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So, that's my reply to Chris Titus Tech's listing. I mostly agreed but still, made my own.

Link to his vid: https://invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=KyADkmRVe0U

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@borlax
I think all the software added to Mint is open source but I can be wrong

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought they packaged some proprietary media codecs and drivers to make it more user friendly out of the box. I could also be mistaken about the status of those items.

[–] Dotdev 1 points 1 year ago

Mint does have proprietary codecs and drivers . He is talking about their applications