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New to Mint - How to determine software compatibility? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 11 months ago by KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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Hi there, I started using Linux Mint Cinnamon a few days ago and am currently setting up my workspace, that includes software I can't find through the integrated Software Manager

My biggest issue is that I don't understand how to determine if software is compatible with Mint. Often devs declare their product to be compatible with ubuntu. Since Linux Mint is based on ubuntu, does that make the software automatically compatible?

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[–] Tomkoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu so it is compatible with almost everything.

[–] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

neat :)

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ubuntu is based on debian, so same thing for .deb packages