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What distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"? (feddit.uk)
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I've been using Linux Mint since forever. I've never felt a reason to change. But I'm interested in what persuaded others to move.

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[–] sagedemage@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I forgot to mention that I did try Debian testing. I did like it came with a recent version of Gnome. However, I did had a few problems with it:

  1. I personally found it updates more frequently then I like it. I found that the user interface for Gnome changes often.
  2. If I want to install MySQL workbench, it does not have a download link for Debian at all.
  3. I did got a weird crash bug with Krita on Debian testing. I am not sure if it was Debian's or Krita's fault.

I did found Debian testing to be slightly unstable. I decided, I will give Ubuntu a shot again and was happy with that decision.