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mastrsushi on July 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages

Can someone explain the need for Linux Mint? It's derived from Ubuntu which is derived from Debian which just sounds ridiculous.

Is Ubuntu considered difficult to install? Does it not support older hardware as well as Mint? Wouldn't Ubuntu be more supported if they just ended Mint and jumped aboard?

indymike on July 8, 2020 [–]

Originally, it was user interface.

mastrsushi on July 8, 2020 | [–]

Haha, that's like when they developed Pantheon, slapped it on Ubuntu and called it Elementary"OS".

There are people who lack so much ambition that they refer to sets of scripts and preconfigs with an OS branding.

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