I Tried LMDE 6 and It BLEW MY MIND - Here's Why! (EXCLUSIVE) 

Tex has the best distro overviews on RU-vid. Always informative, straight to the point, and tends to focus on the postives. I have a request: Spiral Linux vs LMDE :)

Linux tex - " Every distro is mind-blowing"

I’ve deployed LMDE on all my client desktops. The end users love the Cinnamon desktop, and management is delighted at how much desktop support costs have dropped since transitioning away from Ubuntu. I’ve had several users tell me they liked LMDE so much they’re now using it on their home PCs and laptops.

I am currently migrating to LMDE6 from Mint. I like the stability of Debian 12. And the Mint additions are superb. I no longer feel comfortable with depending on Ubuntu. LMDE6 is greatness.

I am a linux Mint for a while now , and i love this distro, it is so easy to use and the comunity is awesome. Love your videos. keep up the good work

I'm a huge fan of the Mint project, it's not for me personally, but when I have to recomend a distro to a new Linux user coming from Windows, that's what I recomend them. I know it's a solid, reliable a stable experience, and it just works

I still run arch on my laptop but i run lmde 6 on my pc. loving the stability and the flatpacks really work well. thanx to the linux mint team. lmde has always had a special place for me.

I started on MINT and have gone through about a hundred other distros and have come full circle back to MINT-- but I prefer the debian base- so LMDE6 is GREAT... just loving it... I even am able to do without my auto- tiling (the pop style auto- tiling NOT that keybanging bu....it!!!) and just LOVE it- it's rock solid , fast- and just great.

I recently installed the 32 bit version of LMDE on two very old laptops and I was pleasantly surprised and how well it worked. Good to see that some Linux distros are still abiding by the original premise of Linux running on any computer.

Honestly Linux Mint's seriousness in using Debian will be their saving grace for the future. They could rub shoulders with Ubuntu. Never used Linux Mint cause I don't care for Ubuntu derivatives. LM will gain my serious respect if they permanently switched to Debian.

I’ve switched from Ubuntu to LMDE 6, shortly after LMDE 6 was released. Had multiple issues within Ubuntu, which I manually resolved. Also didn’t like the direction Ubuntu is going. Was super surprised how easy LMDE 6 is to use. Stability is noticeable there and no more snap ! Everything works out of the box ! 👌🏼💪🏼 Love flatpack which means you’ll always be up to date.

Great video. I'm going to put LMDE on my backup laptop. I'll keep Nobara on my gaming PC for now, but I don't mind having a faster-moving distro on that machine. Mint always has a special place in my heart. It was my main distro for years before I moved to others.

LMDE is currently running my main system as well. I love cinnamon and then getting qemu/kvm running is great! I had a few crashes when running all my VM's but then increased the DE memory limit and things have been running pretty smooth ever since!

Another excellent, extremely well produced; and thought out synopsis of LMDE.These videos, are hands down the most informative videos I have seen ,in the RU-vid Linux verse. Well done to all involved. I will install LMDE on my Samsung NP-R519,but will stick to MX Linux KDE,on my main PC.

I absolutely recommend Mint and Cinnamon. Of all the distros, Mint is both flexible and easy. I recently tried LMDE because, like others, I'd like to leave Ubuntu behind. I'm wondering if the device drivers included in Debian are not as extensive as Ubuntu. I ran into issues with both WiFi and Bluetooth on LMDE. They worked, but not consistently. I'd really like LMDE to be my go-to distro.

Windows refugee here. I finally decided on LMDE. Wish me luck

I couldn't agree more. This is my daily driver and it's fantastic. In my opinion LMDE is the king of distros 👑

Good stuff. These videos are always quality. I left Windows for Mint in 2014 and used nothing else until a few years ago when I discovered window managers. Still, I recommended Debian Cinammon for new users coming from Windows until LMDE could get it's development together, and boy did has it come together quickly. After watching this, I know I can comfortably recommend LMDE at this point.

Watching you from Linux Mint, and have tried out LMDE over several iterations. It IS an excellent Plan B, with version 6 currently running on my test-bed system. Cannot see a reason to be replacing Mint / Cinnamon on our daily drivers at this point, but it is nice to know I could if necessary.

