Slant community chat on Discourse| 10 Recommended Products | Recommendations | Based On | Default Desktop Environment | Release Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 Elementary OS· · · | 16 | 4 | Ubuntu | Pantheon | N/A |
| #2 Linux Deepin· · · | 13 | 2 | – | – | – |
| #3 Manjaro· · · | 7 | 0 | Arch | XFCE, KDE, or GNOME | Rolling Release |
| #4 Solus· · · | 7 | 1 | Solus | Budgie | Rolling Release |
| #5 Mint· · · | 9 | 2 | Ubunbu LTS | Cinnamon | 2 Year LTS / 6 Month Release |
| #6 Ubuntu· · · | 3 | 1 | Debian | Unity | 2 Year LTS / 6 Month Releases |
Pro UI design consistency
Excellent uniformity between all the stock applications.
Pro Sane defaults, simplicity, limited configuration
Sane defaults with less confusion for new users.
Pro With new tweak tools customization is not a problem
Now the OS is amazingly customisable.
Con Major bugs in Loki remain months after release
https://bugs.launchpad.net/pantheon-mail/+bug/1547949
Con Missing major functionality
Elementary opts for reskins of applications that excludes expected app features, e.g., changing spell check language
Con Ultralight typeface
Appears modern but is difficult to read
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Con Dark theme doesn't work
The QT based system is great and beautifully polished but the dark theme doesn't work.
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.
Con It's too bloated with nonsense
You can't delete a lot of things and the whole system is too simplified.
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.
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