Linux Mint is Ubuntu based as it originally started as a protest distro against decisions take by canonical. LMDE cuts out the middle man and is directly based on Debian.
If you use Cinnamon DE and like LTS releases; where secure patches are backported and feature releases are held back until the next major release, then LMDE is a good choice.
I would rather have a native .deb package, this is why I use Linux Mint and if really necessary I will grab a flatpak.
With current ubuntu shenanigans better use lmde
LMDE is a distro?
Linux Mint Debian Edition
I see! So close to LXDE.
Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment
Isn’t Mint already Debian based? What is the difference between mint and lmde?
Linux Mint is Ubuntu based as it originally started as a protest distro against decisions take by canonical.
LMDE cuts out the middle man and is directly based on Debian.
If you use Cinnamon DE and like LTS releases; where secure patches are backported and feature releases are held back until the next major release, then LMDE is a good choice.