[mardifoufs]

Why? The only complaint I hear about and sort of agree with is that they use snaps, and that's not always a good idea for some packages. But otherwise, for regular users, I'd say Ubuntu has much less foot guns than even Mint. Everything just works, and it's easier to find support and help online whenever something doesn't. I

Pop_os is in a weird state right now too, with the upcoming migration to their new GUI framework

[int_19h]

Mint is pretty much Ubuntu with a saner DE. But don't underestimate the benefits of the latter.

[a022311]

I wouldn't say "saner", I think it's just more familiar for Windows users.