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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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I am happy for the Linux Mint team (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Linux Mint as been in development for over 15 years. Its good for them to get some press coverage and positive attention.

As far as I can tell most people switching to Linux Mint are fairly happy with the experience beside some minor Linux quarks.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Linux Mint as been in development for over 15 years. Its good for them to get some press coverage and positive attention.

As far as I can tell most people switching to Linux Mint are fairly happy with the experience beside some minor Linux quarks.

Linux Mint is great, but is outdated. In my opinion the Mint team should definitely separate itself from Ubuntu and stop making duplicate applications... They spend too much time and resources to separate servers to avoid Snap. LMDE is a good distro. With a little more attention it can become something bigger.

[–] ZephyrXero 18 points 6 months ago

Snaps are crap. Not using them is one of the main reasons I'm considering switching to Mint

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Linux Mint is not outdated, it always uses the up-to-date version of a supported LTS kernel. This is on purpose, to prefer stability over cutting edge.

You may prefer cutting edge (ex. AUR) over stability, that's fine, but that doesn't mean Mint is out-of-date.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Thank you for this. Im new to mint and Linux in general. After reading that comment I was concerned that mint wasnt safe because its old software.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

they are migtstion to using their mint edge kernel as default