From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 31 Jan 2026 06:28:22 GMT, rbowman wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Honestly, the proprietary hardware manager Mint (and Ubuntu) uses is   
   enough of a reason to switch away from the Debian edition. I've seen what   
   the process of installing proprietary drivers is like in distributions   
   like Fedora, and I honestly want to have nothing to do with it.   
      
      
      
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