Distrowatch review grumbles

[Captain Brillo]

Please.
Too popular is a major bummer in Linux.
So nobody tell anybody else anymore, OK?
Let's keep it a secret so we can keep getting quick-and-easy help.
(snork, snork...ha ha ha)

[BitJam]

AntiX is up near the top of the ratings, too: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=ranking

Interesting ... Also 6 of the top 8 don't use systemd by default:

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Distro      systemd
------      -------
Slackware     no
Arch          yes
Gentoo        no/yes
MX            no/yes
Ubuntu        yes
antiX         no
Void          no
Devuan        no

Gentoo and MX support systemd but it is not the default.

[skidoo]

6 of the top 8

or, depending how ya slice it
6 of the top 10
6 of the top 15
7 of the top 28 displayed on that page, but who's counting?

It was interesting for me to sort by NUMBER of user reviews, disregard the rating value, and notice which distros have elicited the greatest number of reviews.

[Gerson]

The numbers do not lie. I think that in two months or before we will be number ONE in EVERYTHING.

[cyrilus31]

The numbers do not lie. I think that in two months or before we will be number ONE in EVERYTHING.

Amigo I love your enthusiasm, but I'm not sure that's what MX/antiX devs dream of every night

Should be an interesting topic about devs (not sure it has been done before) : who are you and why did you embark on such a journey

[Stevo]

I see our review trolls have struck again:

Version: 18.1
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-03-08
Votes: 4


Garbage distro that runs obsolete software only. Do not recommend.

Hey, at least don't make up stuff in the reviews, OK, fanbois? MX isn't 100% perfect, we acknowledge that, and you could attack us on those points. And why don't you put that effort into helping your own favorite distro get better instead of trying to tear down another? Oh, right, you don't have any talent.

[sunrat]

I downvoted that review. Only has 2 votes now.

[figueroa]

From the Distrowatch FAQ, 'When possible, be specific. "This distro is garbage" is not helpful.' Voting on Distrowatch is weird. If you vote on a review, then you are locked out from voting on any other.

[aledie]

I see our review trolls have struck again:
...

It is the same troll as below (and he seems to appear every 1-2 weeks or so, to always be in the view of the last 3-4 reviews which can be seen without clicking "show all reviews"

Version: 18
Rating: 2
Date: 2019-02-09
Votes: 6

Judging by use of "Do not recommend" in both posts (I mean different guys would use 'I'd not' or "I don't" or "I won't"...)

[Gerson]

It reminded me of a professor in the faculty who always encouraged me to research with this phrase:
"Only the tree that bears fruit throws stones at it."
If MX was not so good, they would not consider it to criticize it.