That is one and I read online (can&#x27;t find the source now) that Mint development doesn&#x27;t respect compatibility&#x2F;play well with other open source developers. I don&#x27;t know how much of it is true but for me, compatibility is important. For almost 5-6 years, I have never formatted my home directory. So if my distribution is, for example, creating config in a non-compatible fashion, I won&#x27;t be able to move to another distro. I know that typically distros don&#x27;t modify individual program&#x27;s dotfile&#x2F;config etc but I guess I&#x27;m a bit paranoid about it.