DEVELOPER Clément Lefèbvre and community WEB linuxmint.com LICENCE Mainly GPL
Originally released in 2006, Linux Mint is one of the most popular distros. This may be because it uses the Cinnamon desktop environment by default, which provides a more familiar Windows-like interface for newcomers to Linux.
Alternative downloads are also available, which bundle the MATE and Xfce desktop environments.
The latest version of Mint