Linux Mint as been in development for over 15 years. Its good for them to get some press coverage and positive attention.

As far as I can tell most people switching to Linux Mint are fairly happy with the experience beside some minor Linux quarks.

    • phoenixz
      100·
      4 months ago

      That’s an immediate nope for me. Kde or nothing

    • Possibly linuxOPEnglish
      123·
      4 months ago

      KDE is is designed to be customized at the cost of user friendliness. Cinnamon has a lot customization but it isn’t as overwhelming and is much more stable. It also is GTK which is nice.

      • Captain AggravatedEnglish
        120·
        4 months ago

        I’ve said it before, I think Cinnamon is a middle ground between Gnome amd KDE. If you almost like both, go for Cinnamon.

      • menemen
        36·
        4 months ago

        Yeah, great, you don’t like KDE. Good for you. What does it have to do with me liking KDE very much?

        • Possibly linuxOPEnglish
          112·
          4 months ago4 months ago

          Because the Linux Mint team (I think it was on guy at that point) decided that KDE could not be adjusted to make the desktop they wanted. KDE isn’t designed to be made into a separate system and neither is modern gnome. Gnome 2 was ideal and that is why it was forked and turned into cinnamon.

          Linux Mint aims to be simple and easy to use. I don’t believe KDE does that as well. The good news with KDE is that is is very customizable for those who like to tinker will the desktop.

          I also think Linux Mint is heavily invested in GTK. Using KDE would involve a significant shift. What’s wrong with KDE Neon?

          • menemen
            18·
            4 months ago4 months ago

            Yes, I understand their reasoning. I still want to use KDE and thus don’t use mint. What is your point? Please stop this.

    • cyberwolfie
      30·
      4 months ago

      Real question: Is it not possible to install KDE, even though they do not provide an ISO with it?

      • PikaEnglish
        60·
        4 months ago

        it’s not recommended, it causes massive issues with the built in programs and you will spend ore time fighting your system then just going with a native, I just tried this a few months back

      • menemen
        31·
        4 months ago

        Possible? Yes. Am I too lazy to do this plus troubleshoot it all the time? Yes.

      • Berny23
        10·
        4 months ago

        I did install it via package manager back when I used this distro and it worked well, but some weeks after, I switched distros to Kubuntu. Now I’m using Arch btw. with latest KDE Plasma (I recommend this).

        • Jolteon
          10·
          4 months ago

          At this point, Arch should just rename itself to “Arch btw”.

    • Rizilia
      10·
      4 months ago

      True! I’m currently on Mint but want to try out KDE. So I probably will have a look at Fedora when I have the free time to do so.

      • DaTingGoBrrr
        10·
        4 months ago

        If you want to play games then check out Nobara. It’s based on Fedora and made by the guy that created GE Proton

        • Rizilia
          10·
          4 months ago

          Gaming is not the main priority on a laptop but I keep it in mind, thanks!

      • menemen
        10·
        4 months ago

        If you don’t mind Snap, Kubuntu is also a great distro.