Mighty Mint

[Adelante]

It looks like love.

Tech Radar

How Mighty Mint became one of the most popular Linux distros

What makes Linux Mint so awesome? That, in itself, is quite a question. After all, why do we use Linux? It's one of those questions that can only be answered from the point of view of an individual's personal approach to their experiences with the operating system itself.

For many, Linux Mint is the last bastion of non-commercialised Linux; an environment whereby they can still enjoy the pleasures of the desktop, without having to follow the trend of living in a tabletised world.

For others, Mint has become the very best example of what a Linux desktop should be: fast, easy, pleasing to the eye, useful and productive. Others, still, see Mint as the ideal desktop for Windows refugees, or those who are trying out Linux for the first time, and want an operating system that essentially works 'out of the box', playing any number of media files from a variety of sources.

Whatever the reason, we can be sure that Linux Mint has evolved into something more than just another Linux distribution, and that its popularity has fuelled its own style and usefulness.

[L0oniX]

1. Yea Mint has been at the top on Dirstrowatch for quite a while however...

the top 4 or 5 are well worth using as well.

1 Mint 3840<
2 Mageia 2109<
3 Ubuntu 2009=
4 Debian 1626>

I have noticed that Ubuntu stays the same while others go up and down. I switched to Ubuntu about 3 years ago from using FreeBSD. Yea that's a big change and kind of a sell out for someone who started with Redhat and Turbo back in 95. My use of winsux was based on gaming and html work and now that the PS3 type game boxes do such a great job (including Netflix) I have no need for winsux and its continual os upgrades although I'd hardly call it an upgrade now. I do html work for 6 websites and have everything I need to do that with Ubuntu as the platform os.

[Adelante]

2. Ubuntu has taken time to grow on me

My biggest gripe was finding Ubuntu sluggish and heavy compared to Mint. However, that imbalance improved over time. Currently I'm running 13.04 Lubuntu, Voyager Xfce and Ubuntu Gnome. A few days ago I was using the main edition of 13.04. In all cases, it is very snappy, so no complaints. I actually arrange the desktop in the same way every time, in every distro, to look the way I like it and I install the applications that I regularly use, if they're not already there, and a couple of docks. As long as the back end is doing its work steady and fast, so I can do mine steady and fast at the front, I'm happy.

[Phillip McCleod]

3. yeh mint was my first linux love..

..and its what I install for noobs

[Adelante]

4. Mint 15 Cinnamon and Mate Release Candidates Approved

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Edit: Release Candidate here

http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2361

[Phillip McCleod]

5. thx for the update..

i try to keep a close eye.

first loves and all that..

[Adelante]

6. I'm very happy with it

They've been ironing out the hiccups in the RC rapidly and pushing through corrected updates. My system is working beautifully. This is what always happens. I start snuggling up to Ubuntu and then Mint comes out and I just like it better. That's what's nice about Linux. There's something for everybody.

[madokie]

7. Just downloaded it

I'll give it a try as soon as I get a chance.
Right now I'm still running ubuntu 10.04 as I like it best of all the different versions of ubuntu.
On a whim I ran update on my out of date 10.04 and it just installed kernel 2.6.32-47??? Someone explain this to me please.

[pokerfan]

8. I just installed it!

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Took 15 minutes from optical drive. Restored my Firefox profile and I'm up and running with Mint 13 Gnome. I chose 13 because it's LTS through 2017. Loving it.

[gejohnston]

9. had it for months now

won't go back to Windows.