14 DAY TRIAL // The RC (Release Candidate) version of the upcoming Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 2, codenamed Betsy, has been announced earlier today by no other than the father of the Linux Mint project, Clement Lefebvre. Both Cinnamon and MATE editions of LMDE 2 have been released for testing and we were asked by our users to create screenshot tours.
Clement Lefebvre’s announcement is pretty vague on the features incorporated in the Linux Mint Debian Edition 2 Cinnamon and MATE RC operating systems. There’s no information about the Debian GNU/Linux version on which it is based, nor on the Linux kernel packages used or the versions of the pre-installed applications. Therefore, at our users’ request, we’ve taken the distros for a test drive and discovered that they are based on Debian 8.0 (Jessie).
Here’s what’s new in Linux Mint Debian Edition 2 Cinnamon and MATE RC
As you can see from the screenshot tour at the end of the article, both distributions include approximately the same packages. Among these, we can mention Mozilla Firefox 36.0.1, Mozilla Thunderbird 31.5.0, Pidgin 2.10.11, GIMP 2.8.14, Transmission 2.84, LibreOffice 4.3.3, Banshee 2.6.2, as well as VLC Media Player 2.2.0. Both the Cinnamon and MATE versions of Linux Mint Debian Edition are powered by a Linux 3.16 kernel based on the upstream Debian kernel 3.16.7.
Download Linux Mint Debian Edition 2 Cinnamon and MATE RC right now from Softpedia. We remind everyone that both distributions are unstable at the moment and it is not recommended to install them on production machines where stability is a must. They are intended for testing purposes only and known bugs are present, so make sure you read the release notes carefully.
