Been using Mint MATE since 2008. I live off grid and use solar and wind power so in the early days every watt was important. (Not so much now as our system has grown) So big powerful box's were out and Thinkpads always seemed to like Mint. Every now and then I try something else but always go back Mint.
I also don't like the way Ubuntu turned into a profit driven organisation.
I prefer Ubuntu. Mint is pretty much just Ubuntu a different DE. It's more beginner-friendly, but it's also a second-generation fork (Debian --> Ubuntu --> Mint), so updates downstream take longer to reach Mint. I'm not entirely positive on how active the Mint team is on updating, but Ubuntu will definitely be faster at releasing updates than Mint. Slower updates for a different DE isn't really my cup of tea.
As for Ubuntu Pro, I sometimes use it, but it's not really a necessity. I mostly use it for the live kernel updates.
At the end of the day, it all comes down to preference. What are you most comfortable with? What are you willing to sacrifice for convenience?
Mint has been developing XApps and is quite a mature distribution. Ubuntu will always still be Ubuntu, but Mint is very usable in 2024 as a daily driver, and there are a lot of people doing just that.
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^ Zorin ain't my "cuppa tea" as a daily driver, though impressive nonetheless.
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Been using Mint MATE since 2008. I live off grid and use solar and wind power so in the early days every watt was important. (Not so much now as our system has grown) So big powerful box's were out and Thinkpads always seemed to like Mint. Every now and then I try something else but always go back Mint.
I also don't like the way Ubuntu turned into a profit driven organisation.
"They just toss us away like yesterday's jam"
Zorin runs circles around all of them as a desktop platform. Never a hiccup.
You want support from Canonical or kde team?
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I prefer Ubuntu. Mint is pretty much just Ubuntu a different DE. It's more beginner-friendly, but it's also a second-generation fork (Debian --> Ubuntu --> Mint), so updates downstream take longer to reach Mint. I'm not entirely positive on how active the Mint team is on updating, but Ubuntu will definitely be faster at releasing updates than Mint. Slower updates for a different DE isn't really my cup of tea.
As for Ubuntu Pro, I sometimes use it, but it's not really a necessity. I mostly use it for the live kernel updates.
At the end of the day, it all comes down to preference. What are you most comfortable with? What are you willing to sacrifice for convenience?
Here's a win-win distro for cinnamon fanboys: https://ubuntucinnamon.org/
@bikegremlin I think you will like it.
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KDE
That looks like 10 years ago...
Mint has been developing XApps and is quite a mature distribution. Ubuntu will always still be Ubuntu, but Mint is very usable in 2024 as a daily driver, and there are a lot of people doing just that.
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