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this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2024
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Why tve Debian version? I'd recommend Linux Mint as well, but I'd recommend the normal one.
Snap being partly proprietary while also being forced on Ubuntu users leads me to avoid Ubuntu derived distros. Plus my philosophy when it comes to Linux is that you wanna stay close to a distro's upstream, so I only really recommend the big ones like Debian, Fedora, Arch, or openSUSE. The less levels of maintainers the better, essentially.
I get your point. But Linux Mint does not have Snap by default, so that does not really apply.
I'd still recommend the normal Ubuntu based one since there is so much easily available help out there for any Ubuntu based system.
The Debian dist is (iirc) just there in case Ubuntu becomes unsuitable as an upstream in the future. I would treat it as a safe backup option, not a primary choice and def. not something I'd recommend to beginners.
But that's just my take on it :)