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Linux Mint surpasses MX Linux on Distrowatch to grab #1 spot (lemmy.world)
submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by qualeyj@lemmy.world to c/linux@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 20 points 12 hours ago (4 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
[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 minutes ago

Cinnamon is way more resource hogging than KDE.

[–] uniquethrowagay@feddit.org 14 points 5 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!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 15 minutes 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).

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 7 points 6 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 5 hours ago

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

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] superkret@feddit.org 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Cons: It's not Debian

[–] 4grams@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That’s what LMDE is for :)

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 7 hours ago

That's still not Debian ;)