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I had it on an old thinkpad for years but swapped back to Debian on there recently. It's a neat OS for hobbyists but the desktop experience is rough around the edges.
It's similar to how linux used to be 15 years ago in terms of software compatibility.
One positive thing about it is that the source code for their corelibs is beautiful (!) GNU corelibs have been optimized to within an inch of their life to make them as fast as possible at the cost of legibility.