Well said. I appreciate you refining the context.

I'm more referring to the hype that surrounds the launch of updates to popular distros, such as LM and Ubuntu. IMO it seems metrics like DistroWatch fluctuate around these releases.

I know it sounds silly.

Linux Mint 22.3 will be released in December of this year. Whereas Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will be released in April of 2026. When that happens, the focus will no longer be on LM, but on Ubuntu.