Positive

  • native development with Apache, MySQL and PHP
  • pretty and feature-rich file explorer (Nemo)
  • many customization options for the start bar
  • very nice GUI (Cinnamon Adapta-Nokto, ePapirus, Nemo)
  • Software Manager
  • good partition manager
  • beautiful wallpapers
  • useful disk usage analyzer
  • updates only in the background
  • integration for the google account

Negative

  • standard theme and icons are ugly
  • no autoscroll in Google Chrome
    • There is a Chrome plugin that adds this function, but it is very buggy and I cannot recommend it
    • There is a chrome flag, but it has an annoying warning message as a side effect. The flag is often removed automatically.
  • exif data view in explorer is poor
    • video resolution and bitrate cannot be displayed
  • default audio output cannot be set easily and reliably
    • the application PulseAudio helps limited
  • video editing not really possible
    • DaVinci Resolve does not have H.264, H.265 and AAC codec support
    • other codes are a solution
  • only a few supported games
    • Steam settings are bugged
  • Graphics glitch in cinnamon after starting from standby mode
    • Restarting cinnamon helps: Press "Alt" + "F2", Type "r", Press "Enter"
  • LibreOffice icons are not clearly visible with a dark Cinnamon theme
    • Icons can be exchanged