Damnit I just switched to Ubuntu. That explains why I kept getting lost. What about Debian?
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RamRabbit@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoGot it down to Ubuntu or Mint
Mint is good. Avoid Ubuntu; snaps just make your life hard. You don’t need to know what those are, and if you avoid Ubuntu you never will need to know.
benignintervention@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Debian and Mint are both good. The former is aimed at servers and the latter is aimed at desktops.
benignintervention@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Hmm, okay. Yeah I was trying to set up an environment to dabble with machine vision and had trouble finding good instructions or guidance for programming env setup. I think in college we used something-Unix but it’s been so long I don’t really have a frame of reference anymore. So I’m looking for a low-overhead daily driver that’s also relatively common or amenable to maker communities
If that makes sense.
SuperUserDO@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
If you install Ubuntu already your fine.
Personally I don’t want to spend time working on my computer (that’s work me), so I use mint. Just about any flavor of Linux can have a basic development env configuration done.
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hmmm, now that is not something I’m qualified to answer. Hopefully someone else speaks up.
dr_robotBones@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
What did you use before? You might be able to use many of the same things, or find open-source alternatives that work the same.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Isn’t Mint a version of Ubuntu?
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes. Though the parts that make Ubuntu bad aren’t the base code. The parts that make it bad are the Ubuntu-specific things Canonical puts on top, like Snaps.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There is a Debian-based version available
(yes I know Ubuntu is also based on Debian but LMDE removes the Ubu middle-man)
TheBunGod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Tried both, Mint wasn’t great for me for gaming because of older kernels and such so I switched to Nobara.