• Papercrane@lemmy.world
      111·
      10 months ago

      Isn’t Linux mint an Ubuntu fork? That gets recommended to tons of people who seek an entrance into the Linux world. Is it as bad as Ubuntu?

      • RachelRodent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        25·
        10 months ago

        It is a fork, meaning its like ubuntu but with the bullshit that makes ubuntu bad removed. It is completly safe but if you wanna stay clear of any trace of ubuntu at all there is also a debian based version of mint

          • dukk@programming.dev
            8·
            10 months ago

            LMDE and PopOS are my consistent recommendations to newcomers. If one doesn’t work, the other will.

            • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
              8·
              10 months ago

              I would recommend only community maintained distros at this point… seing as how RH and Canonical went to the dark side for some things, I’d rather not recommend something maintaned by a company.

      • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
        9·
        10 months ago

        Pop-os is likely the best ubuntu flavored OS to recommend. It has nice features like solid gaming intergration and an optional tiling manager, all without snaps.