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Install it on your computer today!</p> <a href="download.php" class="btn btn-white mr-3">Download</a> <a href="https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/" class="btn btn-outline-white">Installation Instructions</a> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-10 col-md-7 d-none d-lg-block mb-5"> <img src="web/img/devices.png" alt=""> </div> </div> </div> <div class="position-absolute bottom-0 left-0 w-100 d-none d-md-block mb-n3"> <svg width="100%" height="150" viewBox="0 0 500 150" preserveAspectRatio="none"> <path d="M0,150 L0,40 Q250,150 500,40 L580,150 Z" fill="#fbfbfb" /> </svg> </div> </section>   <section class="pb-3"> <div class="container"> <div class="row">  <div class="col-md-4">  <h5 class="text-primary">Features</h5> <h2 class="h1">What is Linux Mint?</h2> <p>Linux Mint is an operating system for desktop and laptop computers. It is designed to work 'out of the box' and comes fully equipped with the apps most people need.</p>  <div class="bg-light p-4 p-lg-5 "> <span class="display-5 icon-primary"><i class="ti-ruler-pencil"></i></span> <h5>Graphic Design</h5> <p class="mb-0">Work in 3D with Blender, draw or edit pictures in Gimp, use Inkscape for vector graphics.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="col-md-4 mt-5">  <div class="bg-light p-4 p-lg-5 mb-5"> <span class="display-5 icon-primary"><i class="ti-pencil-alt"></i></span> <h5>Productivity</h5> <p class="mb-0">With LibreOffice's complete office suite, use the word processor, make presentations, drawings, spreadsheets or even databases. Easily import from or export to PDF or Microsoft Office documents.</p> </div>  <div class="bg-light p-4 p-lg-5 mb-5"> <span class="display-5 icon-primary"><i class="ti-video-clapper"></i></span> <h5>Multimedia</h5> <p class="mb-0">Enjoy your music, watch TV and movies, listen to podcasts, Spotify and online radio.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="col-md-4">  <div class="bg-grad all-text-white p-4 p-lg-5 mb-5"> <span class="display-5"><i class="ti-world icon-white"></i></span> <h5>Web</h5> <p class="mb-0">Browse the Web, watch Youtube and Netflix with Firefox. Turn any website into a desktop app for immediate access.</p> </div>  <div class="bg-light p-4 p-lg-5 mb-5"> <span class="display-5 icon-primary"><i class="ti-game"></i></span> <h5>Gaming</h5> <p class="mb-0">Access more than 7,800 games with Steam. Install the Heroic Games Launcher or Lutris to get even more.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="bg-dark all-text-white pattern-overlay-2"> <div class="container"> <div class="col-md-12 col-lg-9 mx-auto p-4 p-sm-5"> <div class="text-center px-0 px-sm-5"> <h2>Give it a try. You’ll Love it!</h2> <p class="mb-3 h6">Most of our users come from Windows and they never look back.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-8 mx-auto"> <div class="title text-center"> <span class="pre-title">Why choose Linux Mint?</span> <h2>Easy to use, fast and comfortable.</h2> <p class="mb-0">Give your hardware the operating system it deserves and feel right at home.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-4 mt-4"> <div class="feature-box f-style-4 h-100 icon-grad"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><i class="ti-wand"></i></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">OOTB</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">Everything just works "Out Of The Box", without the need to configure anything or to install extra applications. It's ready to go. Although it's very configurable, everything is set and tuned nicely by default and no unnecessary questions are asked.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 mt-4"> <div class="feature-box f-style-4 h-100 icon-grad"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><i class="ti-heart"></i></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">KISS</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">It's very easy to use. It features an intuitive desktop and adopts KISS principles. Anyone can rapidly feel at home and use Linux Mint. User experience, workflow and comfort is key.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 mt-4"> <div class="feature-box f-style-4 h-100 icon-grad"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><i class="ti-crown"></i></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">Home rule</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">It's your computer, your rules. This is a key principle at Linux Mint. We don't collect data, we don't work against you. You're the boss. Your operating system is designed to do what you want without getting in your way.