Originally Posted by cecilieaux

Here's a classic average untergeek dilemma (don't tell me it's up to me: I know that).

In April 2018, Ubuntu will roll out its Unity-free 18.04 LTS. I hated Unity, fled to Linux Mint because of it, but now I kinda like Cinnamon (and now Cinnamon can be added as a DE to Ubuntu). Meanwhile, upgrading from LM 17.3 to 18.2 proposes to be a major hassle and a major hassle every new version thereafter.

Would you ...

1. Stay with Mint, upgrade to 18.2 to be able to get the latest software?

2. Go back to Ubuntu 18.04, install Cinnamon DE, and have your Ubuntu "Mintammon" 18.04, upgradable on a regular basis almost automatically?

Don't worry about data; my /home is in its own partition and I am assuming a backup of data and app lists for software I downloaded myself.