I got bored of Cinnamon 
Also, Mint started becoming really slow after a while.
Also, Mint started becoming really slow after a while.
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Sorry, I wasn't clear. Cinnamon is not a distro, it's a desktop environment that you can install. In ubuntu this is easy because they have a ppa:
https://launchpad.net/~gwendal-lebihan-dev/+archive/cinnamon-stable
https://launchpad.net/~gwendal-lebihan-dev/+archive/cinnamon-stable
I remember someone saying that they have installed Arch. Probably it was V.
Anyways, Ubuntu 13.04 managed to really piss me off. It would go sluggish for no reason, tried a lot of stuff, even reinstalled but still wouldn't behave properly. I wanted to install Arch, but didn't have the time (or patience). Finally I settled on Chakra, a fork of Arch Linux. It's a bit of work getting things working, but boy it's blazing fast. At least for now. I will see how it goes in the coming days/weeks.
Anyways, Ubuntu 13.04 managed to really piss me off. It would go sluggish for no reason, tried a lot of stuff, even reinstalled but still wouldn't behave properly. I wanted to install Arch, but didn't have the time (or patience
). Finally I settled on Chakra, a fork of Arch Linux. It's a bit of work getting things working, but boy it's blazing fast. At least for now. I will see how it goes in the coming days/weeks.
While Chakra works decently out of the box, it is not a 'install it and forget it' OS. Even though I've had Antergos for only a couple of days, I think it's a better fork of Arch than Chakra. For example, I had to struggle a bit to get Ethernet working for my computer while on Chakra while on Antergos it worked fine without any manual configuration. That said, Antergos on my system crashes if the Wifi is N-band
@JCK, if you want a install it and forget it OS, Linux Mint might be your best bet. But if you are willing to put in a bit of effort (not much mind you, a slightly long evening will do the trick) go for a fork of Arch Linux. You can't go wrong with either Chakra or Antergos (Chakra has been around for a bit more time than Antergos). Also, Chakra comes with KDE while Antergos is GNOME. If you have a lot of time, build Arch Linux from scratch Once you move to Arch-based OSs, Ubuntu based ones look like Windows, i.e, clunky and slow. Arch linux is rolling release so you get the latest update as and when they are released. You don't need to wait for the 6 month release cycle (like Ubuntu) to get new features.
@JCK, if you want a install it and forget it OS, Linux Mint might be your best bet. But if you are willing to put in a bit of effort (not much mind you, a slightly long evening will do the trick) go for a fork of Arch Linux. You can't go wrong with either Chakra or Antergos (Chakra has been around for a bit more time than Antergos). Also, Chakra comes with KDE while Antergos is GNOME. If you have a lot of time, build Arch Linux from scratch
Once you move to Arch-based OSs, Ubuntu based ones look like Windows, i.e, clunky and slow. Arch linux is rolling release so you get the latest update as and when they are released. You don't need to wait for the 6 month release cycle (like Ubuntu) to get new features.