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[–] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Which is why LMDE exists.

Too bad LMDE is based on Sid. Some stuff can break on occasion.

I few months ago I helped an older lady at a repair café to replace her Win10 with LMDE (because that's what she wanted). Installed just fine but didn't boot after reboot. Installed LMDE 2 or 3 additional times, to make sure I didn't overlook something. Same result.

Then installed Fedora and it just worked.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I have never had a problem with LMDE. My mother has been using it for about a year now. I used to have to come solve Windows problems for her a couple times a year but she had never asked me for any help with LMDE.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    It's unlikely that an already properly installed bootloader just breaks. The base is Sid, Debian Unstable.

    Just because breakage doesn't happen all the time, there is still a higher than average chance. Sid is Debian's beta test branch, not a rolling release distribution. It just wasn't the right choice for the lady at the repair cafe.

    I was corrected that LMDE is not based on Sid. I redact that part of my comments. The experience I had installing LMDE on a lady's laptop at a repair cafe was as described, though.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    LMDE is not based on Sid, it's based on Debian Stable. LMDE 7 is currently based on Debian 13 Trixie. You sure you had the right ISO?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    LMDE is not based on Sid, it’s based on Debian Stable

    Oh wow, you're right. Did that change at some point and I just didn't pay attention? My bad!

    You sure you had the right ISO?

    I had the correct ISO and the experience with the lady's notebook was as described. Maybe the notebook needed newer kernel code?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    It's always been based on stable, AFAIK.

    Maybe the notebook needed newer kernel code?

    If it was able to boot the Live USB to install it, I figure that means the kernel is new enough to actually run the laptop properly. I can only guess something in the installer itself was messing up somehow? Or perhaps it wasn't making an entry in the boot table? That's an odd one for sure.

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