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minus-squareTheObviousSolution@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 hours agoAt the end of the day for new and casual users, support wins. Ubuntu has the largest community of support, making Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu while having a more elegant variety of UI, making it a good compromise. Good choice.
minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoCorrect me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Mint Debian based these days?
minus-squareMasterNerd@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoRegular Mint is based off of Ubuntu, which is Debian based itself. However, it is somewhat beholden to the Ubuntu way of doing things. They do have a version that uses a plain Debian base, so they’re not reliant on Canonical. That version is LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition).
minus-squareTheObviousSolution@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoUbuntu is Debian based, so yes.
minus-squareMIXEDUNIVERS@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoi thougt its both, because they have a debian version
At the end of the day for new and casual users, support wins. Ubuntu has the largest community of support, making Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu while having a more elegant variety of UI, making it a good compromise. Good choice.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Mint Debian based these days?
Regular Mint is based off of Ubuntu, which is Debian based itself. However, it is somewhat beholden to the Ubuntu way of doing things.
They do have a version that uses a plain Debian base, so they’re not reliant on Canonical. That version is LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition).
Ubuntu is Debian based, so yes.
i thougt its both, because they have a debian version