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Is it a good idea to use KDE plasma on linux mint?
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this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2024
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Why should the experience be essentially different from Kubuntu 22.04, as it uses essentially the exactly same repos?
Doesn’t Mint use native packages where Ubuntu is snap-happy?
AfaIk, Ubuntu uses some snap packages, e.g. Firefox, not the whole DE.
Mint uses flatpaks instead of snaps.
I mean the deb-repositories which are of concern for apt. Mint is basically Ubuntu plus an additional repository and thus binary compatible.
Yeah, the base repositories are the same (along with Debian). In addition, Ubuntu gives access to the snap store, while Mint uses a flatpak repo. It won't mean a lot to everyone--the main distinction between the distros is the default DE.
Debian uses separate repos, which are incompatible to Ubuntu.
Snap and Flatpak are both available as packages. I don't know about the availability of snap or Flatpak packages in the graphical 'appstores' in Ubuntu or Mint, but in Plasma Discover both are available by plugins.