A surprising shift to Linux Mint reveals leaner memory use, polished Cinnamon defaults, and a friendlier upgrade path.

Linux newcomers in 2026 have a much easier time than people did 10 or 15 years ago. You no longer need to install Linux with one hand on a wiki page and the other ...

The beta release of Linux Mint 21.3, code-named "Virginia," has been released today. You can choose from three desktop environments -- Cinnamon, Mate, and Xfce. Based on Ubuntu 22.04, the Linux Mint ...

Linux Mint 22, dubbed "Wilma," offers several reasons for users to consider switching from Windows 11. This latest release, a long-term support version backed until 2029, introduces a suite of ...

Ubuntu Cinnamon is an official spin of the open-source desktop operating system that makes Linux immediately familiar to any user or skill level. As for me, my preference falls more toward the modern ...

The Linux Mint development team has released the beta version of Linux Mint 22 for download, which for the first time is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and comes with the Linux 6.8 kernel. In addition to ...

Korbin is a Linux system administrator who spends most of his time in a terminal figuring out how things actually work. Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration ...