Post by @nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social

2026-04-11 20:25 UTC

@paelnever@masto.es Kubuntu doesn't fail, not even "a little bit", is solid as a rock. Language barrier? I meant it doesn't meet the criteria I specified that are the reasons so many recommend Mint. Most Linux distros are basically stable. I was not stating that *buntu distros are unstable. I was stating that they fail to meet criteria of not doing bad things that users new to Linux will have to figure out how to deal with. I do, however, still stand by my argument that the chief reason they're "easy" is just that they are well supported by third parties. You'll get that from practically anything Debian based too. Just avoid stuff like Arch probably. As (mainline) Mint is built on Ubuntu's base, it enjoys the same third party support.

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@nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social 2026-04-11 20:28

@paelnever@masto.es Just as a side note as a point of clarity, I actually prefer and run KDE personally. I'm writing this from a KDE-Plasma session on a Debian-based distro right now. But I also bear in mind that the average user seems to get frightened by having too many options. I don't like Cinnamon's lack of options about certain things like some basic windowing stuff, but it does strike a better overall balance. When introducing a new user, I guess, yes, fewer options can be a good thing (to a certain extent!) KDE is better for us power users who know what we're doing, but for many people having the DE hold their hand more is appreciated. Heck, that's practically GNOME's whole philosophy (sorry GNOME people, but seriously, it's so Apple...) Mint and Cinnamon are a great STARTING place

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