This is a good point. In Linux Mint, Unity is in the repositories, but not mandatory - there are plenty of supported DEs. Wheras in Ubuntu, Unity is in the repo

This is a good point. In Linux Mint, Unity is in the repositories, but not mandatory - there are plenty of supported DEs. Wheras in Ubuntu, Unity is in the repositories, but not mandatory - there are plenty of supported DEs. So that's a big advantage of Linux Mint then.