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Has Mint improved sec-wise? I remember that they used to "achieve" stability by not updating (apt pinning) important packages like kernel, xorg etc and did str

by ce4 8y ago

Has Mint improved sec-wise? I remember that they used to "achieve" stability by not updating (apt pinning) important packages like kernel, xorg etc and did strange stuff like copying deb packages from ubuntu/debian verbatim into their repos. Edit: I wouldnt touch Mint with a 10ft pole. Seems like they still have no sec advisaries, still ship a remix of debian/ubuntu packages and so on: 2013: https://web.archive.org/web/20140214063150/https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2013-November/014770.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140214063150/https://lists.ubu... 2016: https://lwn.net/Articles/676664/ https://lwn.net/Articles/676664/

KozmoNau7 8y ago
>"Has Mint improved sec-wise?" Yes, markedly. They basically follow the latest Ubuntu LTS closely, and I get the latest Firefox etc. a couple of days after the official release. I'm still considering KDE Neon, but that's mostly a personal preference for KDE.
KozmoNau7 8y ago
I've now been running KDE Neon on my laptop (X220) for a little while, and I highly recommend trying it out. It's literally Ubuntu LTS with an almost rolling-release KDE repo, and a bit of extra polish here and there. It has been even more "it just works" than Mint, which is already stupendously easy to install.