Magnolia_ to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months agoPeople doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome?imagemessage-square354fedilinkarrow-up1390arrow-down1113
arrow-up1277arrow-down1imagePeople doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome?Magnolia_ to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square354fedilink
minus-squaren2burnslinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·4 months agoI’m generally in the same boat. I don’t think of Mint’s packages as “old”, but “stable”. I’ve had a few cases where I want the latest features, and there are easy ways to get new versions. Dialing down instability isn’t so easy.
I’m generally in the same boat. I don’t think of Mint’s packages as “old”, but “stable”. I’ve had a few cases where I want the latest features, and there are easy ways to get new versions. Dialing down instability isn’t so easy.