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Too bad they go the Ubuntu route now.
What do you mean? That they are based off Ubuntu?
They derived from Ubuntu to provide a better experience - what they did.
But they now go down the Ubuntu way with dumbing down the interface and holding back and/or hiding software they disagree with.
That's what Mint is for, like removing Snap from Ubuntu.
Yes. And now Flatpaks the don't like, too.
Lmde6 exiting brother
I'm happy with the distribution I use. But I now need something new to suggest to interested users.
Did you mean Debian maybe? Because what Debian did with KeepassX.
Maybe because that actually stopped getting updated, and a fork continuing it exists?
What Debian did with KeePassX is on a whole other level. They maliciously and intentionally harmed the reputation of upstream.