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.