Linux Mint
| Distribution of Linux | |
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| Architecture | i386, x86_64 |
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| Release type | Fixed |
| Latest version | Linux Mint 21.1 "Vera" LMDE 5 "Elsie" |
| Initial release | 27 August 2006 |
| User interface | Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, GNOME (formerly), KDE Plasma (formerly) |
| Package manager | APT |
Linux Mint is a distribution of Linux that is based on Debian and Ubuntu (LTS). It comes in three editions that use the Cinnamon, MATE and Xfce desktop environments. There is also a variant of the distribution called Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) that uses the package base of Debian instead of Ubuntu.
Timeline[edit | edit source]
All versions of Ubuntu-based Linux Mint bear female names ending with "a" as codenames, except for version 18.0.
Ubuntu-based | |||||
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| Name | Codename | Release date | Support end date | Notes | |
| Linux Mint 1.0 | Ada | 27 August 2006 | — | The first version of Linux Mint. | |
| Linux Mint 2.0 | Barbara | 13 November 2006 | April 2008 | Switched KDE to GNOME as a main desktop. | |
| Linux Mint 2.1 | Bea | 20 December 2006 | April 2008 | ||
| Linux Mint 2.2 | Bianca | 20 February 2007 | April 2008 | ||
| Linux Mint 3.0 | Cassandra | 15 June 2007 | October 2008 | Added Xfce desktop envrionment. | |
| Linux Mint 3.1 | Celena | 24 September 2007 | 19 October 2008 | ||
| Linux Mint 4 | Daryna | 15 October 2007 | April 2009 | ||
| Linux Mint 5 (LTS) | Elyssa | 8 June 2008 | April 2011 | Added Fluxbox Window Manager. | |
| Linux Mint 6 | Felicia | 15 December 2008 | April 2010 | ||
| Linux Mint 7 | Gloria | 26 May 2009 | October 2010 | ||
| Linux Mint 8 | Helena | 28 November 2009 | April 2011 | Added LXDE. | |
| Linux Mint 9 (LTS) | Isadora | 18 May 2010 | April 2013 | Last version to support Fluxbox Window Manager. | |
| Linux Mint 10 | Julia | 12 November 2010 | April 2012 | ||
| Linux Mint 11 | Katya | 26 May 2011 | October 2012 | ||
| Linux Mint 12 | Lisa | 26 November 2011 | April 2013 | Last version to support LXDE and GNOME. | |
| Linux Mint 13 (LTS) | Maya | 23 May 2012 | April 2017 | Replaced the main version with Cinnamon. | |
| Linux Mint 14 | Nadia | 20 November 2012 | May 2014 | ||
| Linux Mint 15 | Olivia | 29 May 2013 | January 2014 | Started to use only Ubuntu for KDE and XFCE. | |
| Linux Mint 16 | Petra | 30 November 2013 | July 2014 | ||
| Linux Mint 17 (LTS) | Qiana | 31 May 2014 | April 2019 | ||
| Linux Mint 17.1 (LTS) | Rebecca | 29 November 2014 | April 2019 | ||
| Linux Mint 17.2 (LTS) | Rafaela | 29 June 2015 | April 2019 | ||
| Linux Mint 17.3 (LTS) | Rosa | 4 December 2015 | April 2019 | ||
| Linux Mint 18 (LTS) | Sarah | 30 May 2016 | April 2021 | ||
| Linux Mint 18.1 (LTS) | Serena | 16 December 2016 | April 2021 | ||
| Linux Mint 18.2 (LTS) | Sonya | 2 July 2017 | April 2021 | ||
| Linux Mint 18.3 (LTS) | Sylvia | 27 November 2017 | April 2021 | Last version to support KDE. | |
| Linux Mint 19 (LTS) | Tara | 29 June 2018 | April 2023 | ||
| Linux Mint 19.1 (LTS) | Tessa | 19 December 2018 | April 2023 | ||
| Linux Mint 19.2 (LTS) | Tina | 2 August 2019 | April 2023 | ||
| Linux Mint 19.3 (LTS) | Tricia | 18 December 2019 | April 2023 | ||
| Linux Mint 20 (LTS) | Ulyana | 27 June 2020 | April 2025 | ||
| Linux Mint 20.1 (LTS) | Ulyssa | 8 January 2021 | April 2025 | ||
| Linux Mint 20.2 (LTS) | Uma | 8 July 2021 | April 2025 | ||
| Linux Mint 20.3 (LTS) | Una | 7 January 2022 | April 2025 | ||
| Linux Mint 21 (LTS) | Vanessa | 31 July 2022 | April 2027 | ||
| Linux Mint 21.1 (LTS) | Vera | 20 December 2022 | April 2027 | The latest version of Linux Mint. | |
| Linux Mint 22 (LTS) | — | 2024 | — | — | |
Debian-based | |||||
| Name | Codename | Release date | Support end date | Notes | |
| LMDE 1 | Debian | 2 March 2014 | 1 January 2016 | First Version to develop in Debian instead of Ubuntu. | |
| LMDE 2 | Betsy | 10 April 2015 | 1 January 2019 | Last version to support MATE. | |
| LMDE 3 | Cindy | 31 August 2018 | 1 July 2020 | ||
| LMDE 4 | Debbie | 20 March 2020 | 1 August 2022 | ||
| LMDE 5 | Elsie | 15 March 2022 | — | The latest version of Linux Mint that is based on Debian. | |
| LMDE 6 | Felicia | — | — | ||
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