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Peppermint OS


Last Update: 2026-01-17 13:49 UTC


Peppermint OS is a Debian- and Devuan-based (previously a Lubuntu-based) Linux distribution that aims to be fast and easy on system resources. By employing its Site Specific Browser, Peppermint integrates seamlessly with cloud and web-based applications. The distribution's other features include straight forward updates and easy step-by-step installation using the Calamares installer. The distribution once employed a hybrid LXDE/Xfce desktop environment, mixing LXDE's lxsession with Xfce's panel and application menu. Starting in 2022, Peppermint OS shifted to using the Xfce desktop, dropping the LXDE components.

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Average visitor rating: 7.6/10 from 100 review(s).


Peppermint Summary
Distribution Peppermint OS
Home Page https://peppermintos.com/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-10-14: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 2025-10-12
 • 2023-07-01: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 2023-07-01
 • 2022-02-03: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 2022-02-02
 • 2019-12-18: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 10-20191210
 • 2019-05-18: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 10
 • 2018-12-21: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 9-20181222
 • 2018-06-22: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 9
 • 2018-02-05: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 8-20180203
 • 2017-12-08: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 8-20171130
 • 2017-05-28: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 8
 • 2016-11-29: Distribution Release: Peppermint 7-20161129
 • 2016-06-24: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 7
 • More Peppermint releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2025-02-03 Peppermint experiments with alternative Void base
 • 2024-07-01 Peppermint launches Loaded edition
 • 2023-10-26 Peppermint releases Devuan-based ARM build
 • 2023-09-26 Peppermint tests net-install edition
 • 2022-08-03 Peppermint offers Devuan-based builds
 • 2020-01-15 Peppermint developer passes
 • 2019-01-02 Peppermint publishes ISO refresh
 • 2017-01-09 Peppermint fixes installer bug
 • More Peppermint headlines...

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alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.14 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.1.3 1.1.3 1.1.0 1.1.0 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.22 alsa-lib (1.2.15.3)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 23.0.0 23.0.0 19.1.0 19.0.1 18.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.3) 4.1.0 3.0.8 2.13.6 2.12 2.12 2.10.95 2.10.95 2.8.95 2.8.95 2.8.0 2.7.102 -- -- apparmor (4.1.3)
apt (3.1.13) 3.0.3 2.6.1 2.2.4 1.6.12 1.6.6 1.2.24 1.2.17 1.0.1 1.0.1 0.9.7.7 0.8.16 0.8.13.2 0.7.25.3 apt (3.1.13)
bash (5.3) 5.2.37 5.2.15 5.1 4.4.18 4.4.18 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.17) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.17)
chromium (144.0.7559.59) -- -- -- -- -- 64.0.3282.119 -- 44.0.2403.89 34.0.1847.116 30.0.1599.114 18.0.1025.168 11.0.696.71 -- chromium (144.0.7559.59)
cinnamon (6.6.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.5)
cups (2.4.16) 2.4.10 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.2.7 2.2.7 2.1.3 2.1.3 1.7.2 1.7.2 1.6.2 1.5.3 1.4.6 1.4.3 cups (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.2 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.44.1 1.44.1 1.42.13 1.42.13 1.42.9 1.42.9 1.42.5 1.42 1.41.14 1.41.11 e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
ffmpeg (8.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- 2.8.11 2.8.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- ffmpeg (8.0.1)
firefox (147.0.1) -- -- -- 71.0 64.0 -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- 4.0beta8 firefox (147.0.1)
flatpak (1.16.2) -- -- -- 1.0.9 1.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.2)
freetype (2.14.1) 2.13.3 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.8.1 2.8.1 2.6.1 2.6.1 2.5.2 2.4.11 2.4.11 2.4.8 2.4.4 2.4.2 freetype (2.14.1)
gcc (15.2.0) 14.2.0 12.2.0 10.2.1 7.4.0 7.3.0 5.3.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.0.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.0.6)
git (2.52.0) 2.47.3 2.39.2 2.30.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.52.0)
glibc (2.42) 2.41 2.36 2.31 2.27 2.27 2.23 2.23 2.19 2.19 2.17 2.15 2.13 2.11.1 glibc (2.42)
gnome-shell (49.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (49.2)
grub (2.14) 2.12 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.00 1.99 1.99rc1 1.98 grub (2.14)
gtk (4.20.3) 4.18.6 3.24.38 3.24.24 3.22.30 3.22.30 3.18.9 2.24.30 2.24.23 2.24.23 2.24.17 2.24.10 2.24.4 2.20.1 gtk (4.20.3)
httpd (2.4.66) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 30 28 24 24 22 22 15 15 9 -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.14) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.14)
LibreOffice (25.8.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (25.8.4)
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libselinux (3.9) 3.8.1 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.1.9 2.1.0 2.0.96 2.0.89 libselinux (3.9)
linux (6.18.5) 6.12.48 6.1.94 5.10.113 5.0 4.15 4.13 4.4 3.16 3.13 3.8 3.2 2.6.38 2.6.35 linux (6.18.5)
mariadb (12.1.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.1.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.3.3) 25.0.7 22.3.6 20.3.5 19.0.8 18.0.5 17.0.2 11.2.0 10.3.2 10.1.3 9.1.7 8.0.2 7.10.2 7.7.1 mesa (25.3.3)
mysql (9.5.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.5.0)
nautilus (49.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (49.3)
NVIDIA (590.48.01) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 256.52 NVIDIA (590.48.01)
openjdk (25) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (25)
openssh (10.2p1) 10.0p1 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.6p1 7.6p1 7.2p2 7.2p2 6.6p1 6.6p1 6.1p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 5.3p1 openssh (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.0) 3.5.1 3.0.9 1.1.1n 1.1.1 1.1.0g 1.0.2g 1.0.2g 1.0.1f 1.0.1f 1.0.1c 1.0.1 0.9.8o 0.9.8k openssl (3.6.0)
perl (5.42.0) 5.40.1 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.26.1 5.26.1 5.22.1 5.22.1 5.18.2 5.18.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.10.1 5.10.1 perl (5.42.0)
php (8.5.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.5.2)
plasma-desktop (6.5.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.5.5)
postfix (3.10.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.9.1 -- -- postfix (3.10.7)
postgresql (18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.1)
Python (3.14.2) 3.13.5 3.11.2 3.9.2 2.7.15rc1 2.7.15rc1 2.7.11 2.7.11 2.7.5 2.7.5 2.7.4 2.7.3 2.7.1 2.6.5 Python (3.14.2)
qt (6.10.1) 6.8.2 5.15.8 5.15.2 5.9.5 5.9.5 5.5.1 5.5.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- qt (6.10.1)
samba (4.23.4) 4.22.4 4.17.12 4.13.13 4.7.6 4.7.6 4.3.11 4.3.11 4.1.6 4.1.6 -- -- -- 3.5.6 samba (4.23.4)
systemd (259) 257.8 -- 247.3 237 237 229 229 204 204 -- -- -- -- systemd (259)
thunderbird (147.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (147.0)
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.0 8.2 -- 8.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.23) -- -- -- -- 3.0.2 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.1.6 -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.24.0) 1.23.1 1.21.0 1.18.0 1.16.0 1.14.0 1.12.0 1.9.0 1.4.0 1.4.0 -- -- -- -- wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.20.1 4.18.1 4.16.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.16 21.1.7 1.20.11 1.19.6 1.19.6 1.18.4 1.18.4 1.15.1 1.15.1 1.13.3 1.11.4 1.10.1 1.7.5 xorg-server (21.1.21)

