From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-30, rbowman  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:33:46 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
   >   
   >> We'll see. Linux Mint has been pretty good at deviating from Ubuntu when   
   >> they don't like the direction they've gone. You may be right. Like I   
   >> say,   
   >> we'll see.   
   >   
   > They've been holding LMDE in reserve if Ubuntu goes off the deep end. I've   
   > never tried it but I understand Debian with the Cinnamon DE is less   
   > polished than LMDE.   
      
   It's not a lot different. It's just missing some of the utilities, like   
   automatically finding drivers. I think there were a couple other differences   
   that I noticed, but I can't come up with them now.   
      
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