if you're new to the Linux world, chances are you've been recommended to install ubuntu or linux mint as your first distribution. it's not a bad recommendation; on the contrary, both distributions are a great choice for a first-time user, especially if you're moving from Windows.
Linux Mint vs Ubuntu: Which is Better?
still you might be wondering – what is the difference between ubuntu and linux mint? with so many Linux distributions out there, they must all differ from each other in some way. that's true for mint and ubuntu as well, although the differences may not be as striking as, for example, between ubuntu and arch linux. we're going to take a look at several aspects of ubuntu and linux mint to find out how they differ.
you might already know that linux mint is based on ubuntu, but how did it all start?
in the beginning there was debian, and in 2004 ubuntu was developed as a standalone Linux distribution based on debian's unstable version with the same package format (.deb). two years later, in 2006, the first version of linux mint arrived. it was based on ubuntu (technically on its kde flavor called kubuntu) and used ubuntu's software repository. here we have the first distinction: ubuntu is older than linux mint.
