LMDE is a bad example; it's the bleeding-edge version of Mint. I can't even remember the last time apt-get upgrade (update is actually the command that fetches the package list) screwed me on mainstream Ubuntu or Mint.
In other news, Windows users don't like Gentoo either (although that's a hyperbolic comparison).
actively uses Raspbian, Puppy Linux, Linux Mint DE, and Ubuntu.
You get the same apt-get screwage in Ubuntu and normal Mint? Did you accidentally put a curse on your computer or something?
Unless if this is all a lie and you're just shilling, which I kind of have to consider because of your ACness and the improbability of all your statements being simultaneously true.
(computer expert) ^ (knows Unix tools) ^ (apt-get doesn't work anywhere)