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I installed Cinnamon on my Ubuntu OS. Am I still using Ubuntu or Linux Mint when I use the Cinnamon desktop environment?

Braiam
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    Simple answer : You wont become Pilot even you have pilot clothes on you because you are not Pilot in real. Similarly Ubuntu is not Linux Mint even you install its DE. :) – Raja G Jun 07 '15 at 19:39
  • You'll find out at the next upgrade! I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 +XFCE. This was upgraded from 12.04+XFCE. It's less XFCE-like (e.g. login screen) than it was before I updated and there are some quirks which aren't an issue in my Xubuntu system (another machine). My situation isn't exactly parallel but is indicative. – Chris H Jun 08 '15 at 12:52
  • then install GNOME and it'll turn into fedora. – Ahmed Hegazy Jun 08 '15 at 15:26

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Ubuntu with a Cinnamon desktop environment is still considered Ubuntu: a Linux distribution is far more than just a desktop environment. Distributions differ by several default packages. For instance, since 15.04 Ubuntu is switching to another init system, which brings up services. Mint as far as I know, on the other hand, is still using upstart.

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Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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Cinnamon on Ubuntu is still Ubuntu - it's just a desktop environment.

It's on topic here as well.

My pronouns are He / Him

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You're still using Ubuntu, with a different DE.