Mainstream linux distro reccomendation

[r3d3mpt10n]

Hi guys

 

I'm having trouble picking a mainstream distro to run on rig 4 listed in my signature, currently running vanilla ubuntu. I really don't like unity, I'm leaning towards ubuntu mate, have tinkered with it before, it's a teeny bit minimalist for my liking, have also looked at mint cinnamon but not to keen on the appearance. Ideally what I'm looking for is something that looks decent, runs smoothly, and gets mainstream support (ie not tiny support base distros). Any advice would be greatly appreciated:)

[Bananasplit_00]

Debian or Linux Mint

 

 

*edit*

i really, really, really hate Ubuntus UI but if your up for it then sure add that to the list

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

just install mate on your existing ubuntu

[tikker]

My goto recommendation is usually Mint, but I've recently started using Fedora and it's nice as well. So I'd say try a different evironment for Mint (there are others) or give Fedora a try.

[Droidbot]

I liked unity when I used it

 

I ran Mint after and liked it too

 

Generally any de is good

[r3d3mpt10n]

I think I'll try mint mate, they seem to have made mint look better than ubuntu's implementation. Going to do a clean wipe and install it. Thanks for the recommendations guys. Will try stick to it and not rage quit haha:)

[jeffrobdun]

I've heard Mint is great but haven't personally tried it. My go to is Ubuntu because it's really easy for Linux. Fedora is definitely worth checking out. Once you're used to it it's pretty great and has a lot of nice features