> I didn't make a neat list of major and minor issues as per usual
You didn't even explain what do you think is wrong with it, so it is not a helpful criticism. Most of your complaints about the 4.0 release were based on your graphic card being not free software compatible, or about missing features. It is not that mini was supposed to be that feature rich, so I wouldn't say "missing". Evaluate it on its own, not compared to the gnome edition.
