Linux Mint version history
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As of 2014[update] there had been two Linux Mint releases per year, about one month after the Ubuntu releases they were based on. Each release was given a new version number and a code name, using a female first name starting with the letter whose alphabetical index corresponds to the version number and ending with the letter "a" (e.g., "Elyssa" for version 5, "Felicia" for version 6). There is also an OEM version for ease of installation for hardware manufacturers.[1]
Releases are timed to be approximately one month after Ubuntu releases (which in turn are about one month after Gnome releases and two months after X Window System releases). Consequently, every Linux Mint release comes with an updated version of both GNOME and X and features some of the improvements brought in the latest Ubuntu release. Support for most releases is discontinued two months after the next release, but since the mid-2008 v5 every fourth release has been labeled a long-term support (LTS) version, indicating that it is supported (with updates) for longer, three years for v5 and v9, and five years thereafter.
Linux Mint 17 "Qiana" LTS was released on 31 May 2014, remaining current until the end of November 2014[needs update] and supported until April 2019.[1] In mid-2014 the successor to 17 Qiana was announced to be 17.1 Rebecca; the development team said that from a technical point of view Linux Mint was no longer tied to the Ubuntu schedule, so it could be released at any time, although the six-month cycle provided rhythm, leading to a late November 2014 target.[2] Linux Mint 17 LTS would be the first release of the 17.x series, and for two years applications would be backported to 17.x, with security updates until 2019.[2]
Linux Mint Debian Edition, not compatible with Ubuntu,[3] is based on Debian and updates are brought in continuously.
Release history
Legend: | Old version, not maintained | Older version, still maintained | Current stable version | Future release |
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Version | Codename | Edition | Codebase | Compatible repository | Default desktop environment | Release date | LTS? | Support End |
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1.0 | Ada | Main | Kubuntu 6.06 | Kubuntu 6.06 | KDE | 27 August 2006 | Unknown | |
2.0 | Barbara | Main | Ubuntu 6.10 | Ubuntu 6.10 | GNOME | 13 November 2006 | April 2008 | |
2.1 | Bea | Main | Ubuntu 6.10 | Ubuntu 6.10 | GNOME | 20 December 2006 | April 2008 | |
2.2 | Bianca | Main | Ubuntu 6.10 | Ubuntu 6.10 | GNOME | 20 February 2007 | April 2008 | |
Light | Ubuntu 6.10 | Ubuntu 6.10 | GNOME | 29 March 2007 | ||||
KDE CE | Kubuntu 6.10 | Kubuntu 6.10 | KDE | 20 April 2007 | ||||
3.0 | Cassandra | Main | Bianca 2.2 | Ubuntu 7.04 | GNOME | 30 May 2007 | October 2008 | |
Light | Bianca 2.2 | Ubuntu 7.04 | GNOME | 15 June 2007 | ||||
KDE CE | Bianca 2.2 | Kubuntu 7.04 | KDE | 14 August 2007 | ||||
MiniKDE CE | Bianca 2.2 | Kubuntu 7.04 | KDE | 14 August 2007 | ||||
