Happy Holidays: Linux Mint get a major upgrade

Rockin Robbins · 01-04-17, 10:31 AM

So Mint just got the automatic update that Ubuntu has had since 2005 and updated the Cinnamon desktop, which is available in the Ubuntu repository. In fact all Mint is, is Ubuntu with different default software. Yawn......

Mint: Ubuntu. Potayto: Patahto. Needless user confusion and conflict. At best, they should apply for official Ubuntu flavor status, joining Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Mate....The important thing that makes Ubuntu derivatives, and Mint is just one of these, best is the huge repository of curated and malware free software. Everything else is just insignificant trivia.

So I take my Ubuntu 16.10, install Cinnamon 3.2 and guess what I have? A BETTER Mint than Mint. Because Mint is based on a past version of Ubuntu.

01-04-17, 10:31 AM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	So Mint just got the automatic update that Ubuntu has had since 2005 and updated the Cinnamon desktop, which is available in the Ubuntu repository. In fact all Mint is, is Ubuntu with different default software. Yawn...... Mint: Ubuntu. Potayto: Patahto. Needless user confusion and conflict. At best, they should apply for official Ubuntu flavor status, joining Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Mate....The important thing that makes Ubuntu derivatives, and Mint is just one of these, best is the huge repository of curated and malware free software. Everything else is just insignificant trivia. So I take my Ubuntu 16.10, install Cinnamon 3.2 and guess what I have? A BETTER Mint than Mint. Because Mint is based on a past version of Ubuntu. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS