• Cyber Yuki@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Oh hey I might switch to Mint, Canonical pushing things on me is making me uneasy…

    Linux Mint is killing its KDE Edition

    (sigh) Never mind.

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      10 months ago

      What are the actual differences between Ubuntu mint and Debian Mint? I’ve been using the former for a while now, but I just started exploring plain Debian (and kinda loving it). All this talk about Debian Mint is making me get the distro itchy foot.

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        10 months ago

        Ubuntu is based on Debian anyway, so LMDE cuts out the middle-man so to speak.

        The release scheduling is different, as are kernel updates (I think. Haven’t used regular Mint in years now) and anything specifically Ubuntu isn’t there, not that I can actually point to anything specific there.

        If you’ve a particular distrust (however vague) of Canonical or aren’t keen on their decisions about what goes into Ubuntu (and what doesn’t), using LMDE might be worth a shot. Likewise if you just like to be different.

        For everyday daily driver business, there’s not a lot to choose between them.

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          10 months ago

          For everyday daily driver business, there’s not a lot to choose between them.

          Unless you have an Nvidia GPU cause LMDE lacks the neat driver installer (easy upgrade AND downgrade between driver versions). No Edge version with more up to date kernel either.

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    10 months ago

    I have used Ubuntu as the daily driver for the last 10 years, because support and tools are widespread and easy, and I don’t need any extra pain in my life. Drivers are mostly present and working upon a clean install, and in the one case where the touchpad wasn’t recognized, it was super easy to find an ubuntu forum post containing a 1-line command to fix it. But everybody says i should hate it and use Mint instead.

    I’m open to give it a go, but in general, will most of the tutorials and fixes you find for Ubuntu also work with Mint?

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      10 months ago

      Mint is Ubuntu-based so yeah, most stuff will work.

      But also: The only reason I don’t recommend Ubuntu is because of Snaps and telemetry. If someone decides that they don’t mind, I don’t care. Everyone should just use the distro they like best