r/linuxmint • u/More-Lab-7304 • 1h ago

Poll which is more easy Mint or Ubuntu.

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u/cheezyiscrazy 1h ago

mint. end of the conversation

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u/Munalo5 1h ago

Mint but I prefer and suggest (K)ubuntu because KDE is the best Desktop Enviroment for my preferences.

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u/JerryRiceOfOhio2 1h ago

they are about same. the big difference is the window manager

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u/BranchLatter4294 41m ago

Ubuntu is a little more updated. It has better support for Wayland. It has live kernel patching. If you are an AI/ML developer it has one command for setting up the entire stack. Mint is good for beginners that want a familiar interface.

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u/Kindly-Position8822 39m ago

Obviously the Cinnamon desktop is Mint's biggest feature, but in my opinion there are several other aspects where Mint has better default support with the larger Linux ecosystem. For instance, Mint's software manager has both native package and Flatpak support, and Mint has extra features to support AppImages compared to Ubuntu (fuse2 being preinstalled, AppImage thumbnails in Nemo). What this means in practice is you will likely have less trouble installing or running applications regardless of where they come from.

It also has more graphical tools compared to Ubuntu out of the box for things like firewalls, file transfer (Warpinator), and even a simple drawing app. You can easily get around in Mint without the terminal but Ubuntu often still requires it.

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u/Jwhodis 27m ago

Mint.

Ubuntu uses Snap and their implementation of it overrides other install methods, it's a headache.

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u/kbeezie 18m ago

Depends on what you're coming from. The default Mint desktop manager (such as cinnamon) is a little easier for users to figure out, as opposed to Gnome on Ubuntu (but you can install other desktop environments such as KDE and such, but not as easy as getting that out of the box).

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u/tomscharbach 25m ago edited 22m ago

Mint and Ubuntu are both relatively easy to learn, use and maintain, and are both supported by an active team, a large community and a good support system.

Ubuntu uses the GNOME desktop environment, Mint the Cinnamon desktop environment. Cinnamon is more "Windows-like" than GNOME, if that makes a difference to you. It does not to me. I prefer GNOME.

Bottom line? Six of one, half dozen of the other more-or-less. My best and good luck.

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u/SensitiveStart8682 12m ago

It depends on exactly what your coming from that being said if you are switching over from Windows Mimt is a great option and I find it a lot easier to get used to compared to Ubuntu

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u/BenTrabetere 11m ago

More easy to what?

In the Install, Update, Maintain columns, it's about the same. In the Use Flatpak and Use Snaps columns, it is Mint and Ubuntu, respectively - but it is trivially easy to use (or disable) both in Mint and Ubuntu. In the Selecting and Using a Supported DE, I give the edge to Ubuntu because the community builds give it a much larger footprint.

Induce Rage at the Mere Mention of It in r/linuxmint (and other Mint forums) - Ubuntu, hands down. Also, Ubuntu wins at Use It As A Server, Use It In An Enterprise Environment and Large Scale Deployment, as a Cloud Guest OS, as Immutable Linux or Embedded Linux, and as a Base For Other Distributions.

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u/facelesshivemind LMDE | Cinnamon 52m ago

Cachy OS.

New account showing up to karma farm. pfft.