[BuckRogers]

I always preferred Mint for desktop Linux. I knew they had a poor security record due to their HTTP downloads at one time, but no kernel security updates is news to me.

If you must use desktop Linux, I guess I'll be recommending Ubuntu from now on. In my testing Mint and Ubuntu both work pretty well out of the box on lots of different hardware configurations unlike other distros. But learning this really tips the scale, Ubuntu or bust.

[yemich]

A great advantage of linux is allowing the end user choice of distribution and desktop environment to find their specific needs. Unfortunately, not all choices are good. I wish Mint would go away.