Magnolia_@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoPeople doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome?lemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square318linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPeople doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome?lemmy.caMagnolia_@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square318linkfedilink
minus-squareTaleya@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoBecause you’re dealing with lifelong windows users who want a reassuringly familiar looking OS not fucking linux techs Jesus christ learn to tailor to the user
minus-squareReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoFedora does have a Cinnamon spin. The advantage of Mint is that all the Ubuntu tutorials work on it Edit: plus Fedora’s philosophy about non-free software makes it less than ideal for people who don’t care
Because you’re dealing with lifelong windows users who want a reassuringly familiar looking OS not fucking linux techs
Jesus christ learn to tailor to the user
Fedora does have a Cinnamon spin. The advantage of Mint is that all the Ubuntu tutorials work on it
Edit: plus Fedora’s philosophy about non-free software makes it less than ideal for people who don’t care