The desktop that has the maximum number of core developers - including kernel, desktop, ux and userland is Fedora. And it shows.
Mint 18.2: Still the best Linux desktop
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#12Is this for real? Do people really use Mint?
It's what I installed on my parents' computer. Cinnamon by default has the Windows look and feel; it comes with codecs available out of box, and it just works.
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#13There is very little difference between Mint and straight Debian. I prefer Debian because it's more stable and has a continuous rolling release cycle. Ubuntu pissed a lot of people of when they forced Unity down our throats. This is why many moved to Mint in the first place.
Maybe it's time to label "Ubuntu Mate" as the new default Ubuntu, and the current one Ubuntu Gnome3.
Ubuntu Mate comes with the nice Gnome 2 look&feel but based on GTK3.
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#14The desktop that has the maximum number of core developers - including kernel, desktop, ux and userland is Fedora. And it shows.
Meh... and this army of developers still hasn't figured out how to ship a distro with a proper font rendering. Having to do [1] is insane. And every time you bring this up, there's always "looks fine to me" or "a matter of taste" argument. Nope it's not.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/5ea3bx/font_renderi...
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#16I've never understood the love for Mint. All it is is Ubuntu with a Gnome 2 style desktop and things already configured for Linux newbies. I installed it long ago and it was way buggier than Ubuntu.
Right now on openSUSE Tumbleweed with Gnome Shell, couldn't be happier. And if I were to give a vote for most 'desktop ready' system, I'd go with Fedora (the only thing I dislike about openSUSE is how PackageKit and YAST are always fighting over updates and stuff, they need to just get rid of one, but then again the thing I love about openSUSE is YAST).
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#17The desktop that has the maximum number of core developers - including kernel, desktop, ux and userland is Fedora. And it shows.
Meh... and this army of developers still hasn't figured out how to ship a distro with a proper font rendering. Having to do [1] is insane. And every time you bring this up, there's always "looks fine to me" or "a matter of taste" argument. Nope it's not. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/5ea3bx/font_renderi...
I understand your frustration, but the difference between freetype and freetype-freeworld is exactly one define:
FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING
I'm sure you know why Fedora didn't enable that. It's not because they wouldn't want it.
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#18Is this for real? Do people really use Mint?
I think the article is over the top, but in terms of thoughtless lowest common denominator user experience I don't think there's a better choice. I use it on several machines accordingly.
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#19Best distro is the one people complain most about because they use it most. That would be vanilla Ubuntu. Also you have to appreciate the irony now that they are returning to Gnome there are people out there unhappy about that just as there were people unhappy about switch to Unity.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Meh... and this army of developers still hasn't figured out how to ship a distro with a proper font rendering. Having to do [1] is insane. And every time you bring this up, there's always "looks fine to me" or "a matter of taste" argument. Nope it's not. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/5ea3bx/font_renderi...
I understand your frustration, but the difference between freetype and freetype-freeworld is exactly one define: FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING I'm sure you know why Fedora didn't enable that. It's not because they wouldn't want it.
Sorry, I don't know why. Care to explain?