Closer to the 2nd-ish but it is a nog word and is fail.
Just say "Debian" which is what it takes it's core from while strapping on a whole lot of other bullshit.
It is quite a bit different than Mint. Less Windows ish. I haven't noticed a bunch of junk in there.
Begging your pardon, fine sir, how did you pronounce that? Deebian or Debbian?
LOL, I see what you did there.
I am working my stuff over to Deuvan. The Debian team has been more focused on making sure developers are woke vs developing actual code to make Debian better.