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    [โ€“] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    mint is similar (its based on ubuntu) but it is significantly better imo

    [โ€“] kvadd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Sort of newbie here as well. Why is it better?

    I used Ubuntu for about 2 years in 2006 to 2008, but have been on Windows since. I like Ubuntu, and looking in to dual booting with Windows now. Should I go for Mint instead of Ubuntu?

    [โ€“] Moshpirit@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Canonical, the company that has been taking care of Ubuntu, has made many bad choices (including Amazon launcher, telemetry, Snap packagesโ€ฆ). Linux Mint rises as an alternative because of these bad decisions.

    [โ€“] kvadd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Oh damn, I wasn't aware. Never using Ubuntu again if they try shit like that. But if Canonical goes under, won't that effect Mint? I mean if it is based on Ubuntu? (If my understand of it is correct)

    [โ€“] CallOfTheWild@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Mint is Ubuntu based but they also maintain a parallel Debian based Mint (LDME). If Ubuntu died they would just switch focus to LDME.

    [โ€“] kvadd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

    Oh I see, thank you for the clarification

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