Everything other than Debian :D
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Mint is hugely over-recommended to new users imo. The fact that it doesn't have an option for a DE like Gnome 3 or KDE just kinda sucks at teaching newbies what to expect. Cinnamon also feels kinda jank in my opinion, looks old and unattractive.
I'm using ZorinOS with Windows 11 Pro. It's good enough for everything I do.
ZorinOS is definitely overrated, their update cycles are too slow (two years between major releases) and its unique features like ZorinConnect, Windows Software Tool , and their Zorin customized GNOME 42/XFCE isn't good enough against its sibling Mint.
All the distros that let you install packages from other distros. What's the point?
How many distros is that? Just VanillaOS and Blend? Or anything that hosts Distrobox?
I have been wanting to try Debian Stable with Distrobox / Arch. Stable base with the largest and most up to date package repository sounds like a match made in heaven.
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