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		hackyhacky 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm Done with Ubuntu Speaking for myself: both apt and apt-get are different frontends to the same package management system and repository, which is shared by Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and other Debian-based distros. I like the package management system; which frontend one uses (apt, apt-get, aptitude, nala, etc) is of secondary importance, as they differ only in user interface and aesthetics.

summermusic 10 months ago | [–]

Linux Mint recently poured a lot of effort into modernizing and streamlining APT dependencies on their distro and it's great work[0]

[0] https://developer.linuxmint.com/rel_xia_whatsnew.php

kevin_thibedeau 10 months ago | [–]

They are frontends to dpkg but with their own special behaviors layered on top that aren't identical.

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