I'm not really that experienced with Linux, but I know a little. I was recently reading about LMDE here, and it says "No, it is not. LMDE is compatible with Debian, which isnt compatible with Ubuntu.".
But, isn't Ubuntu debian-based? I'm assuming since it's based on debian, that's not the same thing as Debian, which is why it's not compatible. Is there more to it than that, though?
Wikipedia says Mint is based on "Ubuntu (Kubuntu), or Debian".
Since LMDE (based on Debian) and regular Mint (based on Ubuntu) are both based on Debian in one way or another (since Ubuntu is)... don't they both have the same package manager?
I'm a little confused. Isn't debian, debian? I mean.. if you have a debian installation package, won't it work on any debian-based linux distro?
Thanks.. I feel stupid for even asking this
But, isn't Ubuntu debian-based? I'm assuming since it's based on debian, that's not the same thing as Debian, which is why it's not compatible. Is there more to it than that, though?
Wikipedia says Mint is based on "Ubuntu (Kubuntu), or Debian".
Since LMDE (based on Debian) and regular Mint (based on Ubuntu) are both based on Debian in one way or another (since Ubuntu is)... don't they both have the same package manager?
I'm a little confused. Isn't debian, debian? I mean.. if you have a debian installation package, won't it work on any debian-based linux distro?
Thanks.. I feel stupid for even asking this