Datamation examines the Debian and Ubuntu distros in detail by starting with the question, what is the difference between Debian and Ubuntu? Neither GNU/Linux distro has been out of Distrowatch's top six since 2005, and for the last four years neither has been out of the top three. There are good reasons for that. Though if systemd is not your cup of tea, there is also a Debian fork, Devuan, which is basically Debian GNU/Linux minus systemd.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 16 2017, @05:06PM
Linux Mint isn't bad. LMDE, or, Linux Mint Debian Edition is better, IMHO, but Mint is alright. I ran Mint for awhile, then I ran LMDE. I was happy with them, until I hopped to a different distro. For that matter, the only reason I broke with Ubuntu was the Unity thing. My wife would still be running Ubuntu, if not for Unity.