When I was looking into the MintBox3 article, I notice that December also saw Mint release it's latest Mint XFCE edition, which (includes XFCE 4.14)[https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tricia_xfce_whatsnew.php].
Interesting to see that when split down, Arch itself is the most popular amongst GOL readers.
You can also see GOL traffic stats here for now: https://plausible.io/gamingonlinux.com Probably won't continue past their free trial, far too expensive and their self-hosted solution sounds like it's not ready.