Hannah Montana Linux, or HM/Linux as I've taken to calling it, is the sign of true civilization.

Users often achieve enlightenment and can simultaneously interact with many planes of existence - that just can't be shown on a 2D chart for us plebs.

Gotta dig in early before the pesky Americans wake up

Mint is just perfectly fine, don't listen to the naysayers.

As the old observation goes, novices use something like Mint because it's there, and it works; intermediate users use something like Arch because they want the control to tweak things in the greatest depths; experts use something like Mint because it's there, and it works.

And there’s no shame in that! Use whatever works for you and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Using mint doesn't mean you're bad at Linux using arch doesn't mean you're good at it.

Mint is the start and the end for a lot of people for good reason.

Same here. I started with mint 10 years ago, fucked around and came back to it.

Not a Dev, but I work in tech, so it does most of the things I want and can tinker with nascent projects without blowing my foot off.

Same here, played around, but mint keeps pulling me back in. 10+ years going strong

I like it because when I have an issue, the ones for Ubuntu and Debian also work.

Mint is fine. If you love it, there’s no reason to leave. Personally, I’m a fan of KDE and I strongly dislike the retro-Windows feel of Cinnamon so I settled on Fedora after Mint dumped its KDE edition.

Which is exactly what OpenSUSE/Fedora have to offer. It just works and doesn't get in the way. The only real difference between them and Mint in terms of user experience is that they require some more proficiency with the terminal and experience with Linux overall and do not assume user to be a complete newbie.

So, you're on the right track with Mint. It holds to nearly the same philosophy, and offers you the tools you may find useful as a less proficient user. Keep it up!

Same. Mint was at the start too, though.

Linux experts vastly overestimate the amount of annoyance average people will put up with. Most people just want it to work, and want to learn almost nothing. I don't blame them, Linux is a means to an end.

I've been using Linux since you created a boot floppy by using dd on the kernel. I use Ubuntu because I just want something that works, is stable in the LTS sense of the word, and I don't have to futz with. I've heard enough about Mint now that I'll probably switch over to it when I build my next machine in several years.

Been maining Linux mint for 3 years now. I did distrohop once to nobara to see if the grass was greener on the other side, but had to revert due to Nvidia.

... The grass wasn't green, but tasted exactly the same. Apart from Nvidia (which isn't a distro issue but more shitty company that can't make things right), the only noticeable changes is going from cinnamon to KDE.

There's no "stupid distro" nor "smart distros". Everything is valid. (Although I'd argue that Linux mint is the best beginner distro, to let people get into Linux gently before eventually trying something else)

I was going to say - what’s wrong with Mint?

Debian servers in the streets, Kubuntu desktop in the sheets.

Fedora is also there twice.

I love my Manjaro. I always come back to it… but I may not be in my right mind.

“Maybe I was the problem?”

Manjaro is a tempting option when you want Arch without being competent enough to confidently operate Arch.

Been there before. Had it for over a year for the first time, but quickly noped out on the second try.

Look, don't judge me, but manjaro has been the only distro to just work. I haven't been fucked by nvidia drivers that I know of, I haven't had any glaring issues... I'm not saying I disagree with the criticisms, but as a 'just use the fucking computer' distro, it's great.

Gentoo is pretty low maintence now days if you aren't modifying the system. <3 for secure servers I want stripped to the bone.

I use mint on my PC and love it! However I'm now the ipad kid of Linux. It never breaks, I never have to learn anything. Just getting it up and running is the zenith of my knowledge and ability.

As someone who just installed Mint two months ago (after using Windows for 30 years), this makes me happy inside.

I can't imagine daily driving open BSD for daily desktop use, and I use freebsd for my servers

Agreed, NixOS is all states in once all along. Don't look inside the box to maintain incertitude.

Truely don't understand how this one became popular. But I'm sure it will fade like Crunchbang or a dozen others before it.

Seriously. I feel like the people I know who know the most about computing have the least preferences for a distro, if they even use Linux at all.

Agreed. Why should I have the "least (presumed) competence" when I'm using one of the 2 things on here that works every single day?