What is Linux Mint? Linux Mint is an operating system for desktop and laptop computers. It is designed to work 'out of the box' and comes fully equipped with the apps most people need.
Purpose The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.
Graphic Design Work in 3D with Blender, draw or edit pictures in Gimp, use Inkscape for vector graphics.
Productivity With LibreOffice's complete office suite, use the word processor, make presentations, drawings, spreadsheets or even databases. Easily import from or export to PDF or Microsoft Office documents.
Multimedia Enjoy your music, watch TV and movies, listen to podcasts, Spotify and online radio.
Web Browse the Web, watch Youtube and Netflix with Firefox. Turn any website into a desktop app for immediate access.
Gaming Access more than 7,800 games with Steam. Install the Heroic Games Launcher or Lutris to get even more.
Some of the reasons for the success of Linux Mint are:
It works out of the box, with full multimedia support and is extremely easy to use.
It's both free of cost and open source.
It's community-driven. Users are encouraged to send feedback to the project so that their ideas can be used to improve Linux Mint.
Based on Debian and Ubuntu, it provides about 30,000 packages and one of the best software managers.
It's safe and reliable—thanks to conservative software updates, a unique Update Manager, and its robust Linux architecture.
Linux Mint requires very little maintenance (no regressions, no antivirus, no anti-spyware...etc).
