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Sorry, but would like to advice the other way. I started out on ubuntu, but tried mint the last year. Now I’m going back to ubuntu with some gnome extensions, h
by Epskampie 6y ago
Sorry, but would like to advice the other way. I started out on ubuntu, but tried mint the last year. Now I’m going back to ubuntu with some gnome extensions, here’s why. Desktop linux in general has many quirks and bugs, and mint, being less mainstream, even more so. I’ve experienced many subtle errors with drag & drop, multiscreen support, windows remaining in the taskbar after being closed, etc. In my experience ubuntu has less of these, and with ‘dash to panel’ and ‘arc menu’ installed you’ve basicly got 90% of the mint experience anyway.
No disrespect to any of the hardworking mint people intended, their work clearly fills a need.
- wetpaws 6y agoOn a contrary, been using LM19 cinnamon for a year and I found it rock solid.
- 8bitsrule 6y agoNot my experience with Mint Xfce, which I've used, along with Xubuntu, since V.12. Mint's focus on stability for the user has long been a primary consideration. EG the 'Timeshift' backup utility has been very helpful. While I haven't used it, the Cinnamon desktop has been very attractive to Linux newcomers - recently a rapidly-growing group.
- larrik 6y agoI've been using Mint for many years, and I've never really experienced any of those (at least not more than Ubuntu or even Windows).