The Linux Mint team have announced the launch of a new version of the project's Debian-based branch

Rate this project The Linux Mint team have announced the launch of a new version of the project's Debian-based branch. The new version 6 (codename "Faye") of Linux Mint Debian Edition offers most of the same technology as Linux Mint's main, Ubuntu-based branch, but using Debian Stable as the core operating system. "LMDE is a Linux Mint project which stands for 'Linux Mint Debian Edition'. 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. LMDE aims to be as similar as possible to Linux Mint, but without using Ubuntu. The package base is provided by Debian instead." The release announcement and release notes offer additional information. Upgrade instructions to assist users migrating from version 5 are also provided. Download: lmde-6-cinnamon-64bit.iso (2,565MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist).