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.

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.

Mint and Ubuntu differ in GUI, with Ubuntu looking a bit more like Mac, while Mint more resembles Windows. Mint has been built with Ubuntu as a base, meaning they share a lot of tech under the hood.

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. Linux Mint 22 (aka Wilma) ISOs are officially available for download and installation. This new iteration has plenty to offer for those who've waited patiently after the release of ...

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 18 ships with Linux Kernel 4.4.0.21, though, when I tested the distro, several newer kernels were available up to and including 4.4.0.28. What's new in Cinnamon.

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 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.

Ubuntu One works with Mint, and best of all, you can customize it to look, feel, and run exactly how you want it. Which, for most users of Linux, is exactly what they want.

In today's open source roundup: Linux Mint versus Ubuntu. Plus: KDE releases Plasma 5.3. And screenshot tours of Debian 8 Cinnamon.