<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 17.02.19 um 09:15 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:1abfdf60e66df62db8c7f8344927c93a481300eb.camel@alice-dsl.net"> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Sun, 2019-02-17 at 08:33 +0100, Hermann Meyer wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite" style="color: #000000;"> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Am 17.02.19 um 08:29 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: </pre> <blockquote type="cite" style="color: #000000;"> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">IMO it's foolish to use Mint. What is the reason to prefer an Ubuntu derivative over an official Ubuntu flavour? </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Following your stance one could say the same about Ubuntu, as Ubuntu is a debian derivative. </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">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 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ardour" moz-do-not-send="true">https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ardour</a> 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 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://usn.ubuntu.com/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://usn.ubuntu.com/</a></pre> </blockquote> 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. </body> </html>