Yes, I know that the ranking is not a good metric of real world use.
Just posting this because MX Linux has been in the number one spot for a long time (2 years perhaps?) and it's surprising to see some other distro on the top of their site.
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I really like mint although i never used it again.
Pros using mint :
Cons using mint :
Why is Debian based a problem? I ask this as my first IRL Linux user that taught me about Linux still uses Debian Unstable as his daily driver workhorse, and he is a CS Theory Doctor, and has to reboot his system once a year or so to keep it functioning properly.
KDE has been hogging no resources for ages now, it's really snappy even on not so powerful machines!
How many fucking years will we be out of KDE 4 before these yahoos figure that out?
Yes, unless you install some buggy stuff on top it's as snappy as xfce - tested on literally j4125 (it's GPU helps), with wobbly burning windows and everything no holdups, smol RAM usage too (especially stock).
New to Linux, why is Debian based considerd a con?
Very old packages.
They have security updates, but are usually held back years to ensure stability.
And that's a problem if stability is not one of your biggest priorities.
Thanks 👍
Cons: It's not Debian
That’s what LMDE is for :)
That's still not Debian ;)
Debian based is alright, I'm more against it for being based on Ubuntu. Also con: apt
Really not that bad nowadays.
There is an official Debian-based edition of Mint: LMDE. It's what I use.
yeah I run kde on my 12yo laptop and it's smooth
Cinnamon is way more resource hogging than KDE.