"Now, the good things. Well, pretty much everything. Mint looks great. It is consistent, super-stable, fast, responsive, elegant, loaded with a rich arsenal of programs and tools, fully usable out of the box. It offers a complete experience to the user from the first second on. It comes with the classic desktop look that is superior by three orders of magnitude to any pseudo-tablety alternative. Yes, some small things could perhaps be polished or improved. Three dots, trailing off. Suspense.
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"But this could be it, the one Linux desktop for normal people. With Ubuntu 12.04 five-year support and proper functionality combined, Linux Mint 13 running Cinnamon should become the de-facto desktop of the Linux world and beyond. At least one can hope. But if this turns out to be yet another passing fad, then we're doomed forever."