I thought it is highly possible they may had gamed the system at some point, but doubting it less and less by the day… they would have been very consistent for hundreds and hundreds of days! Once you actually installed it, you will realize it is among the most polished yet stable Linux distros there is and has had a very consistent competent team.
Now, I don’ think it has a high popularity at all among newcomers, let alone people on forums (look at the popular KDE variant download per week… 112 vs the ‘rare’ Xfce with 3444). Their base are people that probably are more avid visitors to the legendary Distrowatch than active to these forums, therefore the low visibility to us.
By the way, tried MX KDE and it is really good, I recommend its team stop selling it just as ideal for “old machines”, it is perfect for any one that does not want a rolling release. It is for people that would like Debian but want it more polish without getting into Ubuntu or Cinnamon territory. I would go even further… they should even offer a KDE-advanced version with updated Kernel and KDE (like TUXEDO OS does) and i think they will become a hit! But I understand they may lacking resources for that… offering SystemD and SysVinit must be highly intensive on itself already. I have grown to trust them.
I thought it is highly possible they may had gamed the system at some point, but doubting it less and less by the day… they would have been very consistent for hundreds and hundreds of days! Once you actually installed it, you will realize it is among the most polished yet stable Linux distros there is and has had a very consistent competent team.
Now, I don’ think it has a high popularity at all among newcomers, let alone people on forums (look at the popular KDE variant download per week… 112 vs the ‘rare’ Xfce with 3444). Their base are people that probably are more avid visitors to the legendary Distrowatch than active to these forums, therefore the low visibility to us.
By the way, tried MX KDE and it is really good, I recommend its team stop selling it just as ideal for “old machines”, it is perfect for any one that does not want a rolling release. It is for people that would like Debian but want it more polish without getting into Ubuntu or Cinnamon territory. I would go even further… they should even offer a KDE-advanced version with updated Kernel and KDE (like TUXEDO OS does) and i think they will become a hit! But I understand they may lacking resources for that… offering SystemD and SysVinit must be highly intensive on itself already. I have grown to trust them.