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Linux Mint snuck around behind Ubuntu'…

FreedomTech — Mon, 26 May 2025 01:35:35 GMT

Linux Mint snuck around behind Ubuntu's back and had a beautiful redheaded love child with Debian. That child's name is "Linux Mint Debian Edition" (LMDE).

The usual Linux Mint options (Cinnamon, Mate, Xfce) are based on Ubuntu.

To ensure that Linux Mint can survive if Ubuntu were to ever go away, Linux Mint maintains and offers LMDE, which brings some nice features, and comes with Cinnamon.

- Debian still offers the 32-bit option, unlike Ubuntu, which means you can still get Linux Mint in a 32-bit version, but you must get the 32-bit version through LMDE.

- LM Debian Edition is more of a rolling distro, so your software will be more cutting edge.

- Possibly less bugs, since it comes straight from Debian and bypasses any bugs that may get introduced by Ubuntu.

You can find the LM Debian Edition by going to the "Downloads" menu option and looking under "Other Versions". It is currently called "LMDE 6".

Direct link to Download 👇 Page.
https://linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php

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Fedora vs Debian vs Arch

FreedomTech — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 01:22:00 GMT

### Fedora vs Debian vs Arch

For all practical purposes, most Linux distros are built on one of three base distributions. Fedora .. Debian .. and Arch.

If you're curious what the differences are, the video below 👇 gives a good breakdown of these 3 base distros used for almost all Linux distributions.

https://youtu.be/UFv_uz5Rj18

Is it time to switch back to a Fedora based distro? Haven't run that distro in years.

He talks about rolling vs fixed distros. If you aren't familiar with Rolling vs. Fixed distros, 👉 this post explains it.

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Droidian - Linux on Android Phones

FreedomTech — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:29:29 GMT

# Droidian - Linux on Android Phones

Droidian Linux has emerged as a new player in the Linux phone arena!

Droidian takes the Mobian project and runs it on the 9, 10, 11, and soon 12 Android Linux kernels, instead of the mainline Linux kernel Mobian normally runs on.

This is similar to what Ubuntu Touch is doing. It is so similar that the UBPorts installer, used to install Ubuntu Touch, also has Droidian as an alt. install option for supported phones (see 2nd image)

Running Linux on an Android kernel is great because you can now run "Linux" on phones, such a $100 Pixel 3a, but for the moment Droidian mostly supports Linux first phones, such as the Volla or F(x)tec Pro 1.

Many things on Droidian phones don't work quite yet, but they say everything is working on the Pixel 3a ecept MMS and dual SIMs. Nonetheless, Droidian is a project worth keeping an 👀 on.

Here are some 💤 videos of Droidian in action (Pixel 3a):

- Video 1
- Video 2
- Video 3

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