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It just works. Whenever anyone I know tells me they are going to install ubuntu or try out linux for the first time - I just tell them to install linux mint and they've had no complaints so far.
(Even though I only use mint as a fallback distro, I really appreciate it being there)
How do you think it compares to Pop!_OS?
I have not used pop recently. To be fair both are kind of similar, at least base wise. So one cannot go wrong with any of the two. I like the traditional layout of cinnamon better than Gnome (out of the box) so I'll pick Mint.
Yeah I think they are both great. My favorite destro is distro hopping lol
I could never get Pop OS working. The first apt upgrade would delete everything and I'd be unable to boot.
Weird! For me it's been the most stable distro by far.
Ah well. I've since become #debian4life
Absolutely love Debian!