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Linux Controversies of 2011: Linux Mint is the Most Popular Distro

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“The decline of Ubuntu and the corresponding rise of Linux Mint
is one of the bigger Linux controversies of 2011.

Ubuntu’s introduction of Unity alienated a non-trivial portion
of the Ubuntu user-base which then went looking for a new home
– and found it in Linux Mint.

How big was the exodus from Ubuntu to Mint?

That’s difficult if not impossible to accurately measure.


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