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A watan Nuwamba na shekara (2011) baya ya fara a rigima quite mai tsanani game da yaya Linux Mint ya zarce Ubuntu a cikin darajar DistroWatch, don haka ya zama "da zato" mafi mashahuri rarraba Linux na wannan lokacin.
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Kamar yadda ake tsammani, waɗannan maganganun da kafofin watsa labarai da shafukan yanar gizo daban-daban suka bayar a cikin hanyar sadarwa ya haifar da babbar damuwa a cikin yankin ubuntera da ihun farin ciki a cikin al'umma kusa da Linux Mint.
Amma abin takaici ga wasu kuma ga sa'a ga wasu, waɗannan iƙirarin ba su da tushe mai ƙarfi, kamar yadda ƙididdigar ƙirar ke nuna kawai shahararren Linux Mint akan Ubuntu a cikin DistroWatch, ba a cikin duniyar gaske ba.
Daga cikin mawuyacin matsayi da ɗan ƙarfi game da maganganun da kafofin watsa labarai da shafukan yanar gizo suka gabatar shi ne wanda aka rubuta Benjamin Humphrey ne adam wata de OMG! Ubuntu! mai taken 'Kuskure Ya Zama Banbanci: Mashahurin Ubuntu Ba Ya Ragewa' a cikin abin da yake ɗaukar su a matsayin "wawaye" waɗanda ke da ra'ayin cewa ma'aunin DistroWatch ya nuna fifikon Linux Mint na yanzu akan Ubuntu a cikin kasuwar.
Kwanakin baya kawai Joey sneddon Har ila yau editan wannan shafin na yanar gizo, sake rubuta shigarwar da ta shafi batun taken 'Stats Nuna Ubuntu Ba Rashin Gasa zuwa Linux Mint'A wannan lokacin, yin shi ta hanyar da ta fi dacewa da sadaukar da bayanai masu dacewa game da shaharar rarraba biyu, wannan saboda bayanin da ya samu a cikin imel ɗin sa wanda fassarar sa zata kasance mai zuwa:
"Idan aka ba da sabon adadi da aka saukar da shi ta hanyar dishi-dishi, bai kamata wannan rukunin yanar gizon ya canza sunansa zuwa OMGMINT don ci gaba da dacewa ba?"
Dangane da wannan tsokaci mai tsoka, Joey ya amsa ta hanyar sanya jerin bayanan da aka bayar ta Wikimedia a cikin abin da yake bayyane a sarari cewa Ubuntu ya kasance da tazara mai faɗi da Rarraba Linux mafi mashahuri a wurin kuma da alama baya nuna alamun fadowa cikin Linux Mint.
Lambobin Wikimedia sun nuna yadda masu amfani da Ubuntu da suka ziyarci shafin a cikin watan Oktoba na shekarar 2011 suka kasance 16,924,000 yayin da Linux Mint masu amfani suka kasance kawai 556,000Bugu da ƙari, a cikin Nuwamba 2011 masu amfani da Ubuntu waɗanda suka ziyarci shafin sun kasance 29,432,000 (adadi mai ban mamaki ga kowane tsarin aiki) da Linux Mint wadanda suke 624,000.
Kamar yadda muke gani, lambobin Linux Mint sun inganta, kuma suna da yawa, amma ba ma'anar isa ba zama babbar barazana ga Ubuntu ko ma samun gasa kai tsaye da shi ta fuskar kasuwani.
Ba wanda ya ce (aƙalla idan yana da ma'ana) cewa lambobin na DistroWatch basu da mahimmanci ko basu da wata mahimmanci. Amma ka tuna cewa waɗannan lambobin suna wakiltar "fifiko" kawai na baƙi na DistroWatch, ba fifikon 100% na masu amfani da Linux ba kuma mafi ƙarancin fifiko ga duk duniya, wani abu ne wanda idan ya ɗan ƙara Wikimedia.
Duk da haka, karuwar masu amfani da Mint na Linux abin birgewa ne kuma ya cancanci yabo, saboda wannan rarrabawar ya sami cancantar zama ɗayan mashahurai kuma tabbas zai ci gaba da haɓaka yanzu kirfa ya ga hasken yana karɓar babbar liyafa a ɓangaren masu amfani da GNOME.
Samun damar ajiye wannan batun a gefe, zai zama cewa rikici na gaba (yaƙi) zai kasance game da yadda Kirfa zai jawo hankalin masu amfani fiye da GNOME ShellDo Me kuke tunani?
Mint yana da ban sha'awa, amma wasu abubuwa ya kamata suyi aiki. Updateaukakawar da aka bada shawarar shigarwa mai tsafta ne, kuma sabunta cibiyar sadarwa da sauransu ba su da ƙarfi. Wannan yana da kyau ga ƙwararren mai amfani, amma ba don mai amfani na yau da kullun ba, wanda ke buƙatar sauƙi da tabbataccen mafita.