THANK YOU!!! I gave up on trying to get ubuntu to access shared folders on my windows machines. And the ubuntu start menu is just awful. I installed LMDE and it just works the way it's supposed to work. I can access windows shared folders and the start menu is beautiful. I love the Cinnamon desktop.

I had been testing Debian 12 and liked it. But seriously missed the Linux Mint additions. When LMDE6 came out I installed it on one of my computers. It was so good I upgraded a second one to LMDE6. It combines the best of Debian with the outstanding Mint additions which Debian 12 didn't have. LMDE6 is my go-to now. Very happy with it.

Excellent video! I've been a Linux Mint user since Ubuntu first went to the Unity desktop a long time ago. With LMDE 6, it looks like it might be time to slide over to it. As you used LMDE 6 for this review, did you lose anything going from Mint 21.x to LMDE 6?

They really made a good distro. Big up to Clem.

I have tested a bunch of distorts, Debian, Arch, Fedora, Opensuse, Ubuntu, PopOs, MX, Zorin, and many, many, more, all popular distorts. But only Mint (and finally LMDE) is the only one that just works out of the box and cause almost no issues.

I appreciate Tex distros' presentations, and I think that He is the best at making them enjoyable.

i love it! have been a distro hopper for years but i have been parked on lmde since the latest release

I'd love to try this out, especially for gaming! I've been using Mint on one of my laptops and I love it, but I would eventually like to transition from Windows to LMDE on my desktop PC! As long as I can play about 95% of my games, I'd be happy.

There are about 37 distros too many. Decades now and desktop is apparently still too useful for the Linux crowd to bother mastering... I'm tired of Linux being a superior OS for people who love spending all of their time on operating systems... It's time it became a superior OS for people who DONT want to spend their lives fixated on their environment.

LMDE is there in case if Ubuntu fucks everything up. Many people love it. I'm using regular Mint MATE, but I'm thinking about trying LMDE to see how different it is from Ubuntu-based Mint.

Mint is my favorite Linux distro hands down. I think LMDE will be my go to from now on.

LMDE was very interesting a few years ago. Nowaday, a basic Debian is as easy to install and use.

There should be a XFCE version and switched to the main Mint distro, tools simular to MX tools added.

Great video! I see what looks like a Surface making an appearance. I have a Surface Pro 6 (8gb i5 with the keyboard and the pen if I ever remember where I put it) that doesn’t get much use and I’d like to try out modern Linux. Would you recommend LMDE for that device?

looks very clean, im currently on Garuda Linux and it's been amazing, has similar clean windows like interface and themes, ill keep an eye on LMDE though.

It also takes only 2 lines of terminal code to completely replace Cinnamon with Mate, for those (like me) who prefer the same look but with fewer bells and whistles., I personally would be in heaven if they would add Moksha desktop to LMDE.

The way thing are going LMDE may set up new trend among distros. Most ubuntu derivatives might eiher switch over completely to debian as base or have both but in this case odds are in favour of LMDE killing off ubuntu based Mint completely. I am gonna switch over to linux but my distro of choice will be Debian because i feel comfortable using it and if i decide to selfhost servers i can build everthing on top of debian which makes updating everything much easier. Honestly if debain derivatives kill off all ubuntu derivatives by replacing(meaning same distro but different base) them i wouldn't be surprised because most are community focused but ubuntu while still popular isn't so comunity focused as it once was.

Thank you for the optimistic review. I've been using LMDE since version 2 and have always been impressed with it's performance, on anything. I run it on a Chromebook as well! I'm surprised how it's typically seen; half see it as 'bleeding edge' while the other half say it's 'good for newbies' (what?). I started on Ubuntu and it was kindas buggy and uglier at the time but I didn't want a 'Newbie Mint' and didn't like it at the time either. I jumped into LMDE and have the best of all worlds and have had it as daily driver on multiple systems for years. I currently tried LMDE6 on a Dell XPS touchscreen tablet - it worked immediately and blows away the default Windows 8!

I like that LMDE doesn't have the Mint cinnamon driver manager, which I could never get to work. The Nvidia driver from the repository works flawlessly and doesn't bork my system like driver manager does.

