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 ====== Welcome ======
-===== What is in here, and why? =====
-I've been an Apple //aficionado// since the late '70 and one of the early adopters of the Macintosh (128K) in 1984. Since then I've been using Macintosh machines and closely followed the Mac OS evolution.
-To cut a long story short, let's say that the OS X migration at Apple ravished me, giving me the opportunity to discover the underlying, NeXSTEP based, partly FreeBSD/NetBSD environment. In the early 2000's, it was my first introduction to the UNIX like systems.
-As I specialized in web development, I got acquainted with Linux servers, and slowly but surely got a working knowledge of these machines (mostly CentOS at that time). I then discovered and appreciated Debian that I regularly use in servers configurations.
-In recent years, Apple's trade policy started to remind me more of what Microsoft had in mind when they though they were ruling the world, than what they denonced in their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfqw8nhUwA|1984 Commercial]]. It seems that they become what they thought they were fighting against.\\
+===== LMDE 2 =====
-I started to consider switching my whole working environment to a "real" Linux one. But which one?
-After an short endeavor with Ubuntu, I finally decided to go for Linux Mint. Especially, the fact that a "Debian" version, known as LMDE, is available seduced me.
+Linux Mint Debian Edition 2, code named "Betsy", has been released to the community in the beginning of April (2015). This is, IMHO, one of the best news for 2015 as LMDE is really the most sturdy Debian based distribution around, offering the option to use the very nice Cinnamon desktop environment. Do not hesitate to give it a try, you can follow [[install:base-lmde2:upgrade-from-lmde1#install_from_usb_key|this article]] to install it.
+===== Why this wiki? =====
+This wiki could be considered as a travel journal.
-This wiki can thus be considered as my personal travel notes in LMDE, I started it to centralize the knowledge I'm building about Linux Mint on top of Debian.
+It was initially started as a reminder for myself of what I did to setup my Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) system, and how I did it. As doing this involved gathering all kinds of information, scattered around the Internet, it quickly became tedious to store and organise bookmarks of all sorts, on my computer or on paper, to remind me of what had been done. I thought the best way to organise all that information would be to start a wiki, and here it is.
-Hopefully it might also help some others in their own journey...
+Along the way, it appeared to me that, maybe, some other people might benefit from what I gathered. This would also possibly become a way for me to give back a little to the open-source community.
-===== From OS X to Linux Mint (and not back) =====
+===== What is in here? =====
-To be honest I must confess that my current workstation isn't a top-notch machine. I currently use an Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz (P8600) 13-Inch (Unibody), with 4GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM, dating back to 2008. Did I mention that Apple's pricing policy is also an element that pushed me towards the Linux world?
+I try to compile all relevant information to the installation, use and improvement of my LMDE system.
-I stopped updating my OS X at version 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), having a complex custom setup, with many developer specific tools configured, did not push me either attempting an upgrade to benefit from the few new recent changes to the system.\\
+You are invited to explore the sections on the left navigation to discover what is available.\\
-Some additional goodies were also running on the system like LaunchBar, IStat Menus and TotalFinder just to name a few.\\
+The main lines being:
-My typical working environment would need PHPStorm (IDE), Photoshop, Google Chrome, Thunderbird and a few more applications running at the same time. The system eventually became so slow that I regularly had to quit some (sometimes even all) running applications to free enough memory to get a reasonably acceptable reactivity from it.
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+[[install:start|Initial system installation]]
-This last fact convinced me that it was time for a change: enter Linux Mint.
+[[applications:start|Applications of interest]]
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+[[packages:start|Packages of interest]]
-I knew the Linux desktop environments were offering a wide range of free, open-sourced products, and although I didn't had any certainty that everything I needed would be available I decided to take the plunge. Up until now, I have not had to regret any application that fails to do my job, in addition they are all free and I don't infringe any rule while using them.\\
+[[tricks:start|Tips and tricks in Linux Mint (LMDE - MATE)]]
-The only exception being my IDE of choice (PHPStorm), which I bought a license for. But I could very well use Eclipse instead.
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+===== Let's join the fun =====
-Anyhow, the bottom line is that the system is incredibly more responsive using the Linux Mint OS than it was under OS X, that is already enough to convince me to stay with my new configuration. Not even mentioning that, for obvious safety reasons during migration, I initially installed the Linux Mint system on an external, USB 2, hard drive (even an USB Key at first), keeping my internal 500MB SATA disk intact so I can access my legacy files straight from LMDE and even boot back into OS X whenever needed.
+Most of the documents listed in this wiki are based on my Macbook platform experience. That said, with the exception of some details, such as the [[tricks:forced-restart|power cycle problem]], virtually all information available will also apply well to a PC environment, and, whenever possible I'll give a Windows or Linux environment alternative to what is presented for the MacBook.
-Looking forward buying a replacement internal SSD ;-)
-===== If you want to join the fun =====
-You probably understood that most of the documents listed in this wiki are based on my Macbook platform experience. That said, with the exception of some details, such as the [[install:upgrade-up7#Frozen System (crash)|power cycle problem]], virtually all information available will also apply well to a PC environment, and, whenever possible I'll give a Windows or Linux environment alternative to what is presented for the MacBook.
 **One final advice I would like to give before you start:** if you are looking for an "end user" only solution, I suggest you clearly go for the Ubuntu version of Linux Mint, mostly because of it's ppa availability. The LMDE release WILL require you, at one time or another, to dive into the terminal and type commands to delve into the bowels of the system... But, for me, that's part of the fun!
-Let's get rolling !
+[[install:start|Here we go!]]