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I've been using Linux Mint since forever. I've never felt a reason to change. But I'm interested in what persuaded others to move.

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[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While debian is the least offensive, I did explicitly say world. Add your buntus, mints, whathaveyou into the mix and shit hits the fan very quickly. Yes, real world runs that bollocks in prod. No, I do not agree with it.

[–] someacnt_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't debian also suffer from apt's pitfall

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 year ago

It does, but apt is the only package manager on Debian.