Linux Mint Reviews & Product Details

Its interface. It is very much similar to Windows, so it feels quite familiar and makes it easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

After turning it on and after some time, if you leave it idle for half an hour, and then try to log in again, it shows a blank screen. Then you need to restart it again using Ctrl+Shift+Del. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The light weight OS eats up less resources, The well tailored software center, The pre-installed apps, the list can go on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Just like any other Linux distro troubleshooting is a huge pain. And it's not so good for hard-core gamers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The main thing I like about Mint is, that it is very user-friendly and customisable, most of the useful apps are preinstalled in the OS, and the Software Manager is also really good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the UI of this Operating system, I'm not much likely to this UI. always looking for an alternate UI Gnome for mint.

Also, the device manager is not there which is also a big dislike part from my side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the opportunity to choose from the several different Graphic environment, such as Cinnamon, Mate and especially XFCE, usually I use this for my laptops, and it shows the Great responsibility and usability, consumpting less resources that the other competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like to have the repository update more irten, but for the debian derivations and Ubuntu-like distros, it is update quite often. I wouelike to see the bleeding edge kernels to be tested and available for this distro as well as the latest drivers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Free of Cost and Open Source

User Interface and Performance

Memory Usage Capacity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Smaller community are there for Linux mint as compared to Ubuntu Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of use and speed. It is also very easy to install other apps from the repository (App Store). It is so easy even my mother at 79 years can use it. The installation is so easy, it beats Windows installation with miles. Even faster than installing MacOS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you are a gamer the support is not as good as in Windows. Getting drivers for some graphics cards can also be a bit messy. One really has to do some investigation before shopping for graphic cards Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that this OS works very well on old machines with relatively lower hardware configurations. I was able to run this on my old 2005 Macbook. It was able to support all applications for simple browsing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Since this is a lighter version of the OS, the features are limited. Also, GUI is very limited, unlike the other distributions of Linux. However, it does get the job done for simpler deployments and if the requirements are limited to light browsing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be run on any machine irrespective of its specification like RAM and processor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Linux mint should improve upon its GUI for making it easier for user to work on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CLI of linux and optimization and if you are a developer then you are best suitable for linux environment and most importantly the updates you get on time also Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Most unlikely is the user interface and the feature less even if the feature is there then you 'll have to search it inside the settings or function, for each feature you wanna use then you 'll have to download the package through Linux CLI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI for configuration and preinstalled applications gave me a feeling of ready-to-go. No need for additional settings to make it ready to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lots of preinstalled applications make me confused sometimes. Kubuntu desktop is my favorite component, but it seems like the latest version does not support it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.