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I would say the four best Linux distros for Programmers (not for servers but personal use / business use) in no particular order:

- Linux Mint (which is based off Debian)

- Debian

- Fedora

- Gentoo

Thoughts? Ubuntu since a while would no longer make this list (in my opinion).

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Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, not Debian. It's unclear to me whether it's affected in the same way as Ubuntu non-Pro.

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu which is based on Debian. Also, Linux Mint offers a "Debian Edition": https://linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php

Your post read as if the normal Mint edition is directly based on Debian and therefore not affected by Ubuntu policies, which isn't the case.

The download for their Debian Edition is hidden away under "other editions" as "LMDE". If you click on "recommended" you will get to the main download page which doesn't even mention the Debian Edition: https://linuxmint.com/download.php

> Your post read as if the normal Mint edition is directly based on Debian and therefore not affected by Ubuntu policies, which isn't the case.

Ok, good addition

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