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 mt-4"> <div class="feature-box f-style-4 h-100 icon-grad"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><i class="ti-lock"></i></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">Rock solid</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">With centralized software updates, system snapshots, a unique Update Manager and the robustness of its Linux architecture, Linux Mint requires very little maintenance. It works, it's safe and it doesn't break.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 mt-4"> <div class="feature-box f-style-4 h-100 icon-grad"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><i class="ti-check-box"></i></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">Free and Open Source</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">It is completely free of cost and almost all of its components are Open Source. Linux Mint stands on the shoulder of giants, it is based on Debian and Ubuntu.</p> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 mt-4"> <div class="feature-box f-style-4 h-100 icon-grad"> <div class="feature-box-icon"><i class="ti-face-smile"></i></div> <h3 class="feature-box-title">Community-centric</h3> <p class="feature-box-desc">There is a tight bond and a great relationship between the development team and the community. We communicate with our users and constantly use their feedback to improve Linux Mint.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>  <section class="bg-dark"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-8 mx-auto"> <div class="title text-center all-text-white"> <span class="pre-title">Have any questions?</span> <h2>Fun, helpful and passionate.</h2> <p>If you're making your first steps with Linux don't hesitate to join the <a href="https://forums.linuxmint.com">forums</a>. Linux users are often welcoming, helpful and eager to share their experience.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3 mt-4 all-text-white py-4"> <h4>Is it free?</h4> <p>Yes, Linux Mint is completely free of charge. Almost everything in Linux Mint is also open-source.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-3 mt-4 all-text-white primary-border-left-dotted py-4"> <h4>Will it work on my computer?</h4> <p>Yes, Linux Mint works on most computers. It can also be run from a live USB stick to make sure everything works fine without having to install anything.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-3 mt-4 all-text-white primary-border-left-dotted py-4"> <h4>Can I keep Windows?</h4> <p>Yes, you can have both Windows and Linux Mint. A menu asks you which one to use when you start the computer.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-3 mt-4 all-text-white primary-border-left-dotted py-4"> <h4>Will it suit my needs?</h4> <p>Hopefully. Linux Mint comes with what most people need out of the box as well as easy access to more than 60,000 software packages and 7,800 games. </p> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 mx-auto text-center mt-5"> <a href="faq.php" class="btn btn-grad">Read more FAQs</a> </div> </div> </div> </section>   <section class="testimonials"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="title text-center"> <span class="pre-title">From the press</span> </div> <div class="owl-carousel testi-full testi-big arrow-md-none arrow-border arrow-large arrow-round owl-grab" data-arrow="true" data-items="1" data-autoplay="4500">  <div class="item"> <div class="testimonials-wrap"> <div class="testi-text"> <p>The years go by, and I keep trying one Linux desktop distro after the other. But for more than a decade now, I come back to Linux Mint. Why? It's simple: Year in and year out, Mint remains the best, easiest-to-use Linux desktop.</p> <span><i class="fa fa-quote-left text-primary display-8"></i></span> <h6 class="mb-0 mt-3">Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols</h6> <h6 class="small">ZDNet</h6> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="item"> <div class="testimonials-wrap"> <div class="testi-text"> <p>Mint has become the very best example of what a Linux desktop should be: fast, easy, pleasing to the eye, useful and productive. Others, still, see Mint as the ideal desktop for Windows refugees, or those who are trying out Linux for the first time, and want an operating system that essentially works 'out of the box'.</p> <span><i class="fa fa-quote-left text-primary display-8"></i></span> <h6 class="mb-0 mt-3">David Hayward</h6> <h6 class="small">Linux Format</h6> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="item"> <div class="testimonials-wrap"> <div class="testi-text"> <p>Linux Mint's latest release will have an exceptionally wide appeal. Anyone looking for an incredibly stable, robust, fast, clean, and user-friendly desktop operating system could do a whole lot worse. [...] Every Linux desktop distribution should strive to do exactly what Linux Mint 20.1 has accomplished--create a desktop that is the perfect balance of speed, features, and user-friendliness.