Re: [LAU] Linux mint for audio?

On February 16, 2019 10:47:32 PM HST, Hermann Meyer <brummer-@web.de> wrote:
>
> Am 17.02.19 um 09:15 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
> > On Sun, 2019-02-17 at 08:33 +0100, Hermann Meyer wrote:
> >> Am 17.02.19 um 08:29 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
> >>> IMO it's foolish to use Mint. What is the reason to prefer an
> Ubuntu
> >>> derivative over an official Ubuntu flavour?
> >> Following your stance one could say the same about Ubuntu, as
> Ubuntu is
> >> a debian derivative.
> > That is something completely different, since
> >
> > 1. Ubuntu has a huge users base and provides quite good support,
> e.g. by
> > mailing lists. Mint doesn't.
> >
> > 2. Take a look at the Debian tracker, for example
> >
> > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ardour
> >
> > on the right side the Ubuntu link is available, Debian and Ubuntu do
> > cooperate. There is no direct cooperation with Mint.
> >
> > 3. Ubuntu takes over responsibility, for example
> >
> > https://usn.ubuntu.com/
>
>
> True is that a couple of debian maintainers been as well the
> maintainers
> of the Ubuntu packages, but that didn't change that Ubuntu is a debian
> derivative.
>
> Your stance above about derivative or not is completely unrelated
> (foolish) to what you would prove as a better alternative. It's just
> polemic.
>
> The rest you wrote prove your point a way better.

I've had great results using Debian Testing and Xubuntu 18 + the kxstudio repositories on different machines. Recommended.

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