<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
is	O
a	O
community-driven	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
based	O
on	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
(	O
which	O
is	O
in	O
turn	O
based	O
on	O
Debian	O
)	O
,	O
bundled	B-Application
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
provide	O
full	O
out-of-the-box	B-General_Concept
multimedia	O
support	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
choose	O
to	O
include	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
such	O
as	O
multimedia	B-General_Concept
codecs	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
project	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Clément	O
Lefèbvre	O
and	O
is	O
actively	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
Team	I-Application
and	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
began	O
in	O
2006	O
with	O
a	O
beta	O
release	O
,	O
1.0	O
,	O
code-named	O
'	O
Ada	O
 '	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Kubuntu	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
2.0	O
'	O
Barbara	O
 '	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
use	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
as	O
its	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
few	O
users	O
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
3.0	O
,	O
'	O
Cassandra	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
2.0	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
6.10	O
,	O
using	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
's	O
package	O
repositories	O
and	O
using	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
then	O
followed	O
its	O
own	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
,	O
building	O
each	O
release	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
one	O
,	O
but	O
continuing	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
package	O
repositories	O
of	O
the	O
latest	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
made	O
the	O
two	O
systems	O
 '	O
bases	O
almost	O
identical	O
,	O
guaranteeing	O
full	O
compatibility	O
between	O
them	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
requiring	O
Mint	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
adopted	O
the	O
same	O
release	O
cycle	O
as	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
dropped	O
its	O
minor	O
version	O
number	O
before	O
releasing	O
version	O
5	O
'	O
Elyssa	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
increase	O
compatibility	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
systems	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
decided	O
to	O
abandon	O
its	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
and	O
changed	O
the	O
way	O
it	O
built	O
its	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
6	O
'	O
Felicia	O
 '	O
,	O
each	O
release	O
was	O
based	O
completely	O
on	O
the	O
latest	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
release	O
,	O
built	O
directly	O
from	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
made	O
available	O
approximately	O
one	O
month	O
after	O
the	O
corresponding	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
release	O
(	O
usually	O
in	O
May	O
or	O
November	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
released	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
Debian	O
Edition	O
(	O
LMDE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
other	O
Ubuntu-based	O
editions	O
(	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Mint	O
)	O
,	O
LMDE	O
was	O
originally	O
a	O
rolling	O
release	O
based	O
directly	O
on	O
Debian	O
and	O
not	O
tied	O
to	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
packages	O
or	O
its	O
release	O
schedule	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
May	O
27	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
team	I-Application
would	O
no	O
longer	O
support	O
the	O
original	O
rolling	O
release	O
version	O
of	O
LMDE	O
after	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
LMDE	O
2	O
was	O
released	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
all	O
LMDE	O
users	O
would	O
be	O
automatically	O
upgraded	O
to	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
MintTools	B-Application
software	O
and	O
new	O
desktop	O
environments	O
before	O
they	O
were	O
released	O
into	O
the	O
main	O
edition	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
20	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
website	O
was	O
breached	O
by	O
unknown	O
hackers	O
who	O
briefly	O
replaced	O
download	O
links	O
for	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
with	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
containing	O
malware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
immediately	O
took	O
its	O
server	O
offline	O
and	O
implemented	O
enhanced	O
security	O
configuration	O
for	O
their	O
website	O
and	O
forum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
version	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
is	O
given	O
a	O
version	O
number	O
and	O
code-named	O
with	O
a	O
feminine	O
first	O
name	O
ending	O
in	O
'	O
a	O
 '	O
and	O
beginning	O
with	O
a	O
letter	O
of	O
the	O
alphabet	O
that	O
increased	O
with	O
every	O
major	O
revision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
two	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
releases	O
per	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
5	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
every	O
fourth	O
release	O
was	O
labeled	O
a	O
long-term	O
support	O
(	O
LTS	O
)	O
version	O
,	O
indicating	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
supported	O
(	O
with	O
updates	O
)	O
for	O
