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It saddens me that people who liked earlier Ubuntu releases jump straight to Windows or OS X, without trying Debian or Linux Mint first. They both offer the go
by PommeDeTerre 14y ago
It saddens me that people who liked earlier Ubuntu releases jump straight to Windows or OS X, without trying Debian or Linux Mint first.
They both offer the good parts of Ubuntu, without the junk and without the poor experience.
- neya 14y agohttp://linuxmint.com/ http://linuxmint.com/ If this is the official website of the distribution you're talking about, then the site doesn't inspire confidence as much as the original Ubuntu site does. Anyway, I'll give it a shot, thanks :)
- FireBeyond 14y agoIt's not the best website, certainly, and it's not the "perfect OS". But Linux Mint, to me, has always been my favorite derivative of Ubuntu (as someone who is not particularly keen on Ubuntu natively, and definitely dislikes Unity).
- christianmann 14y agoLinux Mint has moved away from Ubuntu, incidentally. It's now solely based on Debian.
- lake99 14y agoI hate everything about Unity too. Mint is good. But if one is already on Ubuntu, it doesn't even take a re-install to convert the machine to Kubuntu or Xubuntu.
- pan69 14y agoThe problem is that GNOME 2 on Ubuntu 11.04 is really polished. I still run it today and I have no intention of upgrading or switching. I've looked at other DE's such as Mint, XFCE, etc. but nothing comes close to the desktop I had with GNOME 2 on Ubuntu 11.04.
- thaumaturgy 14y agoI recently switched my laptop back to Debian. I prefer KDE over Gnome these days, so in that context, I think the number one thing keeping Debian from being a more popular suggestion right now is that the squeeze UI feels about a decade old and wheezy comes with a bunch of warnings about it being in "testing". I've had zero complaints with wheezy so far (not a common thing for me), so I think it's well worth giving it a shot if you'd like to try Debian on your desktop.