Xfce CE | Cassandra 3.0 | Xubuntu 7.04 | Xfce | 7 August 2007 | ||||
3.1 | Celena | Main | Bianca 2.2 | Ubuntu 7.04 | GNOME | 24 September 2007 | October 2008 | |
Light | Bianca 2.2 | Ubuntu 7.04 | GNOME | 1 October 2007 | ||||
4.0 | Daryna | Main | Celena 3.1 | Ubuntu 7.10 | GNOME | 15 October 2007 | April 2009 | |
Light | Celena 3.1 | Ubuntu 7.10 | GNOME | 15 October 2007 | ||||
KDE CE | Cassandra 3.0 | Kubuntu 7.10 | KDE | 3 March 2008 | ||||
5 | Elyssa | Main | Daryna 4.0 | Ubuntu 8.04 | GNOME | 8 June 2008 | Yes | April 2011 |
Light | Daryna 4.0 | Ubuntu 8.04 | GNOME | 8 June 2008 | ||||
x64 | Ubuntu 8.04 | Ubuntu 8.04 | GNOME | 18 October 2008 | ||||
KDE CE | Daryna 4.0 | Kubuntu 8.04 | KDE | 15 September 2008 | ||||
Xfce CE | Daryna 4.0 | Xubuntu 8.04 | Xfce | 8 September 2008 | ||||
Fluxbox CE | Ubuntu 8.04 | Ubuntu 8.04 | Fluxbox | 21 October 2008 | ||||
6 | Felicia | Main | Ubuntu 8.10 | Ubuntu 8.10 | GNOME | 15 December 2008 | No | April 2010 |
Universal (Light) | Ubuntu 8.10 | Ubuntu 8.10 | GNOME | 15 December 2008 | ||||
x64 | Ubuntu 8.10 | Ubuntu 8.10 | GNOME | 6 February 2009 | ||||
KDE CE | Elyssa 5 | Kubuntu 8.10 | KDE | 8 April 2009 | ||||
Xfce CE | Xubuntu 8.10 | Xubuntu 8.10 | Xfce | 24 February 2009 | ||||
Fluxbox CE | Xubuntu 8.10 | Ubuntu 8.10 | Fluxbox | 7 April 2009 | ||||
7 | Gloria | Main | Ubuntu 9.04 | Ubuntu 9.04 | GNOME | 26 May 2009 | No | October 2010 |
Universal (Light) | Ubuntu 9.04 | Ubuntu 9.04 | GNOME | 26 May 2009 | ||||
x64 | Ubuntu 9.04 | Ubuntu 9.04 | GNOME | 24 June 2009 | ||||
KDE CE | Kubuntu 9.04 | Kubuntu 9.04 | KDE | 3 August 2009 | ||||
Xfce CE | Xubuntu 9.04 | Xubuntu 9.04 | Xfce | 13 September 2009 | ||||
8 | Helena | Main | Ubuntu 9.10 | Ubuntu 9.10 | GNOME | 28 November 2009 | No | April 2011 |
Universal (Light) | Ubuntu 9.10 | Ubuntu 9.10 | GNOME | 28 November 2009 | ||||
Gnome x64 | Ubuntu 9.10 | Ubuntu 9.10 | GNOME | 14 December 2009 | ||||
KDE | Kubuntu 9.10 | Kubuntu 9.10 | KDE | 6 February 2010 | ||||
KDE x64 | Kubuntu 9.10 | Kubuntu 9.10 | KDE | 12 February 2010 | ||||
Fluxbox | Helena Main | Ubuntu 9.10 | Fluxbox | 12 February 2010 | ||||
Xfce | Xubuntu 9.10 | Xubuntu 9.10 | Xfce | 31 March 2010 | ||||
LXDE | Helena Main | Ubuntu 9.10 | LXDE | 31 March 2010 | ||||
9 | Isadora | Main | Ubuntu 10.04 | Ubuntu 10.04 | GNOME | 18 May 2010 | Yes | April 2013 |
Gnome x64 | Ubuntu 10.04 | Ubuntu 10.04 | GNOME | 18 May 2010 | ||||
LXDE | Lubuntu 10.04 | Lubuntu 10.04 | LXDE | 18 July 2010 | ||||
KDE | Kubuntu 10.04 | Kubuntu 10.04 | KDE | 27 July 2010 | ||||
KDE x64 | Kubuntu 10.04 | Kubuntu 10.04 | KDE | 27 July 2010 | ||||
Xfce | Xubuntu 10.04 | Xubuntu 10.04 | Xfce | 24 August 2010 | ||||
Fluxbox | Lubuntu 10.04 | Lubuntu 10.04 | Fluxbox | 6 September 2010 | ||||
10 | Julia | Main | Ubuntu 10.10 | Ubuntu 10.10 | GNOME | 12 November 2010 | No | April 2012 |
Gnome x64 | Ubuntu 10.10 | Ubuntu 10.10 | GNOME | 12 November 2010 | ||||
KDE | Kubuntu 10.10 | Kubuntu 10.10 | KDE | 23 February 2011 | ||||
