Why Mint over Ubuntu

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 12, 2010

“I’ve been an Ubuntu fan for some time now. No matter which
distro I tried, I always found it lacked some feature or another
and I eventually made my way back to Ubuntu. Then I found Mint.
Linux Mint is a derivative of Ubuntu which is a derivative of
Debian (Debian’ = Ubuntu and Ubuntu’ = Linux Mint). Why use a
derivative of Ubuntu (or Debian for that matter) instead of just
using the original product?

“Simple: The derivative is better.

“What makes Linux Mint better than Ubuntu you ask? There are a
few things that come to mind:”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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