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Linux Mint


Last Update: 2023-09-27 13:54 UTC


Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a classic desktop experience with many convenient, custom tools and optional out-of-the-box multimedia support. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories. Besides its Ubuntu-based flavour, the project also produces a separate "Debian" edition (called LMDE), based on the latest stable Debian version.

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Linux Mint Summary
Distribution Linux Mint
Home Page https://linuxmint.com/
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8: BlogspotDruid (Romanian) • WordpressDistroWatchWordpressDedoimedoTuxRadarLinuxBSDosDanLynch.org
7: OSNewsLWNDanLynch.orgTech-no-mediaLinuxoid (Russian) • Wordpress
6: SourceForge (Japanese) • It's A Binary WorldHeadshot GamerDedoimedoLinuxPlanet
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 • 2022-07-31: Distribution Release: Linux Mint 21
 • 2022-07-14: Development Release: Linux Mint 21 Beta
 • 2022-03-20: Distribution Release: Linux Mint 5 "LMDE"
 • 2022-02-28: Development Release: Linux Mint 5 Beta "LMDE"
 • 2022-01-07: Distribution Release: Linux Mint 20.3
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Feature 6-LMDE
faye
21.2
victoria
5-LMDE
elsie
20.3
una
4-LMDE
debbie
19.3
tricia
18.3
sylvia
17.3
rosa
16
petra
15
olivia
14
nadia
13
maya
12
lisa
11
katya
10
julia
9
isadora
8
helena
7
gloria
6
felicia
5
elyssa
4.0
daryna
3.1
celena
3.0
cassandra
2.2
bianca
2.1
bea
2.0
barbara
Feature
Release Date 2023-09-27 2023-07-16 2022-03-20 2022-01-06 2020-03-20 2019-12-18 2017-11-27 2015-12-04 2013-11-30 2013-05-29 2012-11-20 2012-05-23 2011-11-26 2011-05-26 2010-11-12 2010-05-18 2009-11-28 2009-05-26 2008-12-15 2008-06-08 2007-11-15 2007-09-24 2007-05-30 2007-02-21 2006-12-20 2006-11-14 Release Date
End Of Life   2027-04       2023-04 2021-04 2019-04 2014-07 2014-01 2014-05 2017-04 2013-04 2012-10 2012-04 2013-04 2011-04 2010-10 2010-04 2011-04 2009-04 2008-10 2008-10 2008-04 2008-04 2008-04 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 2500-2700 2500-2700 1900-2000 1900-2100 1900-2000 1900-2100 1400-1700                                       Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop Cinnamon Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon, MATE Cinnamon, MATE Cinnamon, MATE Cinnamon, MATE Cinnamon, MATE Cinnamon, MATE GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME Default Desktop
Package Management DEB, Flatpak DEB, Flatpak DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o OO.o Office Suite
Processor Architecture i686, x86_64 x86_64 i686, x86_64 x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes en, es, fr, gr, se, tr en, es, fr, gr, se, tr en, es, fr, gr, se, tr en, es, fr, gr, se, tr     Multilingual
Asian Language Support                                                     Asian Language Support
Full Package List 6-lmde 21.2 5-lmde 20.3 4-lmde 19.3 18.3 17.3 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4.0 3.1 3.0 2.2 2.1   Full Package List
Package 6-LMDE
faye
21.2
victoria
5-LMDE
elsie
20.3
una
4-LMDE
debbie
19.3
tricia
18.3
sylvia
17.3
rosa
16
petra
15
olivia
14
nadia
13
maya
12
lisa
11
katya
10
julia
9
isadora
8
helena
7
gloria
6
felicia
5
elyssa
4.0
daryna
3.1
celena
3.0
cassandra
2.2
bianca
2.1
bea
2.0
barbara
Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.10) 1.2.8 1.2.6.1 1.2.4 1.2.2 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.1.0 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.24.1 1.0.23 1.0.22 1.0.20 1.0.18 1.0.17a 1.0.15 1.0.14 1.0.13 1.0.13 1.0.11 1.0.11 1.0.11 alsa-lib (1.2.10)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- 22.0.0 19.1.0 19.1.0 18.1.99 19.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.780 8.723 8.660 8.600 8.543 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.19) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.19)
