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Debian Unstable vs Mint ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by tdTrX@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Mint is a goto debian distro, but I switched from Debian unstable to mint and my experience is worse. PulseAudio is wierd, when suspensing last 1 sec of audio loops, crashes, Mint is based on testing irc.

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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Mint is based on testing irc.

I thought so too, and it looks like it used to be, but LMDE is currently based on Debian Stable, specifically LMDE 7 is based on Debian 13 "Trixie", first released Aug 2025.

FWIW I've been running Debian Testing for a few years now and been plenty happy, might get worth trying that.

[–] ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, don’t do that.

You may have been lucky, but the testing repository is really not meant for daily use.

Noone cares about packages there, so depending on what you have installed and when you update, you might have critical security vulnerabilities that have been patched for weeks on Stable or other incompatibilities/broken dependencies.

Unstable is not meant for daily use either, but at least you brainlessly get pushed the latest updates at all times. I have used it for a while, but it broke on me, too.

If you need newer software, just use Stable with backports or Flatpaks.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

So I completely understand where you're coming from, but sometimes you gotta live on the edge and accept the consequences.