this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
37 points (89.4% liked)
Linux Gaming
18310 readers
38 users here now
Discussions and news about gaming on the GNU/Linux family of operating systems (including the Steam Deck). Potentially a $HOME away from home for disgruntled /r/linux_gaming denizens of the redditarian demesne.
This page can be subscribed to via RSS.
Original /r/linux_gaming pengwing by uoou.
No memes/shitposts/low-effort posts, please.
Resources
WWW:
Discord:
IRC:
Matrix:
Telegram:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I downvote this every single time I see this. This is just not true.
In the same way Mint relies on Canonical to keep Ubuntu chugging along, Red Hat contributes to the Fedora community. It's a symbiotic relationship, so think of that what you will, but there is functionally no difference between RedHat<>Fedora and Canonical<>Mint.
Both Mint and Fedora are community projects licensed and attributed as such, and neither corporate entity could take ownership or close either one.
Yep, that's absolutely true. They mentioned LMDE however, which is based on Debian, meaning it's independent from Canonical.
Sure, parts of the project have nothing to do with Canonical...exactly the same as Fedora 🤣
Ubuntu is based on Debian though, not the other way around.
Yeah, and Mint is based on Ubuntu. What's your point here? I'm confused.
Linux Mint Debian Edition, the current subject of discussion, is not.
Or you could just use Debian
That is my personal preference, yes. But LMDE is the perfect overlap of "just use Mint" and "don't use Ubuntu".
When did this suddenly change topics from the original post and thread?
You directly replied to someone talking about LMDE.
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/18357337
I wasn't suggesting that they would. Rather, I was referring to the strong influence that Red Hat has over Fedora. It might be fine for people who love Red Hat's design choices, but not so much for people who don't. That's why I mentioned Mint as an alternative.
There is, because Debian is upstream of Canonical/Ubuntu. This means Mint can easily sever ties with the latter. In practice, Mint has opted out of Ubuntu-isms more than once, and already maintains a distro based directly on Debian.