chromium (117.0.5938.132) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (117.0.5938.132)
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.2 2.4.1 2.3.3 2.3.1 2.2.10 2.2.7 2.1.3 1.7.2 1.7.0rc1 1.6.2 1.6.1 1.5.2 1.5.0 1.4.6 1.4.4 1.4.3 1.4.1 1.3.9 1.3.9 1.3.7 1.3.2 1.2.8 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.2.4 1.2.4 cups (2.4.7)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.3 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.1.ESV-R4 4.1.1-P1 4.1.1-P1 3.1.3 3.1.3 3.1.2 3.1.1 3.1.1 3.0.6 3.0.5 3.0.4 3.0.4 3.0.4 3.0.4 3.0.4 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.46.5 1.46.2 1.45.5 1.44.5 1.44.1 1.42.13 1.42.9 1.42.8 1.42.5 1.42.5 1.42 1.41.14 1.41.14 1.41.12 1.41.11 1.41.9 1.41.4 1.41.3 1.40.8 1.40.2 1.39 1.39 1.39 1.39 1.39 e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (118.0.1) 117.0.1 115.0.2 98.0 95.0.1 68.6.0 71.0 57.0 42.0 24.0 20.0 16.0.1 12.0 7.0.1 4.0.1 3.6.10 3.6.3 3.5.3 3.0.10 3.0.3 3.0rc1 2.0.0.6 2.0.0.6 2.0.0.3 2.0.0.1 2.0 2.0 firefox (118.0.1)
freetype (2.13.2) 2.12.1 2.11.1 2.10.4 2.10.1 2.9.1 2.8.1 2.6.1 2.5.2 2.4.12 2.4.11 2.4.10 2.4.8 2.4.4 2.4.4 2.4.2 2.3.11 2.3.9 2.3.9 2.3.7 2.3.5 2.3.5 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.2.1 freetype (2.13.2)
gcc (13.2.0) 12.2.0 11.2.0 10.2.1 9.3.0 8.3.0 7.4.0 5.3.1 4.8.4 4.8.1 4.7.3 4.7.2 4.6.3 4.6.1 4.5.2 4.4.4 4.4.3 4.4.1 4.3.3 4.3.1 4.2.3 4.1.2 4.1.2 4.1.2 4.1.1 4.1.1 4.1.1 gcc (13.2.0)
gimp (2.10.34) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.8.16 2.8.10 2.8.6 2.8.4 2.8.2 2.6.12 2.6.11 2.6.11 2.6.10 2.6.8 2.6.7 2.6.6 2.6.1 2.4.5 2.4.0rc3 2.2.13 2.2.13 2.2.13 2.2.13 2.2.13 gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.38) 2.36 2.35 2.31 2.31 2.28 2.27 2.23 2.19 2.17 2.17 2.15 2.15 2.13 2.13 2.12.1 2.11.1 2.10.1 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6.1 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 glibc (2.38)
gnome-shell (45.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.2.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (45.0)
gnucash (5.4-1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.4-1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 2.04 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.99 1.99 1.99rc1 1.98 1.98 1.97beta4 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.12.3) 4.8.3 3.24.33 3.24.24 3.24.18 3.24.5 3.22.30 3.18.9 3.10.8 3.8.7 3.6.4 3.6.0 3.4.1 3.2.0 2.24.4 2.22.0 2.20.0 2.18.3 2.16.1 2.14.4 2.12.9 2.12.0 2.10.11 2.10.11 2.10.6 2.10.6 2.10.6 gtk (4.12.3)
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.3)
k3b (23.08.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (23.08.1)
kmod (31) 30 29 28 27 26 24 22 15 9 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (31)
krita (5.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.0)
libreoffice (7.6.2) 7.4.7 7.3.7 7.0.4 6.4.7 6.1.5 6.0.7 5.1.6 5.0.3rc2 4.1.2rc3 4.0.2 3.6.2rc2 3.5.2 3.4.3 3.3.2 3.2.1 3.2.0 3.1.1 3.0.1 2.4.1 2.4.0 2.3.0 2.2.0 2.2.0 2.1.0 2.1.0 2.0.4 libreoffice (7.6.2)
linux (6.5.5) 6.1.52 5.15 5.10.103 5.4 4.19.98 5.0 4.10 3.19 3.11 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.6.38 2.6.35 2.6.32 2.6.31 2.6.28 2.6.27 2.6.24 2.6.22 2.6.20 2.6.20 2.6.17 2.6.17 2.6.17 linux (6.5.5)
Package 6-LMDE
faye
21.2
victoria
5-LMDE
elsie
20.3
una
4-LMDE
debbie
19.3
tricia
18.3
sylvia
17.3
rosa
16
petra
15
olivia
14
nadia
13
maya
12
lisa
11
katya
10
julia
9
isadora
8
helena
7
gloria
6
felicia
5
elyssa
4.0
daryna
3.1
celena
3.0
cassandra
2.2
bianca
2.1
bea
2.0