I couldn't get this to run smoothly on my Lenovo notebook, so back to the standard Mint.

Thank you for this video it was very informative. I just switche both my laptop and my home pc to this version of Linux Mint. All I have to say is the performace is off the chart better.

I forgot to ask, can the LMDE be installed overtop the regular Mint Victoria, or does it have to be a fresh install?

Bringing the polished UI of Mint to the fantastic Debian userbase and support? Sign me up!

I love Linux Mint its been my main desktop for years. Sorry modern looking is not one of its draws still looks like something out of the late 90's.

Lmde with gnome DE , is probably the most wonderful system I’ve built.

Tex.... I simply love LMDE-6..... after many, many other distro installs, LMDE-6 was the only one that installed w/out any hiccups, burps or crashes....! The others..... they couldn't find my Wifi card or my Wifi dongle plugged into the USB port.....! LMDE-6 is on one 1 TB 2.5" 5400 RPM HDD and the 1 TB 2.5" 5400 RPM HDD has MX-Linux running on it..! W/a dual-boot system I choose which one I want to work on...... and lately that's been LMDE-6.....! Those two being on a DELL Latitude E6540 machine I added 12 GB of sdRAM to make 16 GB Total and an Intel i7-4810 quad core CPU w/8 Threads it screams all day long at 2.80 GHz..... and doesn't even get warm....! Yesterday I dismantled the whole Laptop as the "Power On" button that sits flush with the palm rest all around the keyboard area, had fell down into the innards of the case. I had to use a jewelers tiny screw driver to maneuver the button into position, then lightly push down, to even turn the Laptop ON...! That got old really fast...! The plastic Power On button was glued to the underside of the Palm rest but the 2 thin plastic pins were both broken..! I just laid the whole thing on its back and dropped some small dabs of Super Glue on each where they had been broken from, let it dry .... and all was good, then reassembled the Laptop..! It took a couple of hours, all toll... Now i just barely touch and press it lightly till the light comes on.... and my finger is off it.....! =)

I love mint since 2014, everything just works, even had the best gaming experience over "gaming focused" distros like, garuda, regata, nubara, popos. Mint more games work and without doing anything extra. Btw, can get much games to work on Garuda gaming edition, distro look awesome thou

as a windows user willing to swtich to linux, i'm surprised most linux user wonder why people don't quit with windows. In 3 months it's like the twentieth distro i come across labeled as "mindblowing", "best distro ever" and so on. the amount of options is overwhelming at best.

I mostly use Debian, I've used LMDE too and mostly it's good, I enjoyed it, but, it's basically just Debian with flatpaks already configured and few extra tools installed. But I'd still use it even though I'm not a big cinnamon fan

I was reluctant to move from Mint to LMDE thinking it was going to be less user-friendly. But, once LMDE 6.0 was released and I saw some good reviews, I thought of trying it. It seems faster and less bulky with the same user interface. Now, I won't go back from LMDE to Mint(Ubuntu).

I have LMDE6 on my main desktop, my other desktop has Debian 12 Cinnamon, my Mini PC has Debian 12 Cinnamon, as well as on my modded old Chromebook. Flatpack is what got me off the Ubuntu based Mint Cinnamon, plus the buntu based Mint cinnamon would only see my soundcard, Audigy Soundblaster FX 7.1 as stereo only, but LMDE6 saw it right, so it was bye bye buntu based Mint. I've been using Mint since 2011, as it says on my Mint forum ID date I joined. Switching to Debian base has had me start learning again, and it's not difficult, just different, like video and wireless drivers, I got it down now for Debian/LMDE6 :)

I have tried many distros, i have instaled Linux mint Ubuntu based but i don't like the way Ubuntu goes. These days i'm using lmde 6 on my workstation and debian 12 on my Dell laptop. I like debian, ir is só stable that if you don't do crazy things the system wont break. 😊

I love it that they are evolving and relying on something better like Debian instead of relying on the infamous Ubuntu! You know what they say, never put all of your eggs in one basket!

For server use or for a pc for your mom debian is ok, for anything else one needs other distros even if he a noob (should go to ubuntu in that case ) e.g for gaming, developing etc

I like it, just missing the he GNOME Terminal transparency setting - a minor aesthetic preference..

