>>105861816Mint ubuntu is stupid because it relies on ubuntu which is already a fork.
Debian sucks because their packaging of cinnamon is far from vanilla, and there's many benefits to use mint.
One you get everything setup out of the box, an easy installer, an easy app store, easy GUI everything, timeshift, updater, file renamer, libreoffice, updated and modernized apt.
There's real reasons to use LMDE and I'm not some linux minimalist, I just want something that works.