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  • Ubuntu Cinnamon vs Linux Mint Debian Edition

    From Yrrah@Yrrah-aolm@aolm.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint,alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Mon Oct 23 13:57:57 2023
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    "This week we begin with a side-by-side look at Linux Mint's Debian
    Edition running the Cinnamon desktop along with Ubuntu Cinnamon."

    "(...) I'm all in favour of hobby projects, building something for the educational aspect, and producing similar projects with different
    philosophies. In this specific case though, I do find myself wondering
    what the motivation is for creating and maintaining Ubuntu Cinnamon as
    an official flavour of Ubuntu. Linux Mint is basically Ubuntu (or
    Debian, depending on the edition) with the Cinnamon desktop, some
    custom utilities, and some added polish. Mint has been a user
    friendly, capable member of the Debian/Ubuntu family for over a decade
    and a go-to distribution for people who want a beginner friendly experience.(...)
    Linux Mint 6 'Debian Edition' is another solid release from the Mint
    project with a lot of polish and friendly touches put into it. Ubuntu
    Cinnamon 23.10 offers the usual, friendly Ubuntu base, but (apart from
    looking nice) doesn't manage to offer a particularly good experience
    with the Cinnamon desktop."
    More:
    http://distrowatch.org/weekly.php?issue=20231023#ubuntucinnamon

    Well, I suppose that settles it then.

    Yrrah
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  • From Mike Easter@MikeE@ster.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint,alt.os.linux.ubuntu on Mon Oct 23 09:56:02 2023
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    Yrrah wrote:
    x-posted: alt.os.linux.mint,alt.os.linux.ubuntu

    "This week we begin with a side-by-side look at Linux Mint's Debian
    Edition running the Cinnamon desktop along with Ubuntu Cinnamon."

    Transparency: I'm a big fan of LM and its extras, I'm not a fan of some
    of Ub's decisions such as Snap and particularly not its flagship Gnome,
    so I would be somewhat biased in my view of his comparison, but some of
    the result was 'predictable'.

    LMDE is based on Deb *stable*. Ub is based on Deb *testing* plus
    tweaked into Ub repo/s. Doh. I wonder which is going to be more
    stable. kernel 6.5 vs 6.1

    LM incl DE is all about making its desktops 'similarly' polished based
    on the fact that they have dropped anything that isn't based on gtk's
    toolkits and that LM Cinnamon 'polish' of the flagship LM Cinnamon is 'transferred' to the LMDE which has /only/ the Cinn DE.

    So, in a sense, in a half-hearted 'defense' of the Ub Cinn 'team', it
    isn't' /exactly/ a fair comparison and we could predict that they would
    come up short.

    I also find that 'bloat' in the Ub release 'unnecessary' and unwanted:
    LMDE 2.5G UbCinn 5.9G.
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    Mike Easter
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