When I first started using and writing about Linux in the late 1990s, there were just a few distributions to choose from, and even those were a bit hard to discover (unless you knew the right ...

Linux Mint is the top operating system on the DistroWatch, having risen to stardom after the debacle of Unity and Gnome 3 Shell. It offered the time tested, good old WIMP paradigm, which made it ...

Today, Ubuntu has fallen to No. 2, and Linux Mint is the clear winner, at least according to DistroWatch’s popularity rankings. It’s a different landscape now in the world of desktop Linux ...

Linux Mint has remained at the top of DistroWatch’s page hit rankings for the past year or so, making its next version a topic of widespread interest. Ready for a rundown? Here are three ...

DistroWatch comes right out and states ... is now the single most popular desktop interface of all. 1: Mint Linux:This should come as no surprise. Mint is an excellent distribution and my ...

the distro that's usually pointed to is Linux Mint. Linux Mint's "about" page describes it as "a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use." ...

especially to Linux Mint with recent advancements in Valve's Proton for gaming. One thing you may appreciate with Windows is the start menu and instant access to apps. Some Linux distros use an ...

are Linux Mint and Ubuntu. How different are these two, though, and which is the best pick for you? Before we get to the ...

MX Linux isn’t Ubuntu, Mint or even Fedora (in a pinch ... Then why is it the most downloaded Linux distribution on Distrowatch? A bit of a sidebar: I realize that Distrowatch isn’t the ...

At the start of the month, Neowin wrote that Linux Mint 21.1 Beta was available with a new theme and that the final release would come out around Christmas. Living up to that promise, the Mint ...

you should consider Linux Mint and MX Linux. Below, I delve into these two distributions, highlighting their core attributes, use cases, and limitations. For more granular details, be sure to ...