Review: Mint 17.3 may be the best Linux desktop distro yet

Posted by BernardSwiss on Dec 24, 2015 4:04 AM EDT
Ars Technica; By Scott Gilbertson
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Mint's LTS strategy was a risky move, as it bucked several trends by opting to pass on whatever butterflies Ubuntu was chasing. Sticking with a stable base and steadfastly refusing to inflate its version numbers may well have left some users at a loss. Jests aside, turning its back on the latest and greatest GTK and kernel updates that come from tracking Ubuntu's every move is not without some costs, but overall the strategy seems to have been a huge success.

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