Gdm is slow and buggy comparatively, imo. Gnome has always lagged behind on stability and speed for me, and Cinnamon doesn’t do much to fix those issues for its simplicity.

For its simplicity, were I to choose less features and the minimal design Cinnamon goes for, I’d rather just have XFCE instead. Similar look and function, more mature, if older.

This really comes out if you try KDE on a lower-powered system like an ARM phone. KDE-touch is way more grounded and quick than the gnome solutions.

Yep, soooon, but really it doesn’t make or break anything for me.

X11 (to me) just means a project already works and there’s nothing to fix.

Tbh, if Mint had a KDE version, I’d use it instantly, no idea why they want to dedicate resources to remaking the same desktop everyone else already makes, but worse.

Linux Mint, maker of ‘Slow XFCE’ aka Cinnamon