barbara
Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.0.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.0.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.2) 1.26.0 1.26.0 1.24.1 1.26.0 1.20.4 1.22.2 1.18.0 1.12.0 1.6.1 1.6.0 1.4.2 1.2.0 1.0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.2)
mesa (23.2.1) 22.3.6 22.2.5 20.3.5 21.0.3 18.3.6 19.0.8 12.0.6 10.1.3 9.2.1 9.1.1 9.0 8.0.2 7.11 7.10.2 7.9git 7.7.1 7.6.0 7.4 7.2 7.0.3rc2 7.0.1 6.5.2 6.5.2 6.3.2 6.3.2 6.3.2 mesa (23.2.1)
mysql (8.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.1.0)
nautilus (45.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.4.2 3.4.1 3.2.0 2.32.2.1 2.32.0 2.30.0 2.28.1 2.26.2 2.24.1 2.22.2 2.20.0 2.18.1 2.18.1 2.16.1 2.16.1 2.16.1 nautilus (45.0)
NVIDIA (535.113.01) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 260.19.06 195.36.15 185.18.36 180.44 177.80 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (535.113.01)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (21) 17.0.8u1 11.0.19 11.0.14 11.0.11 11.0.6 11.0.4 -- 7u79 7u25 7u21 7u7 6b24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (21)
openssh (9.4p1) 9.2p1 8.9p1 8.4p1 8.2p1 7.9p1 7.6p1 7.2p2 6.6p1 6.2p2 6.1p1 6.0p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 5.8p1 5.5p1 5.3p1 5.1p1 5.1p1 5.1p1 4.7p1 4.6p1 4.3p2 4.3p2 4.3p2 4.3p2 4.3p2 openssh (9.4p1)
openssl (3.1.3) 3.0.9 3.0.2 1.1.1k 1.1.1f 1.1.1d 1.1.1 1.0.2g 1.0.1f 1.0.1e 1.0.1c 1.0.1c 1.0.1 1.0.0e 0.9.8o 0.9.8o 0.9.8k 0.9.8g 0.9.8g 0.9.8g 0.9.8g 0.9.8e 0.9.8c 0.9.8c 0.9.8b 0.9.8b 0.9.8b openssl (3.1.3)
perl (5.38.0) 5.36.0 5.34.0 5.32.1 5.30.0 5.28.1 5.26.1 5.22.1 5.18.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.12.4 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.10.0 5.10.0 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 perl (5.38.0)
php (8.2.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.2.11)
plasma-desktop (5.27.8) -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.8.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.8)
postfix (3.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.8.2)
postgresql (16.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (16.0)
Python (3.12.0) 3.11.2 3.10.6 3.9.2 3.8.2 3.7.3 3.6.7 2.7.11 2.7.6 2.7.5 2.7.4 2.7.3 2.7.3 2.7.2 2.7.1 2.6.6 2.6.5 2.6.4rc1 2.6.2 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.5.1 2.5.1 2.5.1 2.4.3 2.4.3 2.4.3 Python (3.12.0)
qt (6.5.3) 5.15.8 5.15.3 5.15.2 5.12.8 5.11.3 5.9.5 5.6.1 4.8.5 4.8.4 4.8.4 4.8.3 4.8.1 4.7.4 4.7.2 4.7.0 4.6.2 -- -- -- -- 3.3.8 3.3.8 3.3.8 3.3.6 3.3.6 3.3.6 qt (6.5.3)
samba (4.19.0) 4.17.10 4.15.13 4.13.13 4.13.14 4.9.5 4.7.6 4.3.11 4.1.6 3.6.18 3.6.9 3.6.6 3.6.3 3.5.11 3.5.8 3.5.4 3.4.7 3.4.0 3.3.2 3.2.3 3.0.28a 3.0.26a 3.0.24 3.0.24 3.0.22 3.0.22 3.0.22 samba (4.19.0)
systemd (254.5) 252.12 249.11 247.3 245.4 241 237 229 204 204 198 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (254.5)
thunderbird (115.3.1) 102.15.1 102.13.0 91.6.2 78.14.0 68.5.0 60.9.0 52.4.0 31.7.0 24.0 17.0.5 16.0.1 12.0.1 7.0.1 3.1.9 3.1.4 3.0.4 2.0.0.23 2.0.0.21 2.0.0.17 2.0.0.14 2.0.0.6 1.5.0.10 1.5.0.10 -- -- -- thunderbird (115.3.1)
vim (9.0) 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.1.6 2.0.8 2.0.6 2.0.4 2.0.1 1.1.12 1.1.9 1.1.4 1.0.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- 4.18.1 -- 4.16.0 -- 4.14.1 4.12.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.7 21.1.4 1.20.11 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.19.6 1.18.4 1.15.1 1.14.3 1.13.3 1.13.0 1.11.4 1.10.4 1.10.1 1.9.0 1.7.6 1.6.4 1.6.0 1.5.2 1.4.1git 1.3.0.0 1.2.0 1.2.0 1.1.1 1.1.1 1.1.1 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 21.2
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-10-02
Votes: 1


