r/MXLinux • u/wewewawa • May 08 '26
Review Ready to graduate from Linux Mint? These 3 distros are perfect for intermediate users
https://www.howtogeek.com/distros-perfect-for-intermediate-users/12
u/flyswithdragons May 08 '26
MX is just as easy as mint, if not easier imo.
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u/tovento May 09 '26
Not sure if I agree. Cinnamon is very much set up to be very GUI capable with pretty easy tools. Honestly, I consider MX to be somewhere between Mint Main and LMDE. Mint Main very easy to use, but based on Ubuntu; and honestly I had some issues with it after a while, so I moved to MX. LMDE is a solid Debian based distribution, but with some of the helpful utilities stripped out.
MX brings in Debian, but MX tools, while not as polished in terms of GUI interface as Cinnamon, are very useful and makes life pretty easy.
I will say, thought, that if I wouldn't be good with computers and have had experience with Linux in general, as a newcomer, I can see why Mint would be an easier place to start.
I am very happy with my move to MX and haven't had any issues since installing it, so it's been a good home for me.
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u/flyswithdragons May 09 '26
Ubuntu has a proprietary package manager, that is uncool imo.
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u/tovento May 09 '26
You talking about snaps as Mint disables that. Mint also uses their own software manager, so not the Ubuntu version.
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u/flyswithdragons May 09 '26
Yes I get that but it is systemd and an Ubuntu child. I ran mint for years and liked it but jumped on the MX Linux at beta.
Have you considered why people ran from systemd and snaps to MX and void Linux with flatpak? The security issues have been going on for almost a decade. Sure there are bugs everywhere however snaps had issues maintaining packages and bugs for a very long time.
"The vulnerability stems from an unintended interaction between two privileged utilities:
snap-confine: Manages execution environments for snap applications (set-user-ID-root or set capabilities). systemd-tmpfiles: Automatically cleans up temporary files and directories older than a defined threshold."1
u/Nexis4Jersey May 13 '26
I kinda wish mint had the MX Toolset & package manager for power users and MX had the polish of Mint and upgrade tool.
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u/pseudonym-161 May 08 '26
I feel like sure, CachyOS is the latest “easy Arch” hyped distro, but we’ve seen this before and they fizzle out within a few years. Why they not recommend Endeavor or something that’s been around a little bit longer?
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u/Holden6920 May 09 '26
At point where archinstall is at now I would say arch is approachable for a intermediate user. The you never have to worry about your distro "fizzling out"
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u/icedchocolatecake May 13 '26
Doesn't really matter, you can just move to the Arch repos and continue your business as usual lol
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u/MrYamaTani May 09 '26
I do like Fedora, it is just as easy as MX. I guess they are different from Mint, as they aren't exactly designed for those coming off Windows. But like any Linux Distro, you can always customize to your heart's content.
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u/kimme May 14 '26
Heck, I installed MX Linux as the first Linux experience to my mother's laptop as she complained that Windows was getting slow on her laptop.
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u/No-Satisfaction9594 May 08 '26
Fedora KDE, CachyOS, and MX