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Chat, is this accurate? (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 80 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Linux user for 25+ years here. I've tried 'em all. These days I just use Mint.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    Same here, except on servers, where I prefer debian.

    Because I'm old and tired, and I just want to install and be up and running in as short of a time as possible without dicking around.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Probably why you can sleep like a baby.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Babies are terrible with sleeping and wake up constantly causing problems.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Same conclusion for me. Been using Linux for years, Mint is the only distro I've used that #JustWorks in my experience.

    I use LMDE as my personal laptop, it's rock stable.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    What's the difference between LMDE and running Cinnamon on Debian?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    LMDE tries to give you the Mint experience on a Debian base. It's Debian for people who like Mint, I guess.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Iirc LMDE uses a btrfs naming scheme that is incompatible with Timeshift for example, and it removes some standard Mint features. The last time I tried LMDE is was basically Debian with cinnamon (and green theme), but what is the Mint experience?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago*

    but what is the Mint experience?

    Mostly just the way Mint is set up out of the box and having most of the Mint tools available. I remember LMDE lacking some of the tools like the GPU driver installer last time I tried it, but I'm sure those are either being added over time or will be in the future.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago

    After 20 plus years of Linux I also really love using mint on any machine with a screen. My servers are all Debian based but my desktop and laptop are mint it just works

    Also, not sure how using arch is equal to the picture, not sure if that's supposed to be a trans girl, an e girl, or something else. Using arch is more like a mechanic with a car that breaks down every time they change anything.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    I'm in an organization that helps people install Linux on their devices, and we collectively decided to install Linux Mint. I never used it myself, and to me, the distribution doesn't matter too much.

    However, I was negatively surprised that Linux Mint decided to mix closed-source proprietary software together with open-source software: http://packages.linuxmint.com/search.php?release=alfa&section=import&keyword=

    They also advertise them in top positions on their package installers, which also doesn't show the packages licenses anywhere. To me advertising them and mixing them like they are the same is bad... They also don't offer ways to filter them out... So... while I still install LM for others, I'm not a fan....

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Being too purist about the openness of a distribution is a big reason Linux has taken so long to gain foothold on PCs.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    On the other hand, being purist about openness is why GNU exists in the first place.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I don't care if a Linux distribution offers proprietary applications or not. I just want to be able to filter it out, and that they offer open alternatives first.

    I'm not a purist, I want people to be informed users, not just sheep that get fed whatever corporations want them to eat. If they still choose to use closed source software, then that is fine.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    I don’t care if a Linux distribution offers proprietary applications or not. I just want to be able to filter it out, and that they offer open alternatives first.

    More often, it's not applications, per se -- it's things like video codecs and drivers.

    And there is no open-source alternative, because the only way to decode that proprietary video format or run that proprietary wifi module is to use their proprietary software to do it. So you either have user-friendly distros that include the availability of those things for the 'it just works' experience, or you have open-source purist distros where you can be proud of being purely open source, but some of your video files won't play, and your wifi doesn't work.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Yeah... But LM has spotify, Google Earth, Dropbox and Sublime Texteditor mixed in open source software (like d-feet, a dbus inspection tool) in their repos... Those aren't propritary Codecs, WiFi driver or firmware...

    Debian and Ubuntu have different APT repo sections for closed source stuff. That is what I would have expected...

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