Apple and Microsoft dominate the computer operating system market mainly thanks to their commercial campaigns but it should not be forgotten that Linux systems, always free and open source also for business use (the public administration and companies would save a lot of money by switching to Linux ), are constantly changing. The transition from Windows or Mac to Linux is now much more painless and simple than in the past, thanks to the birth of "user friendly" distributions where you can manage the desktop and the use of programs as in Windows.
The queen user-level distribution is Ubuntu to which some articles of this blog have been dedicated.
Ubuntu, which became popular for its power and simplicity, has been made even more appealing with the Linux Mint distribution I mentioned a few years ago.
Linux Mint, based on Ubuntu, is today one of the most popular freely available distributions.
Thanks to its popularity, some developers have created a version of Linux Mint based on Debian which, for the uninitiated, is the most free and customizable Linux distribution of all.
The main difference between Linux Mint Debian Edition or LMDE and classic Linux Mint is in the OS updates.
LMDE is a " rolling release " distribution so it is continuously updated through automatic installation of packages while instead Ubuntu-based Linux Mint always requires a new installation of the entire operating system every time a more updated version is released.
Update packs help facilitate large updates, such as switching from the desktop from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3.
LMDE provides the same Linux Mint experience and there is no difference between the two different distributions.
Who has never known this system, can read the review made a few years ago on Linux Mint, the easy and elegant operating system .
For the initial configuration and installation of the Italian language, you can read the guide on the Linux Mint website, absolutely complete with all the information you need to settle in.
Those used to Windows could take this opportunity on the fly to try something different, feel more free, without finding major technical difficulties and without having to revolutionize their method of working on the computer.
The best feature of Linux Mint is its intuitive graphics and the ease with which it was designed, not for advanced users but for everyone.
LDME takes all the best of the most reliable of the Linux distributions, Debian, without however upsetting or hardening the lives of new users and those who have only heard of Linux.
You can download the ISO of LDME from the official Linux Mint website for installation on your computer or you can test it by creating a live Linux USB stick, without touching the current operating system.
