Operating System

It was easy to install and a very complete package. The Debian Edition runs really well on an older laptop of mine.

It has a pretty cool in-house developed utility called Mate-Optimus and it lets you switch between GPUs pretty much on the fly without the need of a reboot like pop os. You don't need to set up anything it works out of the box.

the beast

I would instantly use it if they would add a modern web browser and would make it possible to use a traditional (full window) titlebar.

You have the widest range of software, it is better closed source as it can reward more people than just let people use it.

Al ightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple

Spy masters at Google. Inspired me.

Not enough Linux content. But what's there is great, without clickbait, informative, and in depth.