I preferred LM all my life, but now settled with Garuda Spizaetus

I started using Linux back in the late nineties. My first distro was Caldera running KDE. I’ve dipped in and out since then but mainly used apple products. (They work) To be honest after all these years it just hasn’t developed to a point where it’s going to make the average user dump windows or apple. You still have to mess around with the terminal and drivers which for me isn’t a problem but most users are not going to want to delve into that. The software market just hasn’t invested large scale into this system. Back in those early days I had real hope for Linux but I’m afraid it just hasn’t blossomed into the operating system it should have. Go into any main computer store like curry’s and you won’t find a single computer for sale running Linux. (Don’t include Chrome) The vast majority of average users have never heard of LInux and I’m afraid this distro isn’t going to change anything. Linux is still a hobbyist tool and will only be used as a main system for enthusiasts.

Does it offer Broadcom wifi drivers by default?

Just called it LMDWE. Linux Mint Debian Wallpaper Edition

Getting ready to install Mint 21.2 and saw this video. You changed my mind. Excellent review with perfect timing. Thank you.

I exclusively use lmde since it is also in 32bit so I have the same user experience on all my devices. I’m not happy with Ubuntu’s direction.

I downloaded the ISO and tried to get it to run under Windows 10 HyperV VMcreate just to see if it was worth the hype. The ISO didn't even get passed the first black screen looking for some PXE network driver or whatever. Do Linux devs even test their software before they roll it out the door? Don't tell me an operating system is great if the installer can't even boot in a virtual machine.

After days of research, I have reduced my linux pick to Debian or arch Linux or linux mint Debian editions

I am a fan of Mint And I also liked LMDE Version of Mint I currently have Mint 21 on my notebook I had to flash the BIOS to install because it was an Android version in other words a cheap lap top...lol!! as far as using Linux on a PC...Well as soon as Creative and Linux decide to play nice unfortunately I am stuck with phukn Winblows in order to enjoy 5.1 surround on my stupidly expensive audio system (not really made for a PC) that I have managed to cobble together an amazing all in one. Trust me I have been trying to switch to Linux since 1999 and so far there has always been something that is too much time nd work to deal with. OK Bring on the Flaming!!

wasted 10 minutes to say that it on debian 12. I assumed of course but, man... you start with this!

I use Mint and MX 19 and 21. I have a triple boot laptop that is running MX 19, 21 and Voyager that I am trying out.

You mentioned you have a dedicated Linux system/distribution for gaming… is that also lmde 6 in your video here, or do you use a different one currently?

Quick question ... it may sound stupid but it is worth it to ask. Is it possible to move from Mint to LMDE without having to reinstall my machine and the software installed on it. I am guessing the answer is no but maybe someone tried already.

Thank you 🎉. Excellent video and presentation.

Do they offer any LTS or Regular Release versions? Because with rolling release, if not updated for a while, can have a corrupted system that won't update, just like EndeavorOS problems. There's only 1 download on their site and it seems Rolling-Release. They should mention it's rolling release but they don't, amateurish. Stability of Debian is contradictory with rolling release concept, oxymoron. The only point with rolling release would be with something like Arch or it's mod as EndeavorOS or Kali etc. so for stability which is it's main point & raison-det're, because it's rolling-release only, it's actually a big NO 👎

Thanks. I'm going to give it a try.

how to make dualboot windows plus lmde. two separate physical drives? 1 is windows 2 is lmde? I'm looking for a tutorial.

this whole video is like an ad

A great review, thanks for sharing 👍

I actually prefer the Mate desktop and hopefully LMDE., will also be available with the Mate desktop in due course.

One problem with flatpaks, they are not maintained by the original Developers, all it is is someone taking a version and keeping it that version, and will not always work right. snaps I'm not to sure on, but am just more used to package manager and built in what you might know as a software center or store. I don't always use that too much more apt and package manager.

I just bought your online course, and I have two questions for you. First, I have the latest lmde-6-cinnimon-64bit download, as well as Rufus to create a bootable USB drive for LMDE. Should I format the drive to FAT32, or NTFS??? Second, my hearing is impaired, and I often have to rely on the CC feature here on RU-vid, thank you for enabling it here on your channel. Is there a way for you to enable CC on your instructional videos??? Thank you in advance!!!!