longer	O
than	O
traditional	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
17	O
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
team	I-Application
adopted	O
a	O
new	O
release	O
strategy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Mint	O
17	O
,	O
all	O
future	O
versions	O
were	O
planned	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
LTS	O
version	O
of	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
base	O
,	O
until	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
17.x	O
releases	O
are	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
easy	O
,	O
optional	O
upgrade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
three	O
versions	O
included	O
upgrades	O
to	O
the	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
and	O
MATE	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
Environments	O
and	O
various	O
Mint	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Mint	O
17.2	O
and	O
17.3	O
included	O
an	O
upgrade	O
to	O
the	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
18.x	O
series	O
follows	O
the	O
pattern	O
set	O
by	O
the	O
17.x	O
series	O
,	O
by	O
using	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
16.04	O
LTS	O
as	O
a	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
does	O
not	O
communicate	O
specific	O
release	O
dates	O
as	O
new	O
versions	O
are	O
published	O
'	O
when	O
ready	O
 '	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
released	O
early	O
when	O
the	O
distribution	B-Application
is	O
ahead	O
of	O
schedule	O
or	O
late	O
when	O
critical	O
bugs	O
are	O
found	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
releases	O
are	O
announced	O
,	O
with	O
much	O
other	O
material	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
3	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
Team	I-Application
released	O
news	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
19	O
'	O
Tara	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
19.x	O
releases	O
would	O
use	O
GTK	B-Application
3.22	O
and	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
18.04	O
LTS	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
provided	O
until	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
19	O
'	O
Tara	O
 '	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
,	O
on	O
December	O
24	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
19.3	O
,	O
'	O
Tricia	O
 '	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
with	O
security	O
updates	O
available	O
until	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
27	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
20	O
'	O
Ulyana	O
 '	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
8	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
20.1	O
'	O
Ulyssa	O
 '	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
8	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
20.2	O
'	O
Uma	O
 '	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
5	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
20.3	O
"	O
Una	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
2014	O
there	O
had	O
been	O
two	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
releases	O
per	O
year	O
,	O
about	O
one	O
month	O
after	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
releases	O
they	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Releases	O
were	O
timed	O
to	O
be	O
approximately	O
one	O
month	O
after	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
releases	O
(	O
which	O
in	O
turn	O
are	O
about	O
one	O
month	O
after	O
GNOME	B-Application
releases	O
and	O
two	O
months	O
after	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
releases	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
every	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
release	O
came	O
with	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
both	O
GNOME	B-Application
and	O
X	B-Operating_System
and	O
features	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
improvements	O
brought	O
in	O
the	O
latest	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
17	O
"	O
Qiana	O
"	O
LTS	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
31	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
remaining	O
current	O
until	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
November	O
2014	O
and	O
supported	O
until	O
April	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2014	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
17	O
Qiana	O
was	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
17.1	O
Rebecca	O
;	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
said	O
that	O
from	O
a	O
technical	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
was	O
no	O
longer	O
tied	O
to	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
schedule	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
released	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
six-month	O
cycle	O
provided	O
rhythm	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
a	O
late	O
November	O
2014	O
target	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
17	O
LTS	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
17.x	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
two	O
years	O
applications	O
would	O
be	O
backported	O
to	O
17.x	O
,	O
with	O
security	O
updates	O
until	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
release	O
is	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
21.1	O
"	O
Vera	O
"	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
Debian	O
Edition	O
,	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Debian	O
and	O
updates	O
are	O
brought	O
in	O
continuously	O
between	O
major	O
versions	O
(	O
of	O
