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/

  • @[email protected]
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    1331 month ago

    MX Linux, the king of asking ‘what’s Mx linux’ and inadvertently fueling its growth in distrowatch

  • @friend_of_satan
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    It’s funny and awesome that the two top distro are Ubuntu remixes that remove snap.

    Edit: I’m wrong. MX uses Debian as upstream, not Ubuntu, which removes any snap related tech from the picture entirely.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 month ago

      IMO Ubuntu without Snap, but with a default Gnome or KDE (and a visual DE selector screen during installation) would be absolutely perfect.

      • @friend_of_satan
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        Shoot, you’re right. I thought MX used Ubuntu as upstream but it uses Debian.

  • @devilish666
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    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
    • @[email protected]
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      251 month ago

      Not recourse hogging like KDE

      KDE has been hogging no resources for ages now, it’s really snappy even on not so powerful machines!

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

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month 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).

    • DarkThoughts
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      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.

    • Sips'
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      51 month ago

      New to Linux, why is Debian based considerd a con?

      • @[email protected]
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        41 month ago

        Very old packages.

        They have security updates, but are usually held back years to ensure stability.

        • acargitz
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          And that’s a problem if stability is not one of your biggest priorities.

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      Why is Debian based a problem? I ask this as my first IRL Linux user that taught me about Linux still uses Debian Unstable as his daily driver workhorse, and he is a CS Theory Doctor, and has to reboot his system once a year or so to keep it functioning properly.

    • Possibly linux
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      21 month ago

      Debian based is very much not a con. You want a working stable system that is easy to use. RHEL like systems can be more stable but the added overhead means a slower package manager

        • @[email protected]
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          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.

  • @[email protected]
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    131 month ago

    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.

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      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?).

      • @[email protected]
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        151 month ago

        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.

        • kubica
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          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.

          • rustydomino
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            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.

            • kubica
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              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.

              EDIT: Sorry, I remember now that I had been also trying alternatives to sudo and I can’t tell for sure in what order things happened.

          • exu
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            In Debian, if you don’t set a root password during the install your first user is added to the sudo group.

    • @[email protected]
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      181 month ago

      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      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 …

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        Someone doesn’t like windows because they put ads in their start menu: aww you’re sweet

        Someone doesn’t like Ubuntu because they put ads in their start menu: hello, human resources?

      • Possibly linux
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        Ubuntu is buggy and broken due to the system design

        It was good 15 years ago…

  • @[email protected]
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    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.

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  • @wabafee
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    It reads like a cocktail instruction, “Add mint then mix Linux”