Questions about Linux Mint and this list

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 18 Jul 2022 20:58:10 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On 18/07/2022 17:39, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
> [very good description]
> 
> > [...] They can do pretty much whatever they want, however they want.
> > If they decide to make a change that departs from how Ubuntu works,
> > that's their decision, and we have no right or authority to tell them
> > otherwise.
> I believe that Ubuntu does, however, have a /duty and responsibility/ 
> (rarely-heard words these days) to look at such changes and evaluate if 
> they are worth considering adopting into Ubuntu. I assume this occurs.
> 
> > If you need help with Linux Mint, I recommend you check out their
> > forums and the #linuxmint-help IRC channel. 
> 
> Unfortunately these are evanescent media. They work if you use them 
> daily, otherwise what you are interested in tends to get lost, and 
> searching is usually unproductive. They would do well to take a leaf out 
> of Ubuntu's book and provide an archived mailing list. But I am 
> preaching to the choir here :-)

OTOH, many of the more "User Friendly" projects cater to people who find 
E-Mail anoying and prefer a colorfully pretty forum.  I suspect that this 
might be the case with Mint.

> 
> Peter
> 

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