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by facorreia 4369 days ago
I looked at the site but I couldn't find any explanation of why this exists when there is Linux Mint Mate.[1]

[1] http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=160
5 comments
sspiff 4369 days ago
At first I thought the same, but then I remembered the problems I had with Linux Mint. Most specifically, the inability to upgrade across releases.
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steanne 4369 days ago
Linux Mint has a Debian edition that is semi-rolling. I chose LMDE Mate, though I recently installed xfce and am thinking about keeping it.
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thejdude 4369 days ago
I'd really like to switch to a Debian-based system, but ALL Debian-based distros seem to have TERRIBLE battery life, whereas Mint 17 has an excellent one (better than Arch/Manjaro or Fedora and on par with Windows 7). Sigh. And yes, I'm using powertop. Without it, Linux battery life is horrible.
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steanne 4369 days ago
ah, i wouldn't know, i prefer a desktop. i have been looking at other rolling distros, though. how did you like manjaro other than that?
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thejdude 4368 days ago
Manjaro (I tried the XFCE flavor) was really nice. It didn't support Bluetooth, but at the time all distros were having some problems with upgrading to BlueZ 5.

Regularly, they have some kind of update packs which they announce on their blog/forums, in case you should get any problems, and the community seems very nic. Definitely try it!

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facorreia 4369 days ago
Until 2016, future versions of Linux Mint will use the same package base as Linux Mint 17, making it trivial for people to upgrade.
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crdoconnor 4369 days ago
I used linux mint mate for a while - while it's a generally serviceable fork of ubuntu, there are a number of problematic issues which crop up due to it being a fork - especially when doing routine upgrades.

I'm somewhat wary of forks now. Deviating from the standard configs is asking for trouble when it comes to upgrading.

If I preferred MATE, I'd probably use this over mint for this reason.

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smoyer 4369 days ago
+1 - I switched to Mint when the Unity interface became to onerous (though I decided to use XFCE).
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StavrosK 4369 days ago
So I can do aptitude install mate-desktop on my Ubuntu.
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roryhughes 4369 days ago
Ubuntu != Linux Mint
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