@KingOfWhiteAmerica @DoubleD @Justicar mint ain't zippy, but it's an honest distro trying to debuntu the buntu and ship a futurist's fever dream of windows xps.

cinnamon is a pleasure worthy of a v for vendetta speech.

only time I ever tried puppy was to live recover an old laptop that was fighting other images. didn't get the best vibe, but it wasn't a sound example. might try it for an experiment again on a more proper system, based off your comment. I like the idea of a snappy lightweight Linux, but haven't been impressed with the tradeoffs on xfce variants of bigger names.

@JollyWizard @DoubleD @Justicar I’ll readily admit Puppy isn’t the prettiest; and it’s much different from more mainstream offerings. It’s definitely filling a niche; which is resurrecting *old* hardware and giving it a new lease on life. But I got familiar with it, so it’s one of my go-to’s, and I like running it on more current systems too.
That said, I doubt established users who’ve already well-rooted themselves in bigger names will have the same appreciation I do. Intermediate-level operators might be fresh enough to enjoy the perspective shift; as some of Puppy’s solutions probably seem pretty bonkers; but they make sense in their niche.