I don't think so. Ubuntu paved the way for non-technical users, and unfortunately this is evident in the quality of a large number of bug reports that we receiv

I don't think so. Ubuntu paved the way for non-technical users, and unfortunately this is evident in the quality of a large number of bug reports that we receive. Trying to stay objective, it's certainly not in dispute that Ubuntu is also "advertised as the user / noob friendly option" and continues to take this stance. From this perspective, the difference between Debian user feedback and Ubuntu user feedback is night and day (I'm also a Debian developer). I don't think the difference between Ubuntu and Mint is anything nearly like that.