I didn't know this was out yet, I'm so satisfied with 5. I've used it full time since version 2. Back then they recommend it 'for power uses', like too advanced for Mint users, nonsense. Then they started saying 'good for less technical users than Debian - more nonsense. Thanks for being one of the few who admit that 'it's the best of both worlds.' I find it stable, strong, advanced and clean, and snappy. I run it on new system, old systems, laptops, even a Chromebook. Keep It Simple, Stupid. I hate any other OS, especially Windows....

I've used Ubuntu based Mint, and I like it. I don't care for Canonical and want to use LMDE-6. But, I also want to utilize Radeon FSR when gaming. Is that possible with LMDE-6, or would I be better off using Debian-12 Xfce? Or, can I install LMDE-6 and then install Xfce after? Obviously I am still a novice, but, that's ok. Learning is half the fun.

LMDE 6 does not work with the ryzen 7 5950x a newer version of debian is require to have the correct microcode to support that processor. Thats why I had to go back to mint 21. 2.

lmde is absolutely the best. no snap removal nonsense.

Issues with Bluetooth connectivity.....cannot establish connection.

Still running LMDE5 on one of my desktop PC's. There isn't (much) difference with "LMUE" 🙂(Linux Mint).

It's kinda ironic, but one of the big reasons Cinnamon is so popular is because it's where Windows should be right now, but M$ prefers to discard yesterday's user experience rather than perfect it.

Thanks!

I have Mint Cinnamon Victoria on my 2012 MacBook Pro and it flies and I am very near to making a full shift from Windows to Linux. This is especially the case since I write books and have become accustomed to WORD but have now discovered SoftMaker FreeOffice which is as near a MSOffice clone as you can find. Also, using WINE, I can run some older software, that only ran on MS and Apple machines, such as ArcSoft Photostudio from 2000. At this point, I don't care if MS goes subscription because they can shove it. As for MAC, I truly hate the OS and screwy fucntionality. Last point, if Linux distros FLY on older machines, I wonder how it would do on machines that are packed with power. Now for the question -- since I have Mint Victoria on my MAC, do I need to install LMDV 6 fresh or will it just upgrade on top of the Mint Victoria that is on the system?

Watching this on LMDE6👍

I'll give it a shot. It might fix some annoyances I have with cinnamon and it's 4K unfriendliness.

If you think Debian's packages are old, LMDE gets updated even less frequently

Can you help? Almost immediately after I added a network to acces the internet, is froze. What do I do?

I know that I can update the Debian core via /etc/apt/sources.list to testing or even unstable. But is that advisable? Will it work with the Mint additions? Or should I stay with Debian testing + cinnamon?

Compare to Xubuntu in terms of (0) how many types of old computer, from among those of which a lot (not "alot") of examples are around, the distro will revive, and (1) memory the OS takes up.

this literally saved my computer btw

I need ABSOLUTE Wifi AND Bluetooth *stability* . I've heard there's some question about that with LMDE . I am _eagerly_ looking to switch FROM Windows (no interested in supporting the Gates Overlordship) , so this is of PARTICULAR interest to me . ANY help ANYONE can offer in answering this question will be GREATLY appreciated - THANKS ! - Chuck .

I love Mint.. used it for almost 10yrs... but ... Cinnamon is not same level as KDE... If Mint include KDE... It would be my OS... I am running Kubuntu...

It doesnt work well on an HP Pavillion, had too many keyboard issues. if I close my lid and reopen some times the keyboard will not come back and I am forced to reboot. their are other issues too, but you will find out if you want.

Good to hear because Debian 12 wasn't a stable experience for me. I bet LM stabilized all the issues of Debian 12.

LMDE is great if you want to be working like you're in 2004.

Sir, please make a vid/tutorial for lmde6 btrfs install. I tried following the tutorial for lmde5 for btrfs install, but mounting the sda3 to the /target directory just does not work and gives error of wrong fs type /target. Please help.

Very good video.. I am a first time linux user.. I use ubuntu 20.04 currently.. can you suggest any other linux distros

Amen bro! 👍