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/

  • mehdi_benadel@lemmy.balamb.frEnglish
    154·
    29 days 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.

    • IcyToes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      18·
      29 days 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.

    • blandfordforever@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      29 days ago

      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?).

      • mehdi_benadel@lemmy.balamb.frEnglish
        8·
        29 days 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@fedia.io
          21·
          29 days ago

          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@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            29 days ago

            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@fedia.io
              21·
              29 days ago

              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@feditown.comEnglish
            4·
            29 days ago

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

    • somenonewho@feddit.orgEnglish
      74·
      29 days ago

      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 …