I totally agree with Helios. I am originally a Slack user, but I used PCLOS for about a year. The frustration of not having up-to-date versions of apps I needed pushed me to the breaking point, and I switched to Mint 6 months ago. Mint Gnome is damn near perfect in my opinion. And it is NOT just Ubuntu with a coat of paint. Mint tools, codecs, customizes menu, app selection, browser plugins, Ubuntu bug-fixes, etc, etc. However, the 100% binary compatibility with Ubuntu is where Mint has an advantage over PCLOS which struggles with it's application pool. All of Ubuntu's strengths and none of it's weaknesses. It's the DayWalker of distros!

Mint KDE is progressing to that same point. It's already surpassed Kubuntu. But it's not quite fair to compare it to PCLOS, as Mint KDE is a Community Edition that's only now picking up some real momentum. It is only a matter of time before it refines some of the UI and look/feel pieces. When it does, I truly believe it will be the KDE distro of the year, surpassing PCLOS, Mandriva and Suse. I'm a believer!

--Akshun J