Interesting. I find Linux Mint to be one of the more bloated distros. I also find it to be a bit slower due to the older kernel, but not bad. Customization wise, it is solid and good enough, but far less useful plugins than Gnome & fewer options than Plasma. It is stable and a good distro.

In my Linux hopping one unexpected standout was Solus. I expected things like NixOS. Solus was different in that in ways like Linux Mint, it just worked. Unlike Mint it is independent & rolling. With the added bonus of no Cinnamon. Just a great boring distro with good DEs. I mean that in a good way!

Best:
1. Debian: True community, not much elitism
2. Solus: Small, but welcoming. Even the devs get in there and help
3. Linux Mint: Not the best at helping, but friendly

2+ years of distro hopping taught me a lot about good/bad communities in Linux. All have good and bad; some just have more.
Worst:
1. Arch: Elitist gatekeepers, even if you RTFM
2. Ubuntu: Elitist, while often blind, leading the blind
3. NixOS: Spent more time proselytizing than helping

Solseek 0.8.1 Announcement
TUI Package Manager for Solus
#Linux #FOSS
Based on feedback from our survey, worked on quality of life improvements around the menu and abilities to filter by package type.

github.com/clintre/sols...

Microsoft and Mozilla have to both be the worst companies at reading the room on AI. The only difference is that despite failing upwards, Microsoft has a huge amount of capital to fall back on, while Mozilla is funded by Google.

It is sad as we need more viable alternatives on Linux to Chromium.