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Why do you use/choose Linux?
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Mint? Is it as slow and bloated as Ubuntu, its base? Didnt you need to make it LMDE to make it faster and lighter a bit?
Mint does come with a lot of preinstalled software, but I wouldn't consider it bloated. It's stuff that most people will use. The MATE and Xfce versions are fairly light.
Honesty, not much. Granted, my PC is not bottlenecked in specs so I haven't noticed. Tried Arch for a while but didn't like it