Linux Mint

Installing Linux Mint 18.1 Serena MATE Edition 64bit

by Mike Turcotte-McCusker on Feb 16, 2017 in Linux, Linux Mint, - Last Update: Jan 4, 2018 - 62

There are many popular distributions of GNU/Linux to choose from, but it’s generally recognized among the GNU/Linux world that there are a few major players that people tend to gravitate towards more […]

Linux Mint 18.1 KDE and Xfce released

by Martin Brinkmann on Jan 30, 2017 in Linux, Linux Mint, - Last Update: Jan 4, 2018 - 26

The Linux Mint team has just released the long term support release Linux Mint 18.1 as a KDE and Xfce edition to the public. The new version of Linux Mint brings software […]

How to upgrade to a new Linux Mint version

by Martin Brinkmann on Dec 26, 2016 in Linux, Linux Mint, - Last Update: Jan 4, 2018 - 35

The following guide provides you with instructions on how to upgrade a device running Linux Mint to the latest version of the Linux distribution. The main present that I handed out during […]

Linux Mint 18 Final First Look

by Martin Brinkmann on Jun 30, 2016 in Linux, Linux Mint, - Last Update: May 22, 2018 - 68

Linux Mint 18 is the latest version of the popular Linux distribution that is a long term support release that is supported until 2021. Linux Mint 18 is offered in two versions, […]

Linux Mint hacked, ISO images compromised

by Martin Brinkmann on Feb 21, 2016 in Linux, Linux Mint, - Last Update: Jan 4, 2018 - 27

The Linux Mint team revealed today that compromised ISO images of Linux Mint have been distributed from the official website on February 20th, 2016. According to the blog post, the intrusion happened […]

Linux Mint window customization options outshine Windows

by Martin Brinkmann on Jun 6, 2015 in Linux, Linux Mint, - Last Update: Jan 4, 2018 - 32

Whenever I'm not at home, I'm taking my ThinkPad laptop with me that I installed Linux Mint on. While I could run a flavor of Windows on the device as well, I […]

How to install Mono on Linux Mint

by Martin Brinkmann on Mar 28, 2015 in Linux, Linux Mint, - Last Update: Jan 4, 2018 - 34

I'm using the excellent password manager KeePass version 2.x on Windows to manage all my accounts and information. When I checked the Linux download page, I noticed that only KeePass 1.x was […]

How to get Wifi working in Linux Mint after installation

by Martin Brinkmann on Mar 27, 2015 in Linux, Linux Mint, - Last Update: Jan 4, 2018 - 124

I had to reinstall the operating system on my Thinkpad laptop and decided to install Linux Mint on it instead of Windows 8 or 10, the operating systems that were previously installed […]

Linux Mint

by Melanie Gross on Jul 2, 2009 in Linux, Linux Mint, - Last Update: Jan 4, 2018 - 13

When Linux Mint was originally launched, it was a version of Ubuntu that offered integrated media codecs. Founded and developed by Clement Lefebvre, Linux Mint boasts as one of the most user […]