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    [–] LovableSidekick 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

    I learned programming in a command line environment (VAX/VMS) but then started doing Microsoft contract jobs and got too used to Windows, so now Linux is very cryptic to me. Tbh Unix always has been, especially compared to VMS where all the system commands and their options are actual words. But I ran Ubuntu exclusively for a year or two and only reverted to Windows out of necessity, but now that I don't need any Windows crap anymore I'm ready to go to Linux again.

    Besides Ubuntu I've heard good things about Mint. Also Oreon looks interesting. Any opinions?

    [–] ordellrb 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

    Mint is like when a Team of reasonable People took Ubuntu and removed the stuff they don't like, and add there own Oldscool (win7~xp) Desktop and a few usefull Tools. Works well for me on slow/mobile devices that do simple things (Browser, libereoffice, mail, copy files) Very reliable for that. But i don't use it for Desktop/Workstation Stuff like Virtualisation/Server

    [–] LovableSidekick 2 points 3 days ago

    Thanks for the reply, especially the direct comparison with Ubuntu. My web dev friend who uses Mint loves it.