Monthly Archives: August 2025

I have started with the preparations of the next Linux Mint Debian Edition arm 64. It is called Gigi and has version number 7. I was able to build a live system with LXDE in this case as it builds fast and the right base-files package. As you can see, it is real Linux Mint …

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sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install gimp-data=2.10.38-2sudo apt install gimpsudo apt-mark hold gimp-data

It is now possible to install Gnumeric, a spreadsheat program, in MintPPC64. It wasn’t possible for many many years. The fix was easy. I uploaded the fix to the goffice Gnome team and to goffice Debian.

This year saw the release of various new components of the LXDE desktop, as used in MintPPC. See here for an update of all new components.

What’s New in Debian 13 Official announcement Wiki