page_title: Linux Mint
section_title: LMDE 2
hierarchical_section_title: Linux Mint / Editions / LMDE / LMDE 2
caption_attribution_description: English: Linux Mint Debian Edition running Cinnamon 2.8
context_page_description: Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution based on Ubuntu or Debian, and bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications. It can provide full out-of-the-box multimedia support for those who choose to include proprietary software such as multimedia codecs.
  The Linux Mint project was created by Clément Lefèbvre, and is actively maintained by the Linux Mint Team and community.
context_section_description: LMDE 2 (a.k.a. Betsy) was released on April 10, 2015, becoming the current version of LMDE. LMDE 2 is based on Debian Stable, but receives automatic updates to the latest versions of MintTools and the installed desktop environment before they are released into the Mint Main edition. LMDE 2 is available with both the MATE and Cinnamon desktop environments. Both image versions received an update in January 2017. As of the start of 2019, this version is no longer supported. 
  LMDE 2 remains based on sysvinit but with a 'functional logind' from systemd.
caption: LMDE 2 'Betsy' running Cinnamon 2.8
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