Very daunting, coming from the protected world of Windows (like me), complex to navigate, and the slickness of Mint disguises the complexity - use it out of the box, with the pre-installed apps, and the naive user might not notice much difference. Cinnamon is one of several GUIs (desktops) supported in Mint. Ubuntu is just one implementation of a full OS based on the Linux kernel. The Linux world is a plethora of different developments using a single kernel (just the low-level stuff), with different ideas of how things should be. The concept to grasp is that Windows is designed and controlled by a single authority (and any third-party developers have to fit in). Very little of what you think you know about computers applies here just because the Mint GUI looks and works a bit like Windows doesn't mean it is! You have to leave behind a lot of preconceptions from Windows, "foreign" will be the norm from now on. It is a foreign concept to me that an app can be installed 3 or more different ways If the changes had greatly improved what I could do with it then I would plump for the flatpak version & just swallow the extra space issue. If they were not essential to how I wanted to use the program then I would be inclined to stick with the non-flatpak edition. & try & see what enhancements the move from 37.6 to 39.3 added. In your particular case with Cherry Tree, personally I would have a look at their web site but in saying that my Calibre comes from the authors' web site & VirtualBox comes from Oracle. Personally I nearly always take the non-flatpak Software Manager options. PPAs offer the bleeding edge of a program, but you have to trust the owner of the PPA to play by the rules. With Snap there are also some 'ethical' issues for Mint users. If your emphasis is on stability & security then non flatpak installs out of the Software Manager is the way to go, but they are often a couple of years old.įlatpaks & Snap package installation offer a far more up to date program, but there are space considerations as well as a risk that the software just might be so new as to cause issues. There are pluses & minuses whatever method you use. Your installation method pretty much sets in stone where the updates come from.
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