From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-30, rbowman  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:13:07 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
   >   
   >> The first version of Linux Mint came out in 2006. linuxmint.com has been   
   >> active since December, 2000. Clément Lefèbvre would post reviews of   
   >> Linux distributions on his site before developing his own distribution.   
   >> I guess he saw something he thought he could improve. The first version   
   >> of Linux Mint was based off Kubuntu (KDE Ubuntu). So Linux Mint predated   
   >> Unity. But apparently, by the time Unity had come out, Linux Mint was   
   >> known as a decent alternative and Unity gave its surge in popularity.   
   >   
   > Do you know why he switched from KDE? Cinnamon is okay but it's also been   
   > a hell of a lot of work and still isn't Wayland ready.   
      
   I know why they dropped KDE (because Xfce, Mate and Cinnamon) all used the   
   same base, but I don't know why he started with KDE and went to Gnome. Maybe   
   for the same reason I did. When KDE first moved from 3 to 4, 4 was buggy.   
   (Or was that 2 to 3?)   
      
   As far as not being "Wayland ready." That's a plus for me.   
      
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