The system is good and Cinnamon is great (I used Mint for a lot of years), but it is hardly the best for me.
The whole concept of âbest distroâ is misleading and frankly pointless. Thereâs no single best distro. Each distro presents a different flavour of Linux, and some people like some flavours better than others.
I used to think Mint was a really good distro for me, but I like tinkering a lot and the Arch family has proven much more enjoyable. I still think Ubuntu, Mint, Pop, Fedora, Solus, etc are good distros, just not as good as Arch (and derivatives), for the type of user I am. For example, I put Mint with Cinnamon on my parentsâ laptop and they love it; they enjoy the simple app store flow (akin to their phones) and great desktop. Cool!
In my opinion, we should really stop making these sort of claims in articles, videos and the likes. They achieve nothing besides possibly dividing the community more.
That was one of the biggest mistakes I made when I first started my blog. I used, âBest distroâ, " Best text editor", âBest video playerâ. Ive learned that it is a bit misleading and it is better to phrase it better. I would have no problem if the title was akin to something like, " Why you should consider using Linux Mint".
On a guide I have, I just put I like arch linux, and ppl still pushed back that Iâm not recommending others. Canât make everyone happy.
