Show HN: Linux Mint Redesign Proposal

You're wrong. Installing a new OS is something done very rarely by people who are not hackers or sys admins. Meaning they have time to set it up once how they like it and how it will stay for years of computer use.

If you buy a new car you might want to get the model and the color you like, or do you say "I don't give a damn just give me the keys so I can get going!"

Isn't plasma killing it primarily because of aesthetics? Isn't popOS or whatever popular due to its aesthetics? Elementary OS?

I'll never know if XFCE is any good because it looks like shit.

I don't think that Linux users generally have a fondness for 1990s UI.

The first image on this site looks literally like a key visual for an Apple products: a swarm of rounded square icons with relatively flat colors and a centered heading in an I-can't-believe-it's-not-Helvetica font. This is the weakest image out of the entire bunch in terms of brand recognizability, so I find it weird that you're leading with it. I hope that this should be relatively easy to fix, since it just needs a font that does not scream "Apple Corp".

Also, I'm confused by your assertions about the logo: You're saying that the intention of the new logo is "simplify the design to increase versatility, improve readability of the initials, refine the colors [and] give a more modern look".

The last two ones are obviously subjective: I'm not a Mint user, so I don't really have a stake in their existing design, but looking at their existing website side-by-side with your proposal artwork, I don't think any of these strongly reads as "more modern" than the other.

Regarding the other two more objective goals, it would be nice to see examples of situations where the old logo is less versatile or less readable.