this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2026
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What are your thoughts?

The author raises some good questions about the licensing of the core utils.

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[โ€“] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd go a step further, and say it's a bad idea to recommend any Ubuntu-based distros. Yes, that means Mint.

Note that Mint released a Debian-based spin (LMDE)! Pretty interesting I think

[โ€“] mrbigmouth502@piefed.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think Mint should ditch Ubuntu and go all-in on LMDE.