Linux Mint Vs Ubuntu: Linux Distro

Linux is experiencing a great development, many linux distros which emerge and grow. Two of the many distributions, The Linux Mint Vs Ubuntu have become the public spotlight. The two distros were constructed with the same code base. Basically, Ubuntu is built on Debian-based but Linux Mint is built on Ubuntu-based.

Linux Mint was released couple of years ago. At the first level of separation Ubuntu with Linux Mint is very small. There are some who think that the first release of Linux Mint as a "re-branding" of the desktop version of Ubuntu using a slightly different theme. But now, Linux Mint has a difference with Ubuntu and a lot of people do not know it.

About Ubuntu

Ubuntu is made to create new combinations of a better and stable than previous versions of linux. Ubuntu is based on Debian, try to work more user-friendly with features that simplify the user and comfortable to use. Some of the features I mean, that is the Ubuntu Software Center, which can be ported back to Debian without the intervention of Ubuntu branding.

Basically, Debian and Ubuntu are not fully compatible even though they share a binary format (. Deb) that equal to their packages. Thus the people are obliged to be more careful. But there are some packages can be used on both of these distributions, and some are specific only to one or the other. In this case, Ubuntu has a lot of packages from Debian unstable. Therefore Ubuntu has a fairly ridiculously large repositories. In addition, there are many sources of other parties who make the packages for Ubuntu. The other package was created more to Ubuntu than Debian.

About Linux Mint 
Linux Mint is great, it quickly rose in the top row of the list of "Most Popular Distribution". Basically, Linux Mint based on Ubuntu, and have binary compatible with Ubuntu, it has managed to make all the packages from Ubuntu can work well in Linux Mint.

In this case, sometimes the Linux Mint team is also using a desktop environment. And Linux Mint was created to make use of Ubuntu and fix whatever problems felt by the user. Linux Mint too develop Ubuntu and also trying to fix every problem is perceived and experienced by the user. Arguably the major part of the differences came from a more adapted desktop usability and codecs out of the box.

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