Linux Mint surpasses MX Linux on Distrowatch to grab #1 spot
Linux Mint surpasses MX Linux on Distrowatch to grab #1 spot
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.
MX Linux, the king of asking 'what's Mx linux' and inadvertently fueling its growth in distrowatch
Save me the trouble, what is it?
It's Debian with customizations, as well as some custom GUI programs for managing the system.
Just think of it as Ubuntu with wm and no bloat
Look it up on distrowatch
I wonder how long it will take before it will drop off the top 10.
Somewhere in between 10000 years and 5 minutes
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
Cons: It's not Debian
I really don't like Mint. It feels like a discount version of Debian/Ubuntu to me. It makes it even worse that the person who introduced it to me has all the worst toxic traits. Now I can't see it as a good alternative.
It might just be a matter of perspective. I'm not very knowledgeable on distros, so my opinion may come from ignorance:
To me, Ubuntu is too resource intensive with too much going on. Mint seems relatively lean yet modern, with all the basics covered. Debian is a little sparse (no sudo, no fdisk, what's going on here?).
Who told you you can't sudo on Debian? ^^ I feel like Debian is flexible enough to give you the system you might want without the bullshit. Ubuntu has lost its way last decade, but you can still debloat it mostly and use one of its alternatives. The Cinnamon DE has improved a lot, but it still feels like Windows Vista to me.
I ended up using NixOS lately so I can have the flexibility, newer packages and very clean repeatable configuration.
Kubuntu is where it’s at.
It's Ubuntu without Snaps and a nice DE.
Ignore people when it comes to software. Many advocate Mint. Some are lovely, some are dicks. That goes for every distro.
I've never understood the Mint hype. Like you say it seems like Ubuntu with extra steps.
I do have beefs with some of the decisions Canonical makes but if anyone asks me what distri they should start with I will always recommend Ubuntu simply because it's "the distro" if you search for "Linux" tutorials online 9 times out of 10 you will get a tutorial aimed at Ubuntu. Packages for software that isn't in repos are usually available as .deb ...
It’s not really a hype. It just vibes with a lot of people.
i guess the bots that game the 'rankings' went down.
What's interesting is if you look at Trending past 6 months, which puts elementary firmly in 1st. EasyOS and Mint are almost tied for 2nd.
It's funny and awesome that the two top distro are Ubuntu remixes that remove snap.
IMO Ubuntu without Snap, but with a default Gnome or KDE (and a visual DE selector screen during installation) would be absolutely perfect.