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> Linux Mint or MX Linux are the way to go here So, Ubuntu, but with a slightly reskinned UI?
by Gordonjcp 3y ago
> Linux Mint or MX Linux are the way to go here
So, Ubuntu, but with a slightly reskinned UI?
- pjerem 3y agoidk about MX Linux but Linux Mint is Ubuntu without any Snap, with additional official apt repos, Flatpack support out of the box and, last but not least, its own house made desktop environment. To me it’s as far from Ubuntu as Ubuntu is far from Debian.
- Gordonjcp 3y agoOkay, but it's all just Linux. There's no real difference between any of them.
- jrm4 3y agoThis is 90% true, but also the 10% matters in terms of "onboarding people to the desktop," which I think still is very important (and actually going reasonably well, IMHO)
- Gordonjcp 3y agoRight, but that's all taken care of. Chromebooks outsell everything else, and Android phones outsell everything else, and Steam Decks haven't quite got there yet but it's early days. Linux is 100% of one market segment, broadband routers. No matter how staunch a Windows zealot someone is, there's a bunch of stuff they depend on that cannot be done with Windows at all, not no-how.
- jrm4 3y agoAnd without the new Ubuntu crap, yes. That's the point.
- Gordonjcp 3y agoHm. And how long have you been using Linux, exactly?
- jrm4 3y agoCan't tell you "exactly" because it's been so long. Might have been as early as '99? Was definitely using Ubuntu as a desktop from its literal beginning. Why?
- Gordonjcp 3y agoOkay, so relatively new then. Cool, no worries. The "new Ubuntu crap" is actually pretty good. You should take a look at it.
- jrm4 3y agoHow is that "new?" Anyway, no, the new Ubuntu crap is mostly just that. This isn't a mere idea; I teach IT and every semester I require folks to use a Linux desktop. Mint, MX, Lubuntu and Ubuntu, the occasional Arch are all in testing rotation; over the past few years Ubuntu/Gnome give me the most trouble -- they just suck at backwards compatibility.