Why is Linux mint a separate distro from Ubuntu? Isn't it

That's the power of the GPL license.

No.
No.

>>56630572
Neither of those distros are licensed under the GPL.

>>56630619
No?

>>56630698
Yes.

>>56630731
Yes?

>>56630468

No.

Cinnamon.
Differnt standard tools.
Differnt configurability.
Differnt policy towards proprietary software and codecs.
Different Update/Upgrade system.


Also there's "Linux Min Debian Edition", which is not based on Ubuntu.

>>56630468
It's being maintained by a completely different group and has a lot of differences. It also includes some non-"free" drivers and codecs OOTB and is generally not against proprietary licenses unlike Ubuntu and most other distributions which don't include mp3 codecs by default, for example.

Well I think it used to be a flavor of Ubuntu you'd download that had all the codecs and crap already preinstalled for you and that was the biggest draw. But Ubuntu does a lot of what Linux Mint used to offer before Ubuntu. I think they use some in house updating software that looks cool. It looks way better than any other distro that's for sure.

But what do I know? I just use Debian and barely pay attention to other distros.