linux mint is amazing - from a new user

I am an engineering student who has switched to linux to do software development project work and study programming. I have been reading about linux for many years now but this is the first time I have up and actually installed it. And it's been amazing.

I did my research and shortlisted a couple of distros beforehand and live booted every one of them to get a taste of each one of them.

And here was my experience in short:

Ubuntu:- SLOW. Used alot of system resources for basic tasks, and doesn't work 100% of the time on my new PC and is laggy and unusable on my old machine.
Pop OS:- it was good. Liked some features it offers, but just like Ubuntu is hogged resources.
Kali Linux:- couldn't get it to live boot for demo
Arch:- I will do arch based linux later as I play with linux more. Have shortlisted Manjaro and endeavour OS.

And here is the main one

5. Mint:- it works flawlessly. Everything works well on both my old and new PC. There are a few things I haven't optimised like the battery using slimbook on my new laptop but on my old laptop it is the only distro i have tried that runs smooth like butter. The browser is actually usable on mint. There are a few issues but that is only on proprietary software from my new PCs OEM and I am fine with that. It's shocking how straightforward mint is. No nonsense, no gimicks, just clean , desktop computer experience. I am now bothered that my country recommends Ubuntu for all its linux based engineering use.

(It's about to get minty!)

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