Linux Mint

About

The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.
Started in 2006, Linux Mint is now the 4th most widely used home operating system behind Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS and Canonical's Ubuntu.
Some of the reasons for the success of Linux Mint are:

• It works out of the box, with full multimedia support and is extremely easy to use.
• It's both free of cost and open source.
• It's community-driven. Users are encouraged to send feedback to the project so that their ideas can be used to improve Linux Mint.
• Based on Debian and Ubuntu, it provides about 30,000 packages and one of the best software managers.
• It's safe and reliable. Thanks to a conservative approach to software updates, a unique Update Manager and the robustness of its Linux architecture, Linux Mint requires very little maintenance (no regressions, no antivirus, no anti-spyware...etc).

Version

Version	Codename	Package base	Status

10	Julia	Ubuntu Maverick	Supported until April 2012.
9	Isadora	Lucid Lynx	Long term support release (LTS), supported until April 2013.
8	Helena	Ubuntu Karmic	Supported until April 2011.
7	Gloria	Ubuntu Jaunty	Supported until October 2010.
6	Felicia	Ubuntu Intrepid	Obsolete since April 2010.
5	Elyssa	Ubuntu Hardy	Long term support release (LTS), supported until April 2011.
	Debian	Debian Testing	Rolling
4.0	Daryna	Ubuntu Gutsy	Obsolete since April 2009.
3.1	Celena	Ubuntu Feisty	Obsolete since October 2008.
3.0	Cassandra	Ubuntu Feisty	Obsolete since October 2008.
2.2	Bianca	Ubuntu Edgy	Obsolete since April 2008.
2.1	Bea	Ubuntu Edgy	Obsolete since April 2008.
2.0	Barbara	Ubuntu Edgy	Obsolete since April 2008.
1.0 beta	Ada	Kubuntu Dapper	Obsolete. Unstable.