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    [–] sagedemage@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

    I hate to say it to you guys but Linux Mint is really just about the desktop and their initial setup of Ubuntu.

    I personally care about unique and usable distributions:

    • Ubuntu (Really excellent foundation for a stable Desktop)
    • Debian (Rock solid but can be dated for Desktop)

    There are unique distributions but not usable for doing work like programming full time and other things:

    • Arch Linux (I personally not comfortable updating this distro)
    • Gentoo (I am not high to actually use this distro)
    [–] Legisign@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Well, Mint also corrects some of Ubuntu’s mistakes. It doesn’t force feed you Snap, for instance.

    [–] fatzgebum@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    Instead it hides snap and acts as if it didn't exist.

    [–] Legisign@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

    That’s usually good enough.

    [–] averyfalken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Mint is also a really stable foundation and comes with cinnamon mh preferred desktop and goes hard right outside the box for me

    Hand has time shift installed by default so I just have to remember to set it up on install

    [–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

    sure but for a beginner, those two pros are essential