The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use. Linux Mint is the most popular desktop Linux distribution and the 3rd most widely used home operating system behind Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS.

Product Features

• It’s one of the most community driven distributions
• It is a Debian-based distribution and as such it is very solid and it comes with one of the greatest package managers
• It is compatible with and uses Ubuntu repositories. This gives Linux Mint users access to a huge collection of packages and software
• It comes with a lot of desktop improvements which make it easier for the user to do common things
• There is a strong focus on making things work out of the box (WiFi cards drivers in the file system, multimedia support, screen resolution, etc)