It feels polished, refined, and out of the way. It inspires confidence in the daily driver by doing the basics right without over complicating the system.
After finally committing to Linux, Mint has been exactly what I wanted. It’s clean, sharp, intuitive, and works right out of the box, no fuckery required. I’m not a programmer or admin, just an elder Millennial who grew up on PCs, so I always kinda shied away from making it my only OS until recently. I’m very happy with Mint so far, it’s turning out to be a fantastic entry point.
I am always confused that such a stale distro is so highly recommended
For people who don’t care about being at the cutting edge and just want something that works reliably (which is most users), that’s fine. I’ve used Mint for years and while it’s not the fanciest distro I rarely run into problems and almost everything just works.
I don’t think Mint is “just works” or never has any issues. I think mint users face more issues than modern distro users.
I don’t recommend mint to people anymore because it breaks for almost every person who’s tried it(including me). A modern disto like Fedora + guide to get non FOSS stuff is far better in terms of stability, performance and hardware support.
