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Originally Posted by fanaudical
Ubuntu
Xubuntu
Peppermint
Mint
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They are all basically the same thing.
They are forks. When a Linux distribution "spins off" a new one it's a fork.
Peppermint is based off Mint which is based of Ubuntu which is based on Debian.
The general differences are in targeted use and UI.
Not a fan of Ubuntu's current gui.
Prefer Mint.
Peppermint has a graphically leaner window manager / interface than Mint.
If the box is really old and less than 1 gb of ram use Peppermint.
Otherwise Mint.
End of day it comes down to personal preference.
The nice thing about all of them is you can get a Live CD. Download the distribution, burn to a CD, boot from it, play around and if you like it then do the install to the PC.