Linux Mint Reviews & Product Details

Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution that aims to provide a modern, elegant, and comfortable operating system that is both powerful and easy to use. Based on Ubuntu and Debian, it offers full multimedia support out of the box and comes bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications. The default desktop environment is Cinnamon, developed by the Linux Mint team, with MATE and Xfce available as alternatives. Linux Mint is available for x86-64 systems. Key Features and Functionality: - User-Friendly Interface: Linux Mint features the Cinnamon desktop environment, which combines modern design with traditional desktop elements, providing an intuitive and familiar user experience. - Comprehensive Software Suite: Pre-installed applications include LibreOffice for office productivity, Firefox for web browsing, Thunderbird for email management, and VLC media player for multimedia playback. - Multimedia Support: Out-of-the-box support for various multimedia formats, including MP3, MP4, and DVD playback, ensuring users can enjoy their media without additional configurations. - Software Management: The Software Manager allows easy installation and management of thousands of applications, while the Update Manager ensures the system remains secure and up-to-date. - Customization and Flexibility: Users can personalize their desktop with various themes, applets, and extensions, tailoring the system to their preferences. Primary Value and User Solutions: Linux Mint addresses the need for a user-friendly and fully functional operating system that caters to both beginners and experienced users. By providing a stable and secure environment with comprehensive multimedia support and a rich set of pre-installed applications, it eliminates the need for extensive post-installation configurations. Its commitment to simplicity and ease of use makes it an ideal choice for those transitioning from other operating systems or seeking a reliable Linux experience.

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Linux Mark Institute

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Linux Mint Community

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

14 months

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Geysis M.

Civil Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/1/2025

"Linux Mint for average users"

5/5

What do you like best about Linux Mint?

I'm writing this review from Linux Mint, Happy New Year to all readers looking for Linux, the best alternative for PC Operating System, safe, stable and free of Malware.

The Cinnamon version is nice, stable and with search for programs and files from the search engine in the taskbar.

Better known and with great support for Linux currently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Linux Mint?

Linux has the best security alternatives for all your needs, Mint is perfect, it has no flaws. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Valeria M.

Bachelor's degree in accounting.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/27/2024

"Linux for office and home users"

5/5

What do you like best about Linux Mint?

Linux Mint is perfect for all users coming from Windows, the three flavors available on the official Mint page fit the needs of new and more demanding users, free of malware and security with constant and stable updates.

Derived from Debian to improve security and stability, it also works with Ubuntu programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Linux Mint?

Mint works perfectly for me in the Cinnamon flavor, I have no problems, I recommend it 100% to new users coming from Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Linux Mint solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have Linux Mint installed with the lowest version for an old laptop, I have greater security with Windows 7 since I have no malware problems and updated Internet browsers.

I also have the Cinnamon version installed on my desktop PC with all the available tools, super secure, fast and stable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nohemy P.

Finance Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/1/2025

"Linux for all users at home and at work"

5/5

What do you like best about Linux Mint?

Linux is gaining ground, laptops and home PCs, work with low license costs and free office suite, since it works over the Internet and Mint has Google Chrome and Firefox as standard, Mint has versions for different tastes and specific needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Linux Mint?

Linux Mint works excellent with all my needs and work colleagues, it is the best Linux option for desktop PC and laptop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MANABENDU K.

student

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/25/2024

"Linux mint other word for "POWER""

4.5/5

What do you like best about Linux Mint?

The most fasicnating thing about Linux mint to me was that it has very robust as well as simple UI. which can be handle from a beginner to a pro.

But the best out of these is were it comes with very very import softwares pre-installed.

It offers a lot of flexibility as well.

The customer support of mint is also good as they are active very often to help you out.

It also come pre-installed with ubuntu which make integration with other linux distros. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Linux Mint?

There are very few things that i disliked about mint. One of them is the driver issue and lacks in many feature as well. But it was not that conerning for me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rajnish K.

Frontend Developer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/27/2024

"Easier to understand for window's users"

5/5

What do you like best about Linux Mint?

Linux mint is so minimal and customiable os for the one who needs to understand linux for just moved from windows 7, 10 as well as it's space and ram usages are so low that one can run is on thier father's pc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Linux Mint?

Linux is famous for it's customizabilities and capabilities, no doubts on mint's capabilities but it's customizabilities have some issues like if you to use too customization then go for KDEs os because mint is for whom who want to begin learning linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Linux Mint solving and how is that benefiting you?

Linux is for advanced network expert users. But if one wants to learn then he/she has to take first step i.e. os, choosing a linux os after windows many users goto Ubuntu but Ubuntu has lots of non usable tools for beginers, so after 100+ linux os, I always recommend mint as your first linux os, because it has minimal tools and when you smart enough to use other tools then youcan install it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

nitin t.

Sr. Salesforce Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/17/2024

"open source minimalistic UI approach"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Linux Mint?

it is a OS that you will get open source and with a minimal UI which is really good to have as compared to its competitors whose UI is very cluttered

also it just give you alot of configuation options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Linux Mint?

it comes with a debian version it would be really helpful if we a ubuntu based mint than we can directly and easily install all the apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eliza V.

Office Manager

Medical Practice

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/18/2024

"Operating System for Home and Office PCs"

5/5

What do you like best about Linux Mint?

Mint has the full features of a classic desktop and instant application search, installation and development by code, as well as low resource use with the XFCE version to take better advantage and use on older PCs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Linux Mint?

Unusual activity during updates, reboots and PC hangs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Temitayo E.

Co-Founder

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/7/2024

"Very functional operating system"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Linux Mint?

Would occasionally freeze up, finger print authentication driver was not available for Lenovo x carbon. Overall great performance for a software engineer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Linux Mint?

The user interface was not slick, when in encrypted mode, you can not keep very long file path name or file names. Had something to do with the number of bytes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Leonardo F.

It technician

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/26/2024

"Really easy-to-use"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Linux Mint?

User-friendly, lightweight, stable, with excellent software manager and great compatibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Linux Mint?

Occasionally outdated packages; customization options could be deeper for advanced users Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saurabh K.

Analyst - Data Scientist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/8/2024

"Linux Mint Review"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Linux Mint?

Linux Mint is an open-source lightweight OS with lots of customization and it's completely free to use. It has a nice clean GUI without any lagging. If you want to bring your old PC to life which cannot run Windows then Linux Mint is the way to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Linux Mint?

If you were using Windows earlier then you have to find the alternatives of some of the software and applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.