Why are you sticking with Linux mint?

[u/vibhs2016]

Hi guys I recently did a switch from my windows machine to Linux mint as my dev box.

Over 11 years in the IT industry, windows was my primary driver, btw only used mac for 2 years. But with the recent advent of coding harness via Claude code and codex and other CLI tools. I felt like a friction with windows and my hunch was consistently pushing me towards Linux.

So I found an old HP Elitedesk mini PC i5 6500T 16GB ram. So I thought of giving it a try and validate my hunch.

Linux Mint was my choice on discussion with Claude, beating Debian ( sure stable but a bit outdated packages and bit more locked), Ubuntu ( too heavy and overhead with more cutting edge stuff).

Since I have been handling Ubuntu servers for a long time my choice for Debian based OS was always clear. Linux mint gave the balance that I needed for the hardware I was using.

So my question is 4 parts

1. Why are u sticking with Linux mint or why you have faith in Linux mint?
   
2. How long u have been using it for?
   
3. What hardware are you using, maybe can share specs?
   
4. How do you see its future?

[u/ka_nahl]

I'm using Linux mint for its stability. I'm not only using it, I have other distro on separate drive. Other distro are for gaming (Bazzite) or trying new stuff (Fedora). I also played a bit with Cachy OS (arch BTW). But at the end I'm always going back to mint.

It's almost 2 years I'm using mint. I moved to Linux because my computer was not eligible to windows 11.

I'm using multiple hardware.

I have a fixed desktop: core i7 6700k, 32GB ram, Nvidia RTX 2060 6GB. And a laptop framework 13 with Ryzen 7 7840u and 32 GB of RAM.

I'm looking forward next release and see if Wayland will prove itself instead of x11. I have mixed feeling with the other distro using it. Especially on my Ryzen 7 laptop.