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Originally Posted by HardDrive View Post
Gotta disagree. Ubuntu is better.
Mint is an Ubuntu fork, functionally not much different. Certainly nothing a Linux newb would notice.

Ubuntu Unity is like the Win8 of the .nix world.

Straight outa da box Mint is an easier and more familiar transition for someone coming from XP.
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