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Version: 2025-10-12
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-09
Votes: 2


Peppermint OS 2025-10-12, Trixie based

Installed on a Lenovo ThinkPad X240 (4 GB RAM, 16 GB SSD), Peppermint OS 15 is fast, responsive, and stable. Installation was smooth, and boot times are quick.

The Xfce desktop is lightweight and easy to use. Wi-Fi, audio, and multimedia work out of the box, with no audio problems. All hardware works correctly, including keyboard, trackpad, brightness keys, and suspend/resume. There were no crashes or freezes.

The system uses about 7 GB of disk space. Installing software via Synaptic is fast. I replaced LibreWolf with Brave and Parole with mpv without issues. To run AppImages under Debian Trixie, I installed libfuse2t64.

Peppermint OS feels polished and reliable. Thanks to the Peppermint OS development team for their work.


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Version: 2025-10-12
Rating: 3
Date: 2025-12-30
Votes: 7


Review Title: A Broken Shell Over a Great Base: The Peppermint 2025 Trixie "Paper Launch"
Rating: 3/10

Pros:

Based on Debian Trixie (Testing), which provides excellent performance and modern hardware support.

Visual aesthetics and XFCE implementation remain clean and lightweight.

Cons:

Flagship Features are Dead Links: The "Peppermint Hub" and many custom tools point to 404 errors or require authenticated credentials to access public repositories.

Orphaned Repositories: Official Codeberg and GitHub mirrors are either restricted or poorly maintained, making manual fixes impossible for the average user.

Broken Out-of-the-Box Experience: The "Welcome" application fails to fetch basic components like web browsers or system tools because the backend infrastructure is non-existent or misconfigured.

Software Center Failure: The GNOME Software implementation ships without the necessary AppStream metadata or plugins, resulting in a persistent "No App Data Found" error that requires significant terminal intervention to resolve.

Summary: Peppermint OS used to be the gold standard for a lightweight, "choose-your-own-adventure" distro. Unfortunately, the 2025 Trixie release feels like an abandoned project. While the underlying Debian base is solid, the Peppermint-specific "glue" that makes this a unique distribution is completely broken.

The developers have released an ISO where the main menu items and custom tools lead to 404 pages. Worse, the official code repositories are locked behind login screens, effectively gatekeeping the fixes from the community. Unless you are comfortable rebuilding the software stack and repository lists manually in the terminal, this release is effectively a broken shortcut to a plain Debian install. It is impossible to recommend this version of Peppermint to anyone looking for a functional, user-friendly experience. It is no wonder that desktop linux is not more popular! i used to be a huge peppermint fan, but no more. it is just Trixie with peppermint wallpaper. poor show mates... very poor show indeed!


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Version: 2025-10-12
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-10-27
Votes: 3


I have just installed this OS in VMware Workstation Pro (CPU: i7 7700HQ, 4 vCPUs; RAM: 4GB). Everything is running very smoothly. My issue: The VMware NAT service causes the CPUs to run hot in some other distros, but not in Peppermint OS. Peppermint OS is pretty great. It's exciting to explore this distro more.


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