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		sixtofour on Nov 11, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux Mint: The new Ubuntu? And yet, Mint has a version that's directly downstream from Debian, not based on Ubuntu at all.

notatoad on Nov 12, 2011 [–]

what does that have to do with anything? the parent suggested debian, not "some other debian-derived distro" linux mint debian edition is definitely not debian.

sixtofour on Nov 12, 2011 | [–]

You're exactly right. But it could be a gentler introduction to Debian for some.

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