Linux Mint Botnet/Privacy/Security Claims

Nobody has ever seriously claimed that Mint is a botnet

The maintainers however are retarded, and the distro is functionally broken beyond basic use. Most Linux users aren't willing to trust the Mint guys to not royally fuck something up and put their users at risk, so they avoid using it.
It's still a good step up from Windows, but when you start trying to use it to learn more about Linux, don't blame Linux when everything falls apart - it's Mint's fault.

No iso files were swapped.
The download link was altered.
Somebody assuming that webpages and iso files are served from the same machine is probably a good indication they don't know what they're talking about in the first place.

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>>61902835
What distro do you recommend? I need a daily driver for programming/running steam vidya games. Something stable. I so familiar with apt-get that I am afraid to switch to other derivatives. I certainly do want to learn more about Linux and how things work rather than just some mindless consumer. While I don't mind tinkering with the system for hours on end, I also need something reliable and stable for schoolwork.

>>61903216
>want apt
>want stability
Just use Debian then obviously

>>61903216
Manjaro.
It has all advantages of Arch and Mint combined, while lacking their flaws.

>>61903216
You're asking in the wrong place. There are probably 2 or 3 people tops on /g/ on any given day who have a solitary clue as to what they're talking about.