From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:17:56 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   LM did impress me with the Driver Manager. The netbook has a problematic   
   Broadcom wifi module so I uses a Panda dongle that is recognized by the   
   installer. Lubuntu was the same. Once installed the DM recognized the   
   Broadcom device and installed the correct driver.   
      
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