On February 16, 2019 10:47:32 PM HST, Hermann Meyer <brummer-@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Am 17.02.19 um 09:15 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > > 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. I've had great results using Debian Testing and Xubuntu 18 + the kxstudio repositories on different machines. Recommended. -- David W. Jones gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
