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Mint is actually based off Ubuntu, but the two have grown apart quite a bit. However, they're both designed to be an easy, usable experience for beginners—they just take different approaches to it.
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Find the perfect Linux distro for your needs. It's an excellent distro for people who are new to Linux, want a Windows ...
Linux Mint is an operating system (OS) that you can use to replace Windows on your machine, though you could also use it alongside it. It has much the same “feel” as Windows, ...
Linux Mint was first released in ͏2006 as an Ubuntu-based distri͏bution. It was designed to provide a user-friendly and ͏elegant desktop environment for users tran͏sitioning from Windows.
Such is the case with the latest release of BlueStar Linux: a distro that essentially takes KDE Plasma and twists it into a ...
Linux Mint 18.1 should be released in November/December 2016 and it will be supported until 2021. Upgrades from Linux Mint 18 to Linux Mint 18.1 will be handled by the Update Manager.
Linux Mint is a free, open-source operating system based on two longer-tenured versions of Linux: Debian and Ubuntu. It boasts "full multimedia support" from the jump, and has always been built ...
Linux Mint 21.3 boasts the newest version of Cinnamon, Cinnamon 6.0. In this release, more optional features, called spices, enable you to do such things as make a bootable USB stick from its ...
Linux Mint also remains cautious when it comes to kernel updates: It does not follow Ubuntu’s step (22.04.3) to Linux kernel 6.2 and stays with version 21.3 of kernel 5.15 with long-term support.
Linux Mint’s primary aim is to enhance the Ubuntu experience. As it’s also based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian, Linux Mint aligns its versions with Ubuntu’s long-term support releases.
Linux Mint 21 is based on Ubuntu 22.04 and provides a full WIMP display, as in windows, icons, menus, pointers. It is a long-term support (LTS) release supported until 2027. Vanessa, which continues ...
The Linux Mint 21.2 Beta ISOs are currently undergoing testing according to the Linux Mint Community website. This usually indicates that the Beta ISOs will be ready for download in a couple of days.