LMDE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KDE	B-Application
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
12.04	O
(	O
Precise	O
Pangolin	O
)	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
,	O
MATE	B-Language
rowspan	O
=3	O
style	O
=	O
"	O
text-align	O
:	O
center	O
;	O
"	O
April	O
2017	O
Xubuntu	O
12.04	O
Xfce	B-Language
Kubuntu	B-Application
12.04	O
KDE	B-Application
rowspan	O
=3	O
Nadia	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
12.10	O
(	O
Quantal	O
Quetzal	O
)	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
,	O
MATE	B-Language
rowspan	O
=3	O
May	O
2014	O
Xubuntu	O
12.10	O
Xfce	B-Language
Kubuntu	B-Application
12.10	O
KDE	B-Application
rowspan	O
=3	O
Olivia	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
13.04	O
(	O
Raring	O
Ringtail	O
)	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
,	O
MATE	B-Language
rowspan	O
=3	O
January	O
2014	O
Xfce	B-Language
The	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
Blog	O
»	O
Blog	O
Archive	O
»	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
15	O
"	O
Olivia	O
"	O
Xfce	B-Language
released	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
primarily	O
uses	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
version	O
18	O
,	O
some	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
,	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
and	O
codecs	B-General_Concept
for	O
MP3	B-Application
and	O
DVD-Video	O
playback	O
,	O
were	O
bundled	B-Application
with	O
the	O
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
18	O
does	O
not	O
install	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
18.1	O
,	O
the	O
installer	O
provides	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
install	O
third-party	O
,	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
comes	O
bundled	B-Application
with	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
including	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
Thunderbird	B-Application
,	O
HexChat	B-Protocol
,	O
Pidgin	B-Protocol
,	O
Transmission	B-Language
,	O
and	O
VLC	B-Application
media	I-Application
player	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
apps	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
using	O
the	O
package	O
manager	O
,	O
adding	O
a	O
PPA	B-Application
,	O
or	O
adding	O
a	O
source	O
to	O
the	O
sources	O
file	O
in	O
the	O
/etc/apt/	O
directory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
allows	O
networking	B-Protocol
ports	I-Protocol
to	O
be	O
closed	O
using	O
its	O
firewall	B-Application
,	O
with	O
customized	O
port	O
selection	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
desktop	O
environments	O
,	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
and	O
MATE	B-Language
,	O
support	O
many	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
can	O
also	O
run	O
many	O
programs	O
designed	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
)	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
Wine	B-Application
compatibility	I-Application
layer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
is	O
available	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
desktop	O
environments	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
default	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
desktop	I-Language
,	O
MATE	B-Language
and	O
Xfce	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
desktop	O
environments	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
via	O
APT	B-Application
,	O
Synaptic	B-Language
,	O
or	O
via	O
the	O
custom	O
Mint	O
Software	O
Manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
implements	O
Mandatory	O
Access	O
Control	O
with	O
AppArmor	O
to	O
enhance	O
security	O
by	O
default	O
,	O
and	O
restricts	O
the	O
default	O
network-facing	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
actively	O
develops	O
software	O
for	O
its	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
is	O
done	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
desktop	I-Language
environment	I-Language
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
GNOME	B-Language
Shell	I-Language
with	O
Mint	O
Gnome	B-Language
Shell	I-Language
Extensions	O
(	O
MGSE	O
)	O
on	O
top	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
add-on	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
12	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
default	O
desktop	O
environment	O
since	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
13	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
Manager	O
(	O
mintInstall	O
)	O
:	O
Designed	O
to	O
install	O
software	O
from	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
software	O
repositories	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
PPAs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
18.3	O
,	O
the	O
Software	O
Manager	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
able	O
to	O
install	O
software	O
from	O
Flatpak	B-Language
remotes	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
configured	O
with	O
Flathub	B-Language
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
an	O
interface	O
heavily	O
inspired	O
by	O
GNOME	B-Language
Software	I-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
built	O
upon	O
GTK3	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Update	O
Manager	O
(	O
mintUpdate	B-Application
)	O
:	O
Designed	O
to	O
prevent	O
inexperienced	O
users	O
from	O
installing	O
updates	O
that	O
are	O
unnecessary	O
or	O
require	O
a	O
certain	O
level	O
of	O
knowledge	O
to	O
configure	O
properly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
including	O
updates	O
specifically	O
for	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
