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No it's not just a phase. Mint really is very good which is why it's very popular and widely regarded as the overall best distro whether beginner or advanced user.
The team really do make it their goal to have a user friendly, capable OS that helps you instead of hinders you.
I use Linux Mint Debian Edition because I'm done with Ubuntu but the Ubuntu based mint is still excellent compared to Ubuntu itself.
Mint widely regarded as the best distro for advanced users? I must have missed it.
Not trying to shit on it or anything, but I've never heard the sentiment.
I've fooling around with Linux distros since RedHat 5 and Mandrake 6. Even wore the sackcloth and ashes of Slack for a bit. What I have learned is that it's fine to use a "beginner's distro" or run Slack and boot directly into a terminal to run Emacs all day.
Whatever gets the job done or floats your boat. It's all about choice.
As I mentioned somewhere else, getting a system to do what you want is the easy part. The impressive part is offering a solution that can be sustainably maintained long-term, at low effort for the user.