Should i base my linux distro on linux mint or ubuntu?

Ubuntu is bigger and easier to use, so consider it instead. Adding Wine would be great too, or maybe a few programs from Ubuntu Studio (like Kino for movie making) to set it above the rest.

I would look at two things:

1. Linux Mint has most of the codecs, and programs you need for your distro but they have some in-shop exclusive programs (like Mint-Menu, Mint-Update, and Mint-Install) that you may or may not want to include in your distro.

2. It isn't that hard to include the extra programs for your distro and you may be able to trim some of the less wanted programs from your distro (no matter how much I love Mint-Menu, it is very much a Linux Mint exclusive program and people will know that).

Ubuntu wins for better themes and eye candy along with customizations. Mint is a little bit faster and has out the box codecs which is easy to get in Ubuntu. Try Ultimate Edition 2.9 Linux, it's Ubuntu with 1000's of goodies already pre installed for you with themes, compiz, Cairo dock and just every program you need out the box. Try this it will blow your mind.

It probably doesn't make too much difference since Mint Linux is Ubuntu based. I tend to agree that there are simply too many Ubuntu based distributions. The fact is almost ever Linux distribution can install the same operating system software and files. If you wrote software like MAC, it would definitely be unique, and actually be in a position to be a major contender with MAC and Windows.

Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu... Take what Mint has to offer, and build on that for a bigger fully featured distro, or just take Ubuntu for a slimmer version.

Neither but between the 2 Linux Mint at least has some codecs that comes with it

RICK

Neither, there's far too many *buntu clones already IMO

'mklivecd' available in PClinuxOS is an easy tool to use. Just install PClinuxOS, customise it your hearts content then use..... mklivecd nameofyourvariant.iso

Do you mean moonlight as a silverlight alternative? I've never got it to work myself and there's so few sites where you actually need it, it's not worth including I reckon.

I would think twice about having KDE and Gnome, it's an awful lot of dependencies and you'd be better off with a few lightweight alternatives like LXDE or iceWM, especially as a front end for games

I'd say Ubuntu since it's further up the "fork-chain"......meaning Ubuntu is based on Debian and Mint is based on Ubuntu, so you might even want to base it on Debian =p

Best of luck, here's a link to MY Linux distro http://viperamped.com/viewpage.php?page_id=10

Feel free to PM me.

Try Elive. This thing is wicked fast! You can download the developers edition for free, otherwise they ask for a ten dollar donation. If this is the developers edition, I can't imagine the final offering, wow!