From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:56:30 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > Quite common: my example was Ubuntu, but also Linux Mint does something   
   > similar. Maybe this is to make things more attractive to those coming   
   > from Windows or Mac, who would not not be so familiar with the concept   
   > of package managers and being able to freely change system   
   > configurations after initial installation.   
      
   LM is a little cleared. If you go to their site there are three different   
   isos (four counting LMDE). For a new user that cements the idea of Linux   
   Mint with Cinnamon etc.   
      
   For the *ubuntus you go to https://kubuntu.org/ or https://lubuntu.me/ for   
   example and it feels like a separate project. Fedora follows LM with the   
   spins but all with the Fedora label. Endeavour/Arch makes it apparent that   
   you're picking a DE during the online install.   
      
   I think this really confuses new users when you tell them 'It's just the   
   DE on the same distribution and you can get most of the DEs on any   
   distribution.' Does not compute for a Windows or Mac user.   
      
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