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.
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
Very old packages.
They have security updates, but are usually held back years to ensure stability.
You know what? You might be right; I never actually bothered to check if Cinnamon was heavier than Plasma, I just remember it feeling very stuttery when I last daily drove it. Admittedly, that was a very long time ago and GNOME was a complete shit show back then so Cinnamon probably just inherited some of its performance issues. I imagine all of that is fixed by now.
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.
