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 is an operating system (OS) that you can use to replace Windows on your machine, though you could also use it ...

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 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.

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 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's recent climb to the top of the DistroWatch rankings and strong reactions to Ubuntu's Unity shell have led to speculation that Ubuntu's glory days could be over. We examine these two ...

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 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.

On nearly any post about Ubuntu, or Linux in general, the Ubuntu derivative Linux Mint is offered as an alternative , or comes up (multiple times) ...

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.