linux mint or Ubuntu

[lijomanadan]

Hi i am planning to install linux on my computer Ubuntu or mint. If I choose mint which version is good cinnamon, mate, kde, or xfce

 

[dmroeder]

My personal preference is Mint KDE edition. You mind sharing the details about your machine and what you plan to do with it?

 

[Aristotelian]

Try them all (using Live USB sticks). You only need to use them for a few minutes to see the most significant differences. I personally have been using XUbuntu (ie Ubuntu + XFCE desktop), which is almost identical to Mint-XFCE. A lot of people like the KDE desktop (KUbuntu and Minti-KDE). I personally do not like the mainstream Ubuntu desktop. To some extent it also depends on your computer hardware and your personal preferences. Find one you like, install, and enjoy!

 

[McHenryB]

+1 for XFCE. It does the job with the minimum of resources and, unlike other desktop environments, doesn't get in the way of the user. It's good enough for Linus so it's good enough for me.

 

[lijomanadan]

My personal preference is Mint KDE edition. You mind sharing the details about your machine and what you plan to do with it?

 

[skittle]

+1 for XFCE. It does the job with the minimum of resources and, unlike other desktop environments, doesn't get in the way of the user. It's good enough for Linus so it's good enough for me.

Linus uses Gnome 3 (on Fedora) for some years now

 

[mc962]

I prefer MATE on Mint. It has a fairly familiar and logical layout, and doesn't consume too much (unlike the first one I tried, which I believe was Cinnamon)

 

[skittle]

Mate and XFCE have good philosophy but still rely on GTK2. almost all GTK apps now use GTK3 these days so you are in fact wasting resources .

 

[McHenryB]

We'll have to agree to disagree. I'm always going to prefer a lightweight Desktop environment to the increasing bloat that characterizes Gnome and KDE. I need my desktop to let me do things with the minimum of fuss; I'm not really bothered about pretty interfaces.

 

[skittle]

Last XFCE release was in 2012 ...XFCE is good, but need badly to be ported to GTK3 or it will die.

LXQT or maybe enlightenment is only light DE I would consider modern

I use ArchLinux with i3wm on my c720..