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Linux Mint surpasses MX Linux on Distrowatch to grab #1 spot (lemmy.world)
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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.

https://distrowatch.com/

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[–] devilish666@lemmy.world 23 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

I really like mint although i never used it again.
Pros using mint :

  • It's easy to learn
  • It's stable
  • It's Windows XP like
  • Not recourse hogging like KDE
  • Easy to customize

Cons using mint :

  • It's debian based
[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

New to Linux, why is Debian based considerd a con?

[–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Very old packages.

They have security updates, but are usually held back years to ensure stability.

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 hours ago

Thanks 👍

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Cinnamon is way more resource hogging than KDE.

[–] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 17 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Not recourse hogging like KDE

KDE has been hogging no resources for ages now, it's really snappy even on not so powerful machines!

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago

How many fucking years will we be out of KDE 4 before these yahoos figure that out?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

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).

[–] superkret@feddit.org 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Cons: It's not Debian

[–] 4grams@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

That’s what LMDE is for :)

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 13 hours ago

That's still not Debian ;)

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 8 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Debian based is alright, I'm more against it for being based on Ubuntu. Also con: apt

Not recourse hogging like KDE

Really not that bad nowadays.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 hours ago

There is an official Debian-based edition of Mint: LMDE. It's what I use.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago

yeah I run kde on my 12yo laptop and it's smooth