KDE x64 | Kubuntu 10.10 | Kubuntu 10.10 | KDE | 23 February 2011 | ||||
LXDE | Lubuntu 10.10 | Lubuntu 10.10 | LXDE | 16 March 2011 | ||||
11 | Katya | Main | Ubuntu 11.04 | Ubuntu 11.04 | GNOME | 26 May 2011 | No | October 2012 |
Gnome x64 | Ubuntu 11.04 | Ubuntu 11.04 | GNOME | 26 May 2011 | ||||
LXDE | Lubuntu 11.04 | Lubuntu 11.04 | LXDE | 16 August 2011 | ||||
12 | Lisa | Main | Ubuntu 11.10 | Ubuntu 11.10 | GNOME 3 with MGSE[a], MATE | 26 November 2011 | No | April 2013 |
KDE | Kubuntu 11.10 | Kubuntu 11.10 | KDE | 2 February 2012 | ||||
LXDE | Lubuntu 11.10 | Lubuntu 11.10 | LXDE | 9 March 2012 | ||||
13 | Maya | Main | Ubuntu 12.04 | Ubuntu 12.04 | Cinnamon, MATE | 22 May 2012 | Yes | April 2017 |
Xfce | Xubuntu 12.04 | Xubuntu 12.04 | Xfce | 21 July 2012 | ||||
KDE | Kubuntu 12.04 | Kubuntu 12.04 | KDE | 23 July 2012 | ||||
14 | Nadia | Main | Ubuntu 12.10 | Ubuntu 12.10 | Cinnamon, MATE | 20 November 2012 | No | May 2014 |
Xfce | Xubuntu 12.10 | Xubuntu 12.10 | Xfce | 21 December 2012 | ||||
KDE | Kubuntu 12.10 | Kubuntu 12.10 | KDE | 23 December 2012 | ||||
15 | Olivia | Main | Ubuntu 13.04 | Ubuntu 13.04 | Cinnamon, MATE | 29 May 2013[4] | No | January 2014 |
Xfce | Xfce | 12 July 2013[5] | ||||||
KDE | KDE | 21 July 2013[6] | ||||||
16 | Petra | Main | Ubuntu 13.10 | Ubuntu 13.10 | Cinnamon, MATE | 30 November 2013[7][8] | No | July 2014 |
KDE | KDE | 22 December 2013 | ||||||
Xfce | Xfce | 22 December 2013 | ||||||
17 | Qiana | Main | Ubuntu 14.04 | Ubuntu 14.04 | Cinnamon, MATE | 31 May 2014 | Yes | April 2019 |
KDE | KDE | 23 June 2014 | ||||||
Xfce | Xfce | 15 June 2014 | ||||||
17.1 | Rebecca | Main | Cinnamon, MATE | 29 November 2014[2] | ||||
KDE | KDE | 8 January 2015 | ||||||
Xfce | Xfce | 11 January 2015 | ||||||
17.2 | Rafaela | Main | Cinnamon, MATE | 30 June 2015 | ||||
KDE | KDE | 23 July 2015 | ||||||
Xfce | Xfce | 23 July 2015 | ||||||
17.3 | Rosa | Main | Cinnamon, MATE | 4 December 2015 | ||||
KDE | KDE | 9 January 2016 | ||||||
Xfce | Xfce | 9 January 2016 | ||||||
18 | Sarah | Main | Ubuntu 16.04 | Ubuntu 16.04 | Cinnamon, MATE | 30 June 2016 | Yes | 2021 |
KDE | KDE | 9 September 2016 | ||||||
Xfce | Xfce | 2 August 2016 | ||||||
18.1 | Serena | Main | Cinnamon, MATE | Late 2016 | ||||
KDE | KDE | Late 2016 | ||||||
Xfce | Xfce | Late 2016 | ||||||
Version | Codename | Edition | Codebase | Compatible repository | Default desktop environment | Release date | LTS? | Support End |
- ^ MGSE: Mint Gnome 3 Shell Extensions (providing a desktop environment similar to GNOME 2)"
Version history of common programs
Release | Linux kernel[9] | Cinnamon | GNOME[10] | Firefox[11][12][13] | OpenOffice / LibreOffice[14] | GIMP[15] | Pidgin[16] | MySQL[17][18][19] | PHP[20][21] | Python[22] | X.Org Server[23] | X Window System[24] |
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1.0 | 2.6.15 | — | 2.14 | 1.5.3 | 2.0.2 | 2.2.11 | 1.5.0 | 5.0.22 | 5.1.2 | 2.4.3 | 1.0.2 | 7.0.0 |
2.x | 2.6.17 | — | 2.16 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.4 | 2.2.13 | 2.0b3 | 5.0.24 | 5.1 | 2.4.4 | 1.1.1 | 7.1.1 |
