Distrowatch review grumbles

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Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

#461 Post by richb »

Huckleberry Finn wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 4:10 pm
MX Linux has a great deal of bloat. You also need a decent system to run it efficiently.
It's not the best nor is it the worst. It is somewhat OK.
Too many preloaded MX Linux apps and apps in general.
It is Debian based so you won't have the latest updates and the repository will eventually become stale.
There are better Debian based distributions out there.
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Says more about that user's preferences than MX 21.
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Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

#462 Post by Eadwine Rose »

"Nor is it the worst", gives a 1. I guess that person's top would be around 5 or so, and the worst about -4?
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Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

#463 Post by Jerry3904 »

MX Linux has a great deal of bloat. You also need a decent system to run it efficiently.
These people just lie, trying to knock MX out of the *all-important* #1 position.

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Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

#464 Post by Adrian »

Jerry3904 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:42 pm
MX Linux has a great deal of bloat. You also need a decent system to run it efficiently.
These people just lie, trying to knock MX out of the *all-important* #1 position.

:angry: :angry:
Frankly, I can't wait till MX drops from #1 at DistroWatch, position that means absolutely nothing.
Also, I have a very bad option about people who use the word "bloat".
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Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

#465 Post by dolphin_oracle »

Adrian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:58 pm
Jerry3904 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:42 pm
MX Linux has a great deal of bloat. You also need a decent system to run it efficiently.
These people just lie, trying to knock MX out of the *all-important* #1 position.

:angry: :angry:
Frankly, I can't wait till MX drops from #1 at DistroWatch, position that means absolutely nothing.
Also, I have a very bad option about people who use the word "bloat".
should be about 2 months.
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Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

#466 Post by anticapitalista »

Adrian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:58 pm
Jerry3904 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:42 pm
MX Linux has a great deal of bloat. You also need a decent system to run it efficiently.
These people just lie, trying to knock MX out of the *all-important* #1 position.

:angry: :angry:
Frankly, I can't wait till MX drops from #1 at DistroWatch, position that means absolutely nothing.
Also, I have a very bad option about people who use the word "bloat".
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Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

#467 Post by uncle mark »

dolphin_oracle wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 6:16 pm
Adrian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:58 pm
Frankly, I can't wait till MX drops from #1 at DistroWatch, position that means absolutely nothing.
should be about 2 months.
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Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

#468 Post by LU344928 »

Ranked 2nd over the last 30 days:
https://distrowatch.com/index.php?dataspan=4
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Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

#469 Post by Huckleberry Finn »

Just as an ordinary pc user (even not Linux) or even as an ordinary person who is just looking at some statistics, from my viewpoint (objectively) :

When I click on

"Year 2019" it says #1 for the XX distro

"Year 2020" .. #1 .. XX distro

"Last 12 months" ... #1 ... XX distro


(not to mention last 6 and 3 months)


Whatever the XX distro is: that's "success" .


And it's normal, people may wonder new / other distros or different (non-Debian or non-buntu) ones ...

(Also nothing to worry: Even when that XX distro was on #21 , it was getting the best comments, most recommended / loved by its users)
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Re: Distrowatch review grumbles

#470 Post by siamhie »

uncle mark wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 8:22 pm
dolphin_oracle wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 6:16 pm
Adrian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 5:58 pm
Frankly, I can't wait till MX drops from #1 at DistroWatch, position that means absolutely nothing.
should be about 2 months.
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