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Linux Mint is probably more maintained and has less bugs. Mint will probably be more productive too. ElemetaryOS is more of a simple/lightweight os.

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Hi,
 
I have a hard time choosing between Linux Mint and Elementary OS as my main OS. Its purpose is multimedia use and some programming (Perl). I dual boot with Windows 7 for games.
 
Both Mint and eOS are very popular, and the new stable release of eOS (codename Freya) is set for this week-end. I need to make a choice between these two, what's your recommendation?
 
Thank you,
 
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i've had bad experiences with elementary OS, so my vote is for linux mint.

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I'm partial to the cinammon look of Mint but elementary is also nice looking. You can tweak both to whatever you need however, both are ubuntu based so there's plenty of support. Just flip a coin I guess?

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If you want Window 7 ish look, try Zorin OS. 

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Linux Mint with cinnamon desktop it's just easier to use and has a better support than Luna.

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If you want Window 7 ish look, try Zorin OS. 

I've used Zorin OS for 6 months on my laptop. I liked it but it was a little clunky/bugged. I've also used Ubuntu in 2013 for work but I hate Unity.

 

 

I'm partial to the cinammon look of Mint but elementary is also nice looking. You can tweak both to whatever you need however, both are ubuntu based so there's plenty of support. Just flip a coin I guess?

Yeah I think I'll end up flipping a coin!

 

 

i've had bad experiences with elementary OS, so my vote is for linux mint.

What bad experiences? With Luna or Jupiter?

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What bad experiences? With Luna or Jupiter?

i honestly dont remember which release it was, but neither me, or any of my friends managed to have an elementary OS install last for longer than a few days before it completely refused operation.

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Install crunchbang (it is no longer in development but it is based on debian so the support is still there in that sense) and then upgrade the repos from wheezy to jessie. 

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There's a countdown on Elementary's website, the Freya main release might be here soon if that matters to you. Otherwise I like Luna, although i've never used Mint as my main system is currently plain ol Ubuntu.

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Linux Mint is probably more maintained and has less bugs. Mint will probably be more productive too. ElemetaryOS is more of a simple/lightweight os.

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Mint.

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Ubuntu 15.04 would be my recommendation. It's rolling out later this month which brings further improvements to what 14.04 and 14.10 was. It seems as if Mint is going to be sticking to a LTS release cycle meaning they will continue to build off 17.1 which is built around Ubuntu 14.04. ElementaryOS Freya will also be built around Ubuntu 14.04. So if you're looking to stay up to date neither of them distributions will be a good choice. Ubuntu 15.04 is shipping with the 3.19 kernel and systemd as it's default init manager. I've tried it out on a VM and it boots and shuts down like a raped ape (thanks to systemd). Ubuntu 15.04 will also be shipping with a newer version of Gnome 3.14 which brings updated applications.

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Another vote for Ubuntu.

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