4. Linux 5 year support
Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu and follows
Canonical’s schedule of two releases a year.
Ubuntu just came out with a release offering
five-year support and Linux Mint followed
suit.
5. Choice of user interfaces
Linux Mint gives you a choice of user
interfaces, including Gnome-branch
Cinnamon, its half-brother Mate, or the
lightweight Xfce version. Mint is based on
Ubuntu, but there’s also a version of Linux
Mint 17 that’s based on Debian Linux
(LMDE).
6. Why Cinnamon
Cinnamon has become our favorite because
of its support for multimedia, its mostly
logical user interface interactions, and lots of
compatibility.
7. 32-bit or 64-bit versions
These UIs can be downloaded in either 32-
or 64-bit versions. What this means is that
you can run Mint on an old, 32-bit
computer.
8. Linux Mint 17 continues in a line of Linux
desktop-focused releases, and in testing we
found it’s become more mature than prior
versions.
9. Linux uses Open-source software, so you are
free of customization and changing your
browser.
10. Linux fixes bugs and is always updated
frequently with new things.
11. Why would I want to use
Linux instead of Windows?
You know the answer to this question might
be that you wouldn’tYou might be perfectly
happy working away inWindows land and if
that is how you choose to use your computer
then that is fine.
You might consider leaving Windows for the
following reasons however:
12. You need a new computer and you don’t like
the look and feel ofWindows 8
13. You are usingWindows 7 but keep getting
viruses
