Linux Mint
A derivative of Ubuntu, Linux Mint has tried to be like Windows built on top the Cinnamon desktop interface. It is bulky and fragmented with lot of proprietary applications. The very reason for fragmentation is the proprietary software embedded in the system with closed Code and when the OEM guys make changes to the hardware, the users are left high and dry. The abundance of graphic intensive hardware to cater for enlarging population of Linux Gamers is one side of the problem. The system upgrade that follows additional proprietary Code becomes a thorn in the flesh. Very often, it breaks down at the end of an upgrade. They have devised a Time-Shift mechanism to overcome this problem for long term users of Mint where an old copy of the old system is maintained behind the new system to fall back to, if the new system, breaks down.
It was originally based on Ubuntu but Ubuntu for no reason at all, changes it course.
Wayland compositor is an experimental platform for Ubuntu. This is the very reason, lately Mint is going to be based on stable Debian instead of Ubuntu.
My advice is for the user to use Ext4 file system and not Btrfs. It has the same problems that Redhat has but to a lesser extent with file system management.
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