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| 9 Recommended Products | Recommendations | Based On | Release Schedule | Default Desktop Environment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 Linux Deepin· · · | 8 | 1 | – | – | – |
| #2 Mint· · · | 7 | 1 | Ubunbu LTS | 2 Year LTS / 6 Month Release | Cinnamon |
| #3 Elementary OS· · · | 11 | 3 | – | – | – |
| #4 Manjaro· · · | 4 | 0 | Arch | Rolling Release | XFCE, KDE, or GNOME |
| #5 Solus· · · | 5 | 1 | Solus | Rolling Release | Budgie |
| #6 Kubuntu· · · | 2 | 0 | – | – | – |
Know any positive aspects of this option?
Con Slow
With minimum requirements of 2ghz cpu and 1gb ram, its easy to understand why this distro has the reputation of running slow.
Pro Variety of options
Linux Mint Mate Edition
Con Developers don't take security seriously
Linus Mint team are notoriously unconcerned by security threats. You can read more here.
Pro UI design consistency
Excellent uniformity between all the stock applications.
Con Major bugs in Loki remain months after release
https://bugs.launchpad.net/pantheon-mail/+bug/1547949
Pro Incredibly beautiful
KDE is probably the best looking Desktop Environment in all OSes. It easily beats all Windows (but then again so do many) it beats Cinnamon and one could say even OSX in looks and flexibility but not in stability.
Know any negative aspects of this option?
Con It's too bloated with nonsense
You can't delete a lot of things and the whole system is too simplified.
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