I discovered Mint during the 3^rd quarter of 2011, I've been using it since the very first day.

My verdict on Mint is quite good. Indeed, today I don't know what the hell Ubuntu is (or it was), further when degenerated into what the most recent version is, and turning less and less usable after every update...

My apologies if my english sounds weird, because I build the sentences as I'd do in my native spanish... I'm quite sure that it's not the best way of expressing what I want to say, so I'm giving this advice... :P