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Linux mint = best beginner distro (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I haven't used mint in a while but did for a few years. The out of the box experience (at that time) was better.

Article from 2011:

Linux Mint 11 is a very respectable and speedy distribution and is comparatively very media friendly and easy to use out of the box for newcomers. These qualities likely have contributed to the operating system’s place on the Top 5 Linux Distribution list.

https://pcper.com/2011/11/linux-mint-rising-in-popularity-and-surpassing-ubuntu-for-top-spot/

More contemporary Mint users chime in here with why they prefer Mint:

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=383991

Take a hugely popular distro which alienates some some users with some issues or unappealing GUI choices, Mint comes along and polishes it further and you end up with a distro that is just perfect for that niche.

I think quite a few Ubuntu users migrated to KUbuntu or Mint when Canonical made Unity the default (in Ubuntu 11.04).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Unity

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I remember trying Ubuntu Unity, back when I was wondering if I could be a good idea to switch Linux. But I had no patience at the time for the buttons on the opposite side of the window. I can't stop thinking that if it wasn't for that, things could have been quite different.