This is the same except replacing jammy with bookworm.
After this is done go to the Cinnamon menu and search for the word Mullvad.

It could still show identical looking entries. For me the manually installed had a (Sh) added. Continue to add icons to panel or desktop or favorites to your liking.

And a word of caution : It will likely all work till you upgrade to a newer
distribution version. In that case figure out the new release name and
replace it in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mullvad.list file

p.s. Don’t tell anyone, it’s a secret 🙂

#linuxmint#lmde#mullvad
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Alex

For those wondering, I went with LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) for my old iMac. Other than some issues getting audio working (got it working this morning), everything went without a hitch. Still not sure what distro I’m going to toss on the old laptop yet.. might end up going through a few.

#linux#lmde#lmde6
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