3.x | 2.6.20 | — | 2.18 | 2.0.3 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.13 | 2.0b6 | 5.0.38 | 5.2 | 2.5.1 | 1.2.0 | 7.2.0 |
4.0 | 2.6.22 | — | 2.20 | 2.0.6 | 2.3.0 | 2.4.0rc3 | 2.2.1 | 5.0.45 | 5.2.3 | 2.5.1 | 1.3.0 | 7.2.5 |
5 LTS | 2.6.24 | — | 2.22 | 3.0b5 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.5 | 2.4.1 | 5.0.51 | 5.2.4[a] | 2.5.2 | 1.4.1 | 7.3 |
6 | 2.6.27 | — | 2.24 | 3.0.3 | 2.4.1 | 2.6.1 | 2.5.2 | 5.0.67 | 5.2.6[a] | 2.5.2 | 1.5.2 | 7.4 |
7 | 2.6.28 | — | 2.26 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.1 | 2.6.6 | 2.5.5 | 5.1.31 | 5.2.6[a] | 2.6.2 | 1.6.0 | 7.4 |
8 | 2.6.31 | — | 2.28 | 3.5.3 | 3.1.1 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.2 | 5.1.37 | 5.2.10[a] | 2.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 7.4 |
9 LTS | 2.6.32 | — | 2.30 | 3.6.3 | 3.2.0 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.6 | 5.1.41 | 5.3.2[a] | 2.6.5 | 1.7.6 | 7.5 |
10 | 2.6.35 | — | 2.32 | 3.6.10 | 3.2.1 | 2.6.10 | 2.7.3 | 5.1.43 | 5.3.3[a] | 2.6.6 | 1.9.0 | 7.5 |
11 | 2.6.38 | — | 2.32 | 4.0.1 | 3.3.2 | 2.6.11 | 2.7.11 | 5.1.57 | 5.3.6[a] | 2.7.1 | 1.10.1 | 7.6 |
12 | 3.0.0 | — | 3.2 | 7.0.1 | 3.4.3 | 2.6.11 | 2.10.0 | — | — | 2.7.2 | 1.10.4 | 7.6 |
13 LTS | 3.2.14 | 1.4 | 3.4.1 | 12.0 | 3.5.2 | 2.6.12 | 2.10.3 | — | — | 2.7.3 | 1.11.4 | 7.6 |
14 | 3.5.5 | 1.6 | 3.6.0 | 16.0 | 3.5.4.2 | 2.8.0 | 2.10.6 | — | — | 2.7.3 | 1.13.0 | 7.6 |
15 | 3.8 | 1.8 | — | 20.0 | 4.0.2 | 2.8.4 | — | — | — | 2.7.4 | 1.13.3 | Unknown |
16 | 3.11 | 2.0 | — | 24 | 4.1.2 | 2.8.6 | — | — | — | 2.7.5 | 1.14.3 | Unknown |
17 LTS | 3.13 | 2.2 | — | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | — | — | — | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
17.1 LTS | 3.13 | 2.4 | — | 28 | 4.2.3 RC | 2.8.10 | — | — | — | 2.7.5 | 1.15.1 | Unknown |
17.2 LTS | 3.16 | 2.6 | — | 38.0 | 4.4.3 | 2.8.10 | — | — | — | 2.7.5 | 1.15.1 | 7.7 |
17.3 LTS | 3.19 | 2.8 | — | 42.0 | 5.0.3rc2 | 2.8.10 | — | — | — | 2.7.5 | 1.15.1 | 7.7 |
18 LTS | 4.4 | 3.0 | — | 46.0 | 5.1.2 | 2.8.16 | — | — | — | 2.7.11 | 1.18.3 | 7.7 |
Release | Linux kernel | Cinnamon | GNOME | Firefox | OpenOffice / LibreOffice | GIMP | Pidgin | MySQL | PHP | Python | X.Org Server | X Window System |
Gallery
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Linux Mint 1.0 ("Ada")
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Linux Mint 2.2 (Bianca)
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Linux Mint 3.1 ("Celena")
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Linux Mint 4.0 (Daryna)
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Linux Mint 5.0 (Elyssa) with KDE 3
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Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) with GNOME 2
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Linux Mint 7 (Gloria)
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Linux Mint 8.0 (Helena)
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Linux Mint 9.0 (Isadora)
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Linux Mint 10 (