I looked at both a few weeks ago. Two laptops, one 13 months old, the other 6 months old. Running off Live DVD, Ubuntu wouldn’t recognize my wireless card on the 6 mos old PC, Mint recognized both.
Installing my printer drivers was a real chore for someone like me who isn’t a Linux geek. And the continued reliance on Terminal to do such installations is a flashback to MSDOS I just don’t understand. To me, it’s one major roadblock for Linux distros being accepted by the great unwashed.
I understand hardware manufacturers (such as printers) not making Linux installation packages for their products so Linux distro developers are left with the install options we get, but it’s a big turn-off, at least to me.
I finally said “The heck with it” and gave up. This was my 2nd go-around in the past several years with Linux. There’s still a long way to go for them to become America’s operating system of choice.
“Installing my printer drivers was a real chore”
Yep.
I have a Canon all-in-one printer and I had to choose the ‘closest’ compatible driver to make it work.
But the problem was, I didn’t know which one was the most compatible and spent hours on the internet trying to find someone with the same printer and find out which driver would work.
Unless you have a lot of patience, most people just aren’t going to go through all that trouble.
That's fine with me. I'm not a big believer that the OS I use must be used by everyone else (or even the majority).
Use what works for you. If you are having a difficult time adjusting and adapting to Linux, don't use it.
But I'll never give a dime to lefty pro-abortion liberals like Gates and Microsoft.