![]() ![]() However, some desklets like ClockTow, can make the desktop unstable resulting in fallback Cinnamon version. I downloaded the weather and sticky notes desklets and both of them worked well. Three desklets come pre-installed in the distro whereas others require downloading. Initially I thought of decorating desktop with conky but later utilized the desklets for Cinnamon. LMDE Cinnamon pre-installed themesFrom Linux Mint 201403 "Debian" īoth Mate and Cinnamon versions ship with quite a few attractive wallpaper options and some of them gel really well with the default theme. Appearance-wise, the Mate version is a bit bland with limited ready to install themes. However, playing around with the settings revealed a whole lot of more desktop and windows decoration theme options for the Cinnamon version than the Mate. Welcome Screen From Linux Mint 201403 "Debian" The Welcome screen is pretty good with links of Documentation, Support, Project details and Mint Community. Superficially, both Cinnamon and Mate versions look alike except for the menu and color of the bottom panel. Linux Mint Debian ships with the familiar Linux Mint theme for both the distros. Score for Installation: 10/10 (both Mate and Cinnamon versions) Given that LMDE has a much simpler installation process than stock Debian and many of the Debian testing distros I've used, I go with a 10/10 for installation. I don't have a EFI machine and hence, couldn't check out EFI support for LMDE. Installation Process From Linux Mint 201403 "Debian" One issue I noted that the hard drive selection section can be a bit confusing for a Linux novice and the Ubuntu version installer has more intelligent choices. ![]() Further, I found it to work quite well in a multi-boot environment and the grub reflected all the OS accurately. It took me about 10 minutes to install and get the system running. ![]() Linux Mint Debian's installer is pretty similar to the Ubuntu version installer, with an extra step and it doesn't download any updates or multimedia codecs during installation. LMDE Mate From Linux Mint 201403 "Debian" LMDE Cinnamon From Linux Mint 201403 "Debian" The system had Ubuntu 14.04 GNOME beta1 installed in one of the partitions. I created live USB using Mint USB Image writer and then installed both the distros on separate 50 GB partitions of my Asus K55VM laptop with 2.3 Ghz Core i7 3rd gen processor, 8 GB DDR3 RAM and 2 GB Nvidia GeForce 630M graphics. For the Mate version, desktop environment is Mate 1.6.1. ![]() Linux Mint Debian 201403 Cinnamon ships with Cinnamon 2.0.14 and Linux kernel 3.11.2. I downloaded both the 64-bit Cinnamon and Mate versions for this review. Further, the present version of Mint Debian provides support to EFI and GPT, required to install Linux on modern systems with Windows 8. Debian testing has the advantage of more updated applications than the stable release ("Wheezy" now) and hence, preferable to users like me. Mint Debian spin is based on Debian testing and hence, has a semi-rolling release with important updates coming out periodically. The Debian versions look and feel identical to the Linux Mint Ubuntu versions - in my review I present a comparison in performance across the Ubuntu and Debian versions which many readers might be interested to see. I like the fact that Mint took a decision to roll out a Debian spin in 2010 and is still pursuing the same with it's preferred desktop environments, Cinnamon and Mate. I downloaded both Cinnamon and Mate versions (remember that SolydXK now releases the KDE & XFCE versions) and tried both of the versions for about a week to pen this review. The first major update of Linux Mint Debian edition was released on March 2, 2014. ![]()
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