On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Jeremy MountainJohnson
<jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> LMDE (Debian Mint)?

> My questions for LMDE users:
> * If you're a more advanced linux user, what don't you like about it?

Nothing.  Mint just works, and even though I'm an "advanced" user of
linux sometimes it's nice when things just WORK, and I don't have to
spend hours figuring out how/why. Yet, I can still pop the hood and
muck around as I please.

> * Are there custom kernel options that are pre-compiled (for example,
> I use a pre-compiled Intel -ck package for Arch; have not had time for
> custom patching / compiling kernels for about two years now)?

I'm too lazy to compile my own kernels any more.  Mint just works :-)

> * I noticed some of the packages are a couple weeks behind compared to
> Arch repos (for example, Firefox). Is this because more testing is
> involved before releasing updates as stable?

Aren't they just pulling from Debian testing?  I've been a Debian
testing user for 6-7 years and I don't mind being a step behind, it's
a lot less broken.

My thoughts on Mint are that it's a great desktop distro if you just
want stuff to work.  You're not limited in fiddling with things and
tweaking your OS and compiling your kernel and whatever it is you want
to do, but you certainly don't have to.  I like that they have an XFCE
distro pre-rolled so I don't even have to mess with window managers.
When using a linux desktop I like light, fast distros that just work,
and that's why I run Mint XFCE.

If I have to build something custom-ish, I still fall back on Debian
testing because I can build from the ground up.

Brian

>
> Thanks for any insight!
>
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