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Introducing Linux Distros
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Introducing Linux Distros

by Jose Dieguez Castro
June 2016
Beginner
395 pages
10h 38m
English
Apress
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© Jose Dieguez Castro 2016

Jose Dieguez Castro, Introducing Linux Distros, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1392-6_8

8. Linux Mint

Jose Dieguez Castro1 

(1)A Coruña, Spain

Linux Mint is the new sensation. It’s been the most popular distro for the past four years, even more popular than Ubuntu, the distro upon which it is based. This is ironic, because Ubuntu was the most popular distribution for the prior six years and it was based on another one, Debian1. However, there’s popularity and there’s install base, and in the latter, Ubuntu still has a bigger number by far. So, what makes Linux Mint so successful? The main reason is that Linux Mint goes a step further than Ubuntu in making the distro easier to use, and it listens to its user base about what direction ...

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