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     Re: Re: Linux Mint 20.1 issue   
     By: Mark Seifert to Richard Falken on Sun Feb 07 2021 07:40 pm   
      
    > I know that most linux distros are pretty much the same, with the major   
    > differences being the desktop (kde, gnome, xfce, mate, cinnamon, etc.. and t   
    > applications included.  Not to mention any special instuctions in the Kernal   
    > But all in all I want an OS that's free, won't crash all the time, is easy t   
    > update and won't force me to get OS specific software (for example going fro   
    > Windows to Linux)   
      
   Those are very generic needs.   
      
   "Easy to update" discards Slackware, which is what I would usually recommend.   
   It is not that it is "hard" to update but it is a bit more involved than   
   apt-get upgrade.   
      
   My next suggestion would be Debian or Devuan. There were some stats in the   
   latter Linux Magazine issue from which I draw the conclussion that the Debian   
   ecosystem is becoming the default in Desktops.   
      
   If you need something more modern MX Linux is workable. I have an install   
   around which I use for testing random stuff. I personally don't think that   
   "easy to use" Debian derivatives have such a big of an edge compared to their   
   daddy, at least nowadays, but I can see MX working for people familiar with   
   Mints and *buntus.   
      
   Just my two cents. In the end of the day people sticks with what feels better   
   for them.   
      
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