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[–] ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Why do you suggest Mint over Ubuntu?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Mint in any of its default offerings feels significantly more familiar to a Windows environment than default Ubuntu, Lubuntu (LXDE desktop) or Xubuntu (XFCE desktop), making the migration "less painful";
The ISO image is ~1GB smaller \

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Ubuntu is developed and controlled by a corporation (canonical) and they have some non ideal practices (like pushing snaps heavily instead of the more open flatpaks or native apps). Mint takes what’s good in Ubuntu and cleans it up a lot.

[–] DannyMac@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Snaps probably 😆

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Because fuck snaps