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Linux Mint downloads (briefly) compromised

Linux Mint downloads (briefly) compromised

Posted Feb 22, 2016 19:13 UTC (Mon) by job (guest, #670)
In reply to: Linux Mint downloads (briefly) compromised by Beolach
Parent article: Linux Mint downloads (briefly) compromised

It certainly doesn't look that way. It looks more like they took Ubuntu, added their packages, and called it a distribution.

What is the larger scope here? What is it in Mint apart from the installer and the desktop environment that differs from regular Ubuntu or Debian?


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