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You don't lose anything by using them. You get access to everything that Ubuntu offers, including the Software Center, Kernels, Drivers and Updates. Actually if for some reason I HAD to use a different distro, it would be either Debian, whick can absolutely use newer Apps using a different Repo; or OpenSUSE.
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I wouldn't recommend Mint Debian actually. The Mint team has really bad track record with releasing updates in a timely manner. The last update I believe was released back in March. If you want something like Mint Debian, I'd go with SolydXK as it takes the concepts from Mint Debian and executes it much better, with updates being released every month.
Also, SolydK, which is their KDE version (SolydX uses XFCE) comes with Steam prepackaged. Just launch it from the menu, let the installer install Steam, and then start downloading and playing your Steam games. Works great for me. I love to play Half-Life 2 on it.
EDIT: It appears that they just recently released and update pack for Mint Debian. Still, took them since around March to release it.
Forum post only 4 .... huh! Thats weird.
I find the Unity DE quite fine for the purpose of launching a single game, playing it, and leaving it alone; or I might even fire up a second game afterward! Just not for trying to get any real work done :)
It makes it dead simple for me to keep my (currently dismantled) gaming rig running as "supported" a configuration as possible (though, now I'm finding some games wanting to run better on 13.04, so we'll see).
It's pretty clear to me that Canonical is trying to converge touch-based computing and desktop computing, which is a completely daft idea, but the result is a DE tailored for media consumption as opposed to content creation or productivity. To that end, as long as it doesn't get in my way for the duration of time needed to choose which game to play, it's suitable to me. This, of course,could change in a heartbeat, and the next move is Canonical's.
I thought so too, until I realized that it is only counting forum posts on the forums proper... not article submissions, nor article comments. Actually, come to think of it, I still think it's weird, even understanding that. :)
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Hm I think I picked ubuntu 12.04 for the pre-installed partition on my recently-ordered gaming rig, due to Unity3D official support. Maybe I'll need 2 ubuntu partitions again plus gentoo. Which games are starting to want 13.04?
Regarding Unity the-desktop-environment, I tend to skip it for xfce on ubuntu.