IDG Contributor Network: Should Linux Mint be the default distro for Dell and System76 computers?
Should Linux Mint be the default distro for Dell and System76 computers?
Linux Mint has long been one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions around. But companies like Dell and System76 don't use it as the default distribution on their computers. Instead they opt for Ubuntu, and that had one redditor wondering why they don't use Linux Mint.
Donbasbing asked his question in a discussion thread on the Linux subreddit:
”I know that Mint and Ubuntu are basically identical under the hood (they are both Ubuntu), but I will be talking about the desktop environment and user experience.
You can buy some NUCs with Mint preinstalled, (Librem laptop is using Mint's Cinnamon too, even though it's using Trisquel), however, all the big players like Dell or System76 are selling Linux machines with Ubuntu and the ugly and anti-multitasking Unity desktop.
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