[kwlug-disc] Zorin vs Mint

[Mikalai Birukou]

In mentioning snaps, Mint actually said something against them a couple yes now, removing them, or not pushing them, and I install software without them. No snap-infestation on my boxes.

On 2025-11-26 17:22, Ron Singh wrote:

> I use Mint's LMDE6/7 on 4 laptops running the shipped Cinnamon DE.
> I use Mint's LMDE6/7 on 5 laptops running XFCE for my work laptops.
> I use the Cinnamon units for YT caca at 2 different locations with a TV screen attached for the ease of use by non-technical people.
>
> I prefer LMDE to the stock Mint as I absolutely need properly-working <hibernate> and anything Ubuntu-based no longer gives me that since Ubuntu 16.04.
>
> I prefer Appimages and Flatpaks to Snaps, so LMDE ftw for me.
>
> All laptops hail from late 2011(2nd Gen Intel-based X220, FrankenT520, W520) and 10th Gen Intel-based P17 Thinkpads from 2021.
>
> No surprises, no issues, no quirks. I have all the DE bling turned off and performance is excellent.
> Fractional scaling works quite well on stock LMDE6/7 on the P17 units which I needed to do as they are 4K 17" display. Old eyes here.
>
> 18yo and 14yo HP(wired) and Brother(wireless) printers fully supported.
> Ancient 2008 Canon USB scanner fully supported.
> LMDE7 is running the 6.12 kernel, so support for later CPUs/GPUs should be decent I think.
> Cinnamon feels a bit lethargic compared to Xfce, but that should not come a surprise.
>
> I tried Zorin for the last 6 years on a play laptop, but since I detest Gnome with an unbridled passion and afaik Zorin is a rice'd up Gnome, I suppose my feedback on Zorin is valueless.
> Zorin was stable, all external bits supported, but the rice'd up Gnome seemed a bit stilted for me for some vague reason.
>
> Hope this is something here of value to you.
>
> Ron S.
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM William Park via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>> (Double posted, so reply to your list)
>>
>> Anyone running Zorin OS or Linux Mint on real machine? Any issues?
>>
>> I've been trying them out on VirtualBox, to see which one I should migrate to.
>> I can't decide. They are about the same, in terms of stability.
>>
>>> - they crash about the same number of times (but, I think it's VirtualBox issue).
>>> - speed is about the same
>>> - they're based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (kernel 6.14).
>>> - Zorin has its own desktop... it's okay.
>>> - Mint has its own desktop, too... it's okay, too.
>>
>> So, I need real-life feedback...
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