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    Unneeded new distro(s) and their immaturity. (lemmy.world)
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    [–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    I daily Debian because I realized all of the distros I tried and liked were Debian based. That was 20 years ago.

    [–] BlueSquid0741 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Ubuntu, Knoppix and MEPIS? I first used Ubuntu in 2006, but it was still very immature then. I didn’t really know much about any other Debian derivatives.

    The other big one that was popular was Mandrake but that was rpm based, and a bit later PClinuxOS which was Mandrake based. I didn’t think Debian derivatives were much of a thing then aside from Ubuntu.

    [–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    There are at least a couple of distros that are based on Ubuntu. Mint is a popular example. I'd say that based on Ubuntu means it is also a Debian derivative.

    [–] BlueSquid0741 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    Mint didn’t really see any sort of popularity until around 2010 as I remember.

    I’m aware it’s initial release was earlier (surprised it was exist in 06!), but the reality of those times is that Ubuntu was still building itself up let alone Mint getting traction yet.

    [–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

    Yeah. I didn't realise until after I replied that you were thinking about the "20 years ago" part. (And in that case, I have no idea.)