Linux Mint is very polished. Any old Windows user will find Mint to be home. I use Cinnamon on my desktop computer and xfce on my 4 GB laptop. Mint is rock solid, easy to install, and easy to configure. Mint is geared towards beginners as well as advanced users. Mint does not lock down the system from the user. Mint doesn't collect any telemetry. Snaps are disabled by default in Mint due to Ubuntu forcing snaps.

Mint may have compatibility issues on modern hardware. My computer that was built in 2020, which is three years old, had a problem where it would not shut down properly. To fix this, I had to use the edge kernel. The edge kernel updates every six months providing the user with a new kernel will fix some of the hardware issues. An edge iso is provided that can be booted from an installation medium, however, the edge iso is sometimes outdated. Mint's repositories may not have up to date software that can pose a security risk. Firejail, filezilla, and qbitorrent are a few that are outdated, while Firefox is updated often. Mint does allow users to use flatpak and add additional repositories if needed. Fortunately flatpak does offer up to date software.

Linux Mint may change in the future with Ubuntu clamping down on removing APT from the distro and forcing snaps to be used. Mint may switch over to Debian in the future. Wayland is also planned in the future to improve performance and move away from the ancient Xorg.


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Version: 6-LMDE
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-01
Votes: 9


Well, the Mint guys have won another "Linux Oscar" with LMDE 6. I have installed it on a not-exactly-new Sony Viao i7 and I am very impressed so far. Printer - immediately and correctly picked up and all features working. Cinnamon 5.8.5 is snappy and the theming looks good. Why should you work on an ugly desktop? LMDE looks great on install.

Hey, its Mint, which means literally "everything just works." This is exactly what I want for a working machine - OS and UI enable and support everything I do but stay out of the way and no surprises. LMDE in fact is at the point of me asking why even bother with the Ubuntu line at all? This is not just 'good enough', it exceeds what I have had with 21.2. The slow-startup of applications seems to be solved now, so LMDE 6 gets a solid 10/10.

The one single niggle is the trainload of lost luggage in the fonts department, which seems to be a Debian thing. I work a lot with text and layouts, so post-install with any distro it is a huge cleanup of unwanted fonts, adding a few metric-compatible ones and I'm good to go. Some distros clean up quicker than others, LMDE and most Debians are on the more effort end of the scale. But this is a once-off step.


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Version: 6-LMDE
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-10-01
Votes: 1


I could not install to a secondary hard drive with Mint 21.2 on another drive, failed install not matter what I did. I installed LDME 6 without a hitch, installed the Nvidia drivers first, then did an update and rebooted. I then followed the instruction to update to LDME 6 and its working. Speed wise , it seems to be about the same as 21.2 but working good. The installer for LDME needs to be the same that is on LDME 5 and then it will be ready.



Please fix the installer and this would get a better score than the 7 I gave it.


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