Yep, looks like it’s based on Ubuntu and specifically targets Windows converts with its out of box experience.
Their website is very commercial and “upgrade to pro now” though. If the distro isn’t pushy about it once installed, then maybe no big deal.
One nice thing with Mint is that it’s still funded by donations and sponsorships, and not any kind of commercial activity. It has that FOSSy aspect of being a good distro just for the sake of being good software for the world, not to be the entry point into somebody’s business plan.
It’s a distro that satisfies the side of me that’s the ADHD software engineer that wants access to the deepest most basic workings of my system, while also satisfying the side of me that’s an old man with a lot of non-computer hobbies outside work who just needs the shit to work unless I actively use my super user powers to break it.
the pro would be more ubuntu studio packages with curated and custom themes that make it look like windows/mac and other variants, which anyone can do themselves after like an hour or so googling gnome extensions and customizing them, they do look decent and ofc it goes towards continued support for both the free and pro version, if you like them its not a huge deal
Personally I think half the fun of linux is picking and customizing a de yourself to get a look only you have.
It hasn’t been pushy from my experience with it. The upsell is all on the site amd wasn’t too onerous imo.
I mostly just want shit to work too anymore. I don’t like spending my freetime fixing stuff that shouldn’t be broken. But I appreciate there being access to tinker when I need or want.
Agreed. I am currently struggling with loving an Arch/Hyprland build that does exactly what I want and nothing I don’t want, while simultaneously feeling like a loser for the amount of time I spend maintaining it or figuring out how to do some trivial tasks that take way too long because stuff doesn’t just work.
Yep, looks like it’s based on Ubuntu and specifically targets Windows converts with its out of box experience.
Their website is very commercial and “upgrade to pro now” though. If the distro isn’t pushy about it once installed, then maybe no big deal.
One nice thing with Mint is that it’s still funded by donations and sponsorships, and not any kind of commercial activity. It has that FOSSy aspect of being a good distro just for the sake of being good software for the world, not to be the entry point into somebody’s business plan.
It’s a distro that satisfies the side of me that’s the ADHD software engineer that wants access to the deepest most basic workings of my system, while also satisfying the side of me that’s an old man with a lot of non-computer hobbies outside work who just needs the shit to work unless I actively use my super user powers to break it.
the pro would be more ubuntu studio packages with curated and custom themes that make it look like windows/mac and other variants, which anyone can do themselves after like an hour or so googling gnome extensions and customizing them, they do look decent and ofc it goes towards continued support for both the free and pro version, if you like them its not a huge deal
Personally I think half the fun of linux is picking and customizing a de yourself to get a look only you have.
Themeing icons and other stuff does require external apps on gnome and can be more annoying than just using a preset theme thats nice too.
It hasn’t been pushy from my experience with it. The upsell is all on the site amd wasn’t too onerous imo.
I mostly just want shit to work too anymore. I don’t like spending my freetime fixing stuff that shouldn’t be broken. But I appreciate there being access to tinker when I need or want.
Agreed. I am currently struggling with loving an Arch/Hyprland build that does exactly what I want and nothing I don’t want, while simultaneously feeling like a loser for the amount of time I spend maintaining it or figuring out how to do some trivial tasks that take way too long because stuff doesn’t just work.