I've been using Ubuntu for almost ten years now. What got me here: - Package management: DEBs were sooo much easier to deal with than RPMs. - Hardware suppor

I've been using Ubuntu for almost ten years now. What got me here: - Package management: DEBs were sooo much easier to deal with than RPMs. - Hardware support - usually everything just seemed to work or there was a forum discussion with a solution on what to do about it. - Good variety of included packages. - Excellent support forums, even if you are doing non base Ubuntu stuff there's probably a discussion a 'google' away that covers whatever issue you have. So, even tough Canonical does not-so-pleasant things to the UX, you can easily find ways to fix your experience and back to developing. If you have similar positive experiences with Mint, why switch? Figure out what you are missing or looking for first.