distribution	B-Application
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
tests	O
all	O
package-wide	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
this	O
safety	O
level	O
mechanism	O
is	O
largely	O
deactivated	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
system	O
snapshots	B-Application
created	O
by	O
the	O
Timeshift	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Main	O
Menu	O
(	O
mintMenu	B-Application
)	O
:	O
Created	O
for	O
the	O
MATE	B-Language
desktop	I-Language
environment	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Backup	O
Tool	O
(	O
mintBackup	B-Application
)	O
:	O
Enables	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
back	O
up	O
and	O
restore	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upload	O
Manager	O
(	O
mintUpload	B-Application
)	O
:	O
Defines	O
upload	O
services	O
for	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
SFTP	B-Protocol
and	O
SCP	B-Protocol
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
18.3	O
,	O
this	O
software	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
installed	O
by	O
default	O
but	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
software	O
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Domain	O
Blocker	O
(	O
mintNanny	B-Application
)	O
:	O
A	O
basic	O
domain	O
blocking	O
parental	O
control	O
tool	O
introduced	O
with	O
v6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
18.3	O
,	O
this	O
software	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
installed	O
by	O
default	O
but	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
software	O
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Welcome	O
Screen	O
(	O
mintWelcome	B-Application
)	O
:	O
Introduced	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
7	O
,	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
starts	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
login	O
of	O
any	O
new	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
links	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
website	O
,	O
user	O
guide	O
,	O
and	O
community	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	O
Reports	O
(	O
mintReport	O
)	O
:	O
Introduced	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
18.3	O
,	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
System	O
Reports	O
is	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
view	O
and	O
manage	O
automatically	O
generated	O
application	O
crash	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
can	O
be	O
booted	O
and	O
run	O
from	O
a	O
USB	O
flash	O
drive	O
on	O
any	O
PC	O
capable	O
of	O
booting	O
from	O
a	O
USB	O
drive	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
saving	O
settings	O
to	O
the	O
flash	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
USB	B-Application
creator	I-Application
program	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
install	O
on	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
(	O
but	O
not	O
LMDE	O
)	O
Live	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
on	O
a	O
USB	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
ISO	B-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
burned	O
to	O
a	O
DVD	O
to	O
boot	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
installer	O
Mint4Win	O
allows	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
to	O
be	O
installed	O
from	O
within	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
Wubi	B-Language
installer	I-Language
for	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
method	O
requires	O
no	O
partitioning	B-Application
of	O
the	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
installer	O
was	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
Live	O
DVD	O
until	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
16	O
but	O
removed	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
16	O
'	O
Petra	O
 '	O
release	O
because	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
Live	O
DVD	O
images	O
would	O
have	O
exceeded	O
what	O
the	O
software	O
could	O
reliably	O
handle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installation	O
supports	O
a	O
Logical	B-Application
Volume	I-Application
Manager	I-Application
(	O
LVM	O
)	O
with	O
automatic	O
partitioning	B-Application
only	O
,	O
and	O
disk	O
encryption	O
since	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
15	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UTF-8	O
,	O
the	O
default	O
character	B-General_Concept
encoding	I-General_Concept
,	O
supports	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
non-Roman	O
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
has	O
multiple	O
editions	O
based	O
on	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
various	O
desktop	O
environments	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
13	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
two	O
main	O
editions	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
core	O
development	O
team	O
and	O
using	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
includes	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
's	O
own	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
as	O
the	O
desktop	O
environment	O
while	O
the	O
other	O
uses	O
MATE	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
version	O
with	O
the	O
Xfce	B-Language
desktop	O
environment	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
19	O
,	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
edition	O
was	O
officially	O
discontinued	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
17.x	O
and	O
18.x	O
releases	O
were	O
supported	O
until	O
2019	O
and	O
2021	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
