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Linux Mint's success also means maintainer stress - The Register (www.theregister.com)
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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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