Linux Mint has sucked since 11, and I mean that. It sucks.
Mint 10 (julia) was awesome, and I refuse to tolerate Mint beyond that version. Mint 11 was awful, and I feel the same way about everything thereafter.
Bad, ugly themes. Strictly enforced interface, with settings locked away from user customization. Everything was unnecessarily new and different, and previous experience was not compatible with the new interface. (yes, I know about how everyone (actually, just snob developers) hated Gnome 3, and there was a revolt, and migration to Mate Cinnamon, XFCE, blah blah blah. They all suck. I hate them. They are not good.)
Before you argue with me, consider that the only thing Mint has to offer is it's desktop/windowing interface. Otherwise, it's merely yet another Linux flavor, and if I have to relearn and resort to the command line for ANYTHING, why not just use some other Linux distribution, and deal with everything from the command line in the first place? Which is exactly what I did.
Mint 10 (julia) was awesome, and I refuse to tolerate Mint beyond that version. Mint 11 was awful, and I feel the same way about everything thereafter.
Bad, ugly themes. Strictly enforced interface, with settings locked away from user customization. Everything was unnecessarily new and different, and previous experience was not compatible with the new interface. (yes, I know about how everyone (actually, just snob developers) hated Gnome 3, and there was a revolt, and migration to Mate Cinnamon, XFCE, blah blah blah. They all suck. I hate them. They are not good.)
Before you argue with me, consider that the only thing Mint has to offer is it's desktop/windowing interface. Otherwise, it's merely yet another Linux flavor, and if I have to relearn and resort to the command line for ANYTHING, why not just use some other Linux distribution, and deal with everything from the command line in the first place? Which is exactly what I did.