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    [–] Zink@programming.dev 40 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I use mint, btw.

    (…Not really but it fits the joke the best. I have used it and it’s an excellent distro whether you are a beginner or just want something stable and full featured. )

    [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Mint is such a pragmatic distro. Honestly I admire people who are just happy with their Mint and don't feel the need to distro hop to ever more esoteric package ecosystems just to feel alive

    [–] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

    The only reason I stopped using mint is some of the programs didn't exist or were outdated. I'm about to settle at NixOS.

    Edit: I ended up going back to my intermediary between mint and nix: Arch Linux

    [–] John@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    You could use nix on mint btw.

    [–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

    I'm slowly learning Nix, and I've learned that Nix has more packages available than any single distro could ever deliver: https://repology.org/repositories/graphs.

    It even has more than AUR (Arch User Repository, BTW)

    [–] beirdobaggins@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    I use Debian everywhere but if I need a Live Linux environment to recover files, clone a drive, wipe a drive, or really anything else I use ventoy and a Linux mint iso.

    [–] monsterpiece42@reddthat.com 5 points 6 months ago

    I work in a PC repair shop (mostly Windows stuff) and I do the same with Ventoy and Mint. I especially like it for gParted but have a variety of things I use on it.