Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 7 released

[Posted October 15, 2025 by jzb]

Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 7, based on Debian 13 ("trixie"), has been released:

Its goal is to ensure Linux Mint would be able to continue to deliver the same user experience, and how much work would be involved, if Ubuntu was ever to disappear. LMDE is also one of our development targets, to guarantee the software we develop is compatible outside of Ubuntu.

The LMDE release notes are rather sparse; users are also advised to review Debian 13's release notes.

difference from stock Debian with its Mate Desktop

Posted Oct 15, 2025 23:21 UTC (Wed) by atai (subscriber, #10977) [Link] (2 responses)

Curious if any significant difference with stock Debian with its Mate Desktop packages?

difference from stock Debian with its Mate Desktop

Posted Oct 16, 2025 6:28 UTC (Thu) by alspnost (guest, #2763) [Link]

Pretty sure this uses Mint's standard Cinnamon desktop, not MATE? But you can install anything from the repos, as with standard Debian 13.

difference from stock Debian with its Mate Desktop

Posted Oct 20, 2025 17:58 UTC (Mon) by jmalcolm (subscriber, #8876) [Link]

I was hoping that somebody would answer you.

Outside of Cinnamon, I do not think that Mint messes with the Debian packages much. So, I would not expect significant differences. As a user experience, it is worth noting that they do style their desktops and, of course, there are Mint applications to add some user friendliness that are available to MATE users as well.

So I would not expect "significant difference" but LMDE is probably a bit nicer overall--even using MATE.