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.
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.
I really like mint although i never used it again.
Pros using mint :
Cons using mint :
Not recourse hogging like KDE
KDE has been hogging no resources for ages now, it's really snappy even on not so powerful machines!
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.
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
Cons: It's not Debian
That’s what LMDE is for :)
That's still not Debian ;)
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 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'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.
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?).
Kubuntu is where it’s at.
Everyone forgets Xubuntu 🫠
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.
I haven't seen sudo installed by default on debian. Probably the comment is about that. When you start you tend to use only what is already there to not mess things too much.
Sudo is installed on Debian by default, but the default user is not in the sudo group by default. This is intended behavior and is different than Ubuntu or Mint, where the default user created during install is automatically part of the sudo group.
I dont remember exactly, but I understood the error as the generic command not existing when I tried it. I will check again when I can.
In Debian, if you don't set a root password during the install your first user is added to the sudo group.
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.
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.
i guess the bots that game the 'rankings' went down.
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