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 Themes, 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.
  • video editing not really possible
    • DaVinci Resolve does not have H.264, H.265 and AAC codec support
    • other codes or video editing programs are a solution
  • only a few supported games