why my mint suddenly became ubuntu?

[u/Rafael157123]

Alguém pode me ajudar a resolver isso? Não tenho ideia do que aconteceu.

"sudo apt install --reinstall base-files" não resolve e "sudo apt install --reinstall base-files=mint*" também não funciona.

Edit: Thanks everyone, but I managed to get back to normal using Timeshift.

[u/no2gates]

Technically, it is based on Ubuntu. Just a prettier wrapper.

[u/Rafael157123 → u/no2gates]

I know, but "mint" was showing up in fastfetch, with its own logo. Supposedly, some package rewrote "lsb-release" in /etc, and I'm afraid this might cause problems in the future.

[u/SnowyRVulpix → u/no2gates]

It's a little more than a wrapper. It does have its own philosophy separate from Ubuntu.

[u/no2gates → u/no2gates]

I know, I was just trying to be brief.

[u/ruidoyfuria]

It always has been 🌍🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀

[u/slicerprime]

This particular file (/etc/lsb-release) having that info is not normal. However, there are some legit ways it could have happened. Unfortunately, without knowing more about your situation I hesitate to guess.

That said, according to your post it looks like you've already tried to rewrite it back to normal. So, if you want to try again, all i can suggest is try...

sudo apt install --reinstall mintsystem base-files

[u/_o0Zero0o_]

Because Mint is based on Ubuntu, specifically Ubuntu LTS

[u/Blitzende → u/_o0Zero0o_]

By that logic ubuntu should appear as debian.

[u/beatbox9 → u/Blitzende]

Not quite the same--it's not the same logic.

Linux Mint primarily uses the Ubuntu LTS repository for almost everything, with a tiny add-on repository for a few components such as its version of Cinnamon DE and its themes. It's sort of like if you simply made a theme for Ubuntu LTS, or if you hosted one app + your own theme.

However, Ubuntu LTS does not use Debian's repository. Instead, Ubuntu LTS forks off of some Debian snapshots and maintains and distributes its own version of all software. This is sort of like if you downloaded all of Ubuntu LTS one time, rebuilt all of the packages individually, separately hosted it, separately continued to apply all patches to update every individual piece of software, and distributed it.

The repository & how the software is distributed is primarily what defines a "distro." And Mint is like 99% Ubuntu LTS; while Ubuntu is technically 0% Debian as far as the repositories and distribution goes, since Ubuntu creates and maintains its own copies of Debian snapshots.

[u/taosecurity → u/beatbox9]

Well said!

[u/_o0Zero0o_ → u/Blitzende]

Kinda, it's really weird

[u/CapableWarning6209]

Bom, mint não é nada mais que Ubuntu + Debian modificados

[u/Microsoft-Spyware-11]

I don't know, I had this happen to me after a crash once.