releases	O
,	O
now	O
also	O
obsolete	O
,	O
included	O
editions	O
that	O
featured	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
,	O
LXDE	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Fluxbox	B-Language
desktop	O
environments	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
regular	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
sometimes	O
provides	O
an	O
“	O
edge	O
”	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
for	O
its	O
latest	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distribution	B-Application
provided	O
an	O
OEM	O
version	O
for	O
manufacturers	O
to	O
use	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
was	O
discontinued	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
v18	O
Sarah	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
that	O
needed	O
to	O
be	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distribution	B-Application
provided	O
a	O
'	O
No	O
Codecs	B-General_Concept
 '	O
version	O
for	O
magazines	O
,	O
companies	O
,	O
and	O
distributors	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
countries	O
where	O
the	O
legislation	O
allows	O
patents	O
to	O
apply	O
to	O
software	O
and	O
distribution	B-Application
of	O
restricted	O
technologies	O
may	O
require	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
third-party	O
licences	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
was	O
discontinued	O
with	O
release	O
of	O
v18	O
Sarah	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
now	O
have	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
to	O
install	O
multimedia	B-General_Concept
codecs	I-General_Concept
during	O
the	O
installation	O
;	O
additionally	O
,	O
multimedia	B-General_Concept
codecs	I-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
be	O
installed	O
via	O
a	O
link	O
on	O
the	O
Mint	O
Welcome	O
Screen	O
any	O
time	O
after	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
Debian	O
Edition	O
(	O
LMDE	O
)	O
uses	O
Debian	O
Stable	O
as	O
the	O
software	O
source	O
base	O
rather	O
than	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
LMDE	O
was	O
originally	O
based	O
directly	O
on	O
Debian	O
's	O
Testing	O
branch	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
same	O
functionality	O
and	O
look	B-Application
and	I-Application
feel	I-Application
as	O
the	O
Ubuntu-based	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LMDE	O
claims	O
certain	O
advantages	O
and	O
disadvantages	O
compared	O
to	O
'	O
Mint	O
Main	O
 '	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
the	O
Ubuntu-based	O
editions	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
LMDE	O
is	O
faster	O
and	O
more	O
responsive	O
than	O
Ubuntu-based	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LMDE	O
requires	O
a	O
deeper	O
knowledge	O
and	O
experience	O
with	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
and	O
Debian	O
package	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Debian	O
is	O
less	O
user-friendly	O
and	O
desktop-ready	O
than	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
some	O
rough	O
edges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
LMDE	O
(	O
now	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
LMDE	O
1	O
)	O
had	O
a	O
semi-rolling	O
release	O
development	O
model	O
,	O
which	O
periodically	O
introduced	O
'	O
Update	O
Packs	O
 '	O
(	O
tested	O
snapshots	B-Application
of	O
Debian	O
Testing	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LMDE	O
2	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Debian	O
Stable	O
,	O
but	O
receives	O
automatic	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
MintTools	B-Application
and	O
the	O
installed	O
desktop	O
environment	O
before	O
they	O
are	O
released	O
into	O
the	O
Mint	O
Main	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LMDE	O
2	O
is	O
available	O
with	O
both	O
the	O
MATE	B-Language
and	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
desktop	I-Language
environments	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
LMDE	O
2	O
remains	O
based	O
on	O
sysvinit	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
'	O
functional	O
logind	O
 '	O
from	O
systemd	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cindy	O
)	O
is	O
'	O
very	O
likely	O
 '	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
switch	O
to	O
systemd	B-Application
from	O
sysvinit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Debian	O
Stretch	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
shipping	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
edition	O
with	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
ships	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
edition	O
using	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
ships	O
with	O
the	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
desktop	I-Language
environment	I-Language
and	O
supports	O
both	O
amd64	B-Device
and	O
i386	O
architectures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Individual	O
users	O
and	O
companies	O
using	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
act	O
as	O
donors	O
,	O
sponsors	O
and	O
partners	O
of	O
the	O
distribution	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
relies	O
on	O
user	O
feedback	O
to	O
make	O
decisions	O
and	O
orient	O
its	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ideas	O
can	O
be	O
submitted	O
,	O
commented	O
upon	O
and	O
rated	O
by	O
users	O
via	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
Community	O
Website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
community	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
users	O
use	O
Launchpad	B-Protocol
to	O
participate	O
in	O
the	O
translation	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
and	O
in	O
reporting	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
development	O
is	O
done	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
organized	O
online	O
using	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
making	O
it	O
easy	O
for	O
developers	O
to	O
provide	O
patches	O
,	O
implement	O
additional	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
fork	B-Application
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
sub-projects	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
menu	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Fedora	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
9	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
edit	O
menu	O
items	O
is	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
was	O
contributed	O
by	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
David	O
Hayward	O
of	O
TechRadar	O
praised	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
for	O
focusing	O
on	O
desktop	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2012	O
online	O
poll	O
at	O
Lifehacker	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
was	O
voted	O
the	O
second	O
best	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
,	O
after	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
almost	O
16%	O
of	O
the	O
votes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
(	O
Issue	O
162	O
)	O
,	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Format	O
named	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
the	O
best	O
distro	O
for	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
(	O
Issue	O
128	O
)	O
,	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
User	O
&	O
Developer	O
gave	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
15	O
'	O
Olivia	O
 '	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
5/5	O
,	O
stating	O
'	O
We	O
have	O
n't	O
found	O
a	O
single	O
problem	O
with	O
the	O
distro	O
...	O
we	O
're	O
more	O
than	O
satisfied	O
with	O
the	O
smooth	O
,	O
user-friendly	O
experience	O
that	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
15	O
,	O
and	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
1.8	O
,	O
provides	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
our	O
main	O
distro	O
for	O
at	O
least	O
another	O
6	O
months	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
18	O
'	O
Sarah	O
 '	O
were	O
somewhat	O
mixed	O
,	O
with	O
several	O
that	O
were	O
quite	O
favorable	O
and	O
others	O
critical	O
of	O
several	O
specific	O
new	O
problems	O
,	O
with	O
multiple	O
reviews	O
complaining	O
about	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
multimedia/codec	O
support	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multimedia	B-General_Concept
codecs	I-General_Concept
that	O
had	O
previously	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
standard	O
Mint	O
distribution	B-Application
were	O
no	O
longer	O
included	O
in	O
'	O
Sarah	O
 '	O
,	O
but	O
could	O
be	O
loaded	O
with	O
a	O
graphical	O
application	O
that	O
one	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
reviewer	O
said	O
should	O
be	O
obvious	O
for	O
new	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZDNet	O
Contributing	O
Editor	O
Steven	O
J	O
.	O
Vaughan-Nichols	O
,	O
reviewing	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
19	O
and	O
LM	O
19.1	O
in	O
the	O
articles	O
'	O
The	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
desktop	O
continues	O
to	O
lead	O
the	O
rest	O
 '	O
in	O
July	O
2018	O
and	O
'	O
The	O
better-than-ever	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
desktop	O
 '	O
in	O
December	O
2018	O
,	O
noted	O
Mint	O
's	O
quality	O
,	O
stability	O
,	O
security	O
and	O
user-friendliness	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
popular	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZDNet	O
's	O
review	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
19.2	O
said	O
:	O
'	O
After	O
looking	O
at	O
many	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
desktops	O
year	O
in	O
and	O
out	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
is	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
the	O
breed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
easy	O
to	O
learn	O
(	O
even	O
if	O
you	O
've	O
never	O
used	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
before	O
)	O
,	O
powerful	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
its	O
traditional	O
windows	O
,	O
icons	O
,	O
menus	O
,	O
and	O
pointers	O
(	O
WIMP	O
)	O
interface	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
simple	O
to	O
use.	O
'	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
21.1	O
,	O
either	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
,	O
MATE	B-Language
,	O
or	O
XFCE	B-Language
edition	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
prior	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
20	O
allowed	O
booting	O
from	O
either	O
i386	O
(	O
32	O
bit	O
)	O
or	O
amd64	B-Device
(	O
64	O
bit	O
)	O
architectures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
20	O
only	O
the	O
amd64	B-Device
(	O
64	O
bit	O
)	O
architecture	O
will	O
be	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
because	O
Canonical	O
decided	O
to	O
drop	O
32-bit	O
support	O
from	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
20.04	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
base	O
from	O
which	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
20	O
is	O
derived	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LMDE	O
still	O
supports	O
the	O
x86	B-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
