Linux Mint is so good I have a hard time understanding why anyone would use Ubunty. I've used so many distros over the years, but I always end up with Mint in the end. Canonical's horrible choise regarding the snap drama is just another reason to stay clear of it.
I personally like Gnome 3, I really do. Mint does not come with one. So, although I am not a big fan of the UI theme of Pop_OS (I find it kinda childish) , I decided to switch to it. The only concern I have so far, is if I can trust System76 or not.
You can paint lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. Wish there were other browser engines besides the Chromium monopoly.
Why? What is the benefit to having more? I just wish there were other browser applications based on Chrome/Chromium. The rendering engine having been written by Google doesn’t inherently bother me, but the lame browser app does. It’s missing features that I want, keeps removing features that I use, and constantly adds features I will never use.
Google effectively controls the engine's development, and additionally effectively controls the web standardization process (de facto or de jure). This is bad for obvious reasons. It would be neat if there was another browser not effectively run by Google. Being open-source is nice, but who writes the commits? Who controls the direction? Mostly Googlers. Sure, others contribute, but the project is obviously steered by Google. Having most of the user experience/stack of the Web controlled by one company is called a monoculture and it isn't good.
Linux Mint is so good I have a hard time understanding why anyone would use Ubunty. I've used so many distros over the years, but I always end up with Mint in the end. Canonical's horrible choise regarding the snap drama is just another reason to stay clear of it.
They have had a lot of security issues from serving hacked ISOs to withholding kernel updates.
Yea I am much happier on Ubuntu and snaps with the backing of a much larger corporation with a security team. Ubuntu is a staple that competes with RedHat and is used commercially in a lot of places. No idea for Mint, but it has far less support.
Linux Mint is so good I have a hard time understanding why anyone would use Ubunty. I've used so many distros over the years, but I always end up with Mint in the end. Canonical's horrible choise regarding the snap drama is just another reason to stay clear of it.
They have had a lot of security issues from serving hacked ISOs to withholding kernel updates. https://lwn.net/Articles/676664/ Yea I am much happier on Ubuntu and snaps with the backing of a much larger corporation with a security team. Ubuntu is a staple that competes with RedHat and is used commercially in a lot of places. No idea for Mint, but it has far less support.
Has there been any movement on this front since 2016? I've also heard of these security issues with Mint, since around that time, but it's been four years and I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt that it's possible they've improved in that timespan, one way or another.
Why? What is the benefit to having more? I just wish there were other browser applications based on Chrome/Chromium. The rendering engine having been written by Google doesn’t inherently bother me, but the lame browser app does. It’s missing features that I want, keeps removing features that I use, and constantly adds features I will never use.
Google effectively controls the engine's development, and additionally effectively controls the web standardization process (de facto or de jure). This is bad for obvious reasons. It would be neat if there was another browser not effectively run by Google. Being open-source is nice, but who writes the commits? Who controls the direction? Mostly Googlers. Sure, others contribute, but the project is obviously steered b…
Linux Mint is so good I have a hard time understanding why anyone would use Ubunty. I've used so many distros over the years, but I always end up with Mint in the end. Canonical's horrible choise regarding the snap drama is just another reason to stay clear of it.
I've been using Mint for years but its desktop environment is somewhat lacking - I have one 1080 and one 4K monitor and it's impossible to have Chrome windows on both with a reasonable font size. I wish they hadn't discontinued KDE version.
Linux Mint is so good I have a hard time understanding why anyone would use Ubunty. I've used so many distros over the years, but I always end up with Mint in the end. Canonical's horrible choise regarding the snap drama is just another reason to stay clear of it.
I've been using Mint for years but its desktop environment is somewhat lacking - I have one 1080 and one 4K monitor and it's impossible to have Chrome windows on both with a reasonable font size. I wish they hadn't discontinued KDE version.
Totally agree. I loved Mint but once KDE was discontinued I switched to KDE Neon and haven't bothered looking at anything else.
I can't imagine not using KDE plasma. It is just so nice.
Actually, except for Firefox, everything pretty much is Chromium under the hood these days.
The vast majority of game console are also webkit ! (With its fair share of exploits to be honest)
Gaming consoles with WebKit: Switch, PS4, iPhone/iPad (if you count), PS5(not confirmed but should be)
Gaming consoles with Blink: Many Android devices (including phones/tablets if you count, and console-like devices like Oculus Quest), Xbox Series X/S (Maybe? Fun to see.)
You can paint lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. Wish there were other browser engines besides the Chromium monopoly.
Ubuntu is the pig wearing lipstick, Mint has evolved into the wild boar that still has some lipstick. Use Debian if you are allergic to that sort of nonsense.
Can you elaborate on that? I personally think Mint is a fine distro, which made the sane decision to abandon snaps when Ubuntu was pushing it.
Google effectively controls the engine's development, and additionally effectively controls the web standardization process (de facto or de jure). This is bad for obvious reasons. It would be neat if there was another browser not effectively run by Google. Being open-source is nice, but who writes the commits? Who controls the direction? Mostly Googlers. Sure, others contribute, but the project is obviously steered b…
> This is bad for obvious reasons. Those reasons are not obvious to me.
Google is incentivised to twist the web to their benefit, not everybody's. Any profit driven entity is. That's why a Google browser monoculture is bad.