</p> <span><i class="fa fa-quote-left text-primary display-8"></i></span> <h6 class="mb-0 mt-3">Jack Wallen</h6> <h6 class="small">TechRepublic</h6> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="item"> <div class="testimonials-wrap"> <div class="testi-text"> <p>There's a good reason for that popularity: Linux Mint just works. It isn't "changing the desktop computer paradigm," or "innovating" in "groundbreaking" ways. The team behind Mint is just building a desktop operating system that looks and functions a lot like every other desktop operating system you've used, which is to say you'll be immediately comfortable and stop thinking about your desktop and start using it to do actual work.</p> <span><i class="fa fa-quote-left text-primary display-8"></i></span> <h6 class="mb-0 mt-3">Scott Gilbertson</h6> <h6 class="small">ars technica</h6> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="item"> <div class="testimonials-wrap"> <div class="testi-text"> <p>Exploring the bevy of Linux distributions out there is a fun part of the hobby, but for your first installation, you will likely want something popular and beginner-friendly, so it's easy to get help when you need it. That's why I recommend starting with Linux Mint.</p> <span><i class="fa fa-quote-left text-primary display-8"></i></span> <h6 class="mb-0 mt-3">Whitson Gordon</h6> <h6 class="small">PCMag</h6> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="item"> <div class="testimonials-wrap"> <div class="testi-text"> <p>Linux Mint has again shown why it deserves to stay among the best Linux distribution for beginners. If you’re thinking to migrate from Windows to Linux, you should definitely get your hand on Linux Mint.</p> <span><i class="fa fa-quote-left text-primary display-8"></i></span> <h6 class="mb-0 mt-3">Sarvottam Kumar</h6> <h6 class="small">FossBytes</h6> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>  <div class="divider m-0"></div>  <section class="blog bg-light"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-8 mx-auto"> <div class="title text-center"> <span class="pre-title">From the blog</span> <h2>Latest news</h2> <p>Click a news title to get to the article.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="owl-carousel post-style-3 arrow-dark arrow-hover" data-dots="false" data-items-xl="3" data-items-lg="3" data-items-md="2" data-items-sm="2" data-items-xs="1">  <div class='item'> <div class='post'> <div class='post-info'> <span class='post-tag bg-grad text-white mb-3 clearfix'><a href='https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4762'>Blog</a></span> <div class='post-time'><a href='https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4762'>2024-11-03</a></div> <a class='post-title' href='https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4762'>Monthly News – October 2024</a> <p class='mb-0'>Many thanks for your donations and for your support. Night Light in Cinnamon The team is working on adding Night Light support in Cinnamon. Night Light consists in reducing the amount of blue light emitted by the screen. It makes the color of your monitor warmer as you get closer to bed time to help […]</p> </div> </div> </div><div class='item'> <div class='post'> <div class='post-info'> <span class='post-tag bg-grad text-white mb-3 clearfix'><a href='https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4749'>Blog</a></span> <div class='post-time'><a href='https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4749'>2024-09-30</a></div> <a class='post-title' href='https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4749'>Monthly News – September 2024</a> <p class='mb-0'>Many thanks for your donations and for your support. Visual improvements in Cinnamon Within the team Joseph continues to work his magic. Bit by bit he’s improving the look and feel of the Cinnamon desktop. The new default theme landed on the master branch. It’s much darker and contrasted than before. Objects are rounded and […]</p> </div> </div> </div><div class='item'> <div class='post'> <div class='post-info'> <span class='post-tag bg-grad text-white mb-3 clearfix'><a href='https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4740'>Blog</a></span> <div class='post-time'><a href='https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4740'>2024-09-12</a></div> <a class='post-title' href='https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4740'>Monthly News – August 2024</a> <p class='mb-0'>Many thanks for your donations and for your support. Server upgrades The repository servers were upgraded. They’re now able to serve packages at 10gbps, which is 10 times faster than before. We no longer observe bottlenecks during large updates when packages such as Firefox or Chromium are updated concurrently. 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