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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).

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People doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Older packages, but not too old, generally provide better stability. Problems can also come from packages being too new and not having all the standout issues worked out of them.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)

around 1 year and a half, thats way too long, considering the Pipewire, OBS, Kernel, Gaming and other drivers updates. Not even mentioning all the updates KDE and Gnome just got in the last 3 months.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

stay away from debían stable or slackware then....

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

I generally would for desktop use, and absolutely wouldn't rexommend them for a new user.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Newer kernels are available, they even have a gui for it. Why would a Cinnamon user care about KDE or GNOME updates? (Some of which are broken on Fedora, like rdp login)

Mint Debian can run 6.7 right now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

And I'm on 6.5 right now running the Mint Edge ISO edition on Mint 21.3

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

Older packages, but not too old, generally provide better stability.

And worse compatibility. Old packages are a no go for upstream supported hardware like Intel's and AMD's.