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A new ‘app store’ is expected to ship as part of Ubuntu 23.10 when it’s released in October — and it’ll debut with a notable change to DEB support.

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[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If stability is a concern, Mint has been great for me

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I frequently try new distros and always go back to Mint/Debian.

[–] m3adow@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using Mint with Cinnamon for quite some time on my home PC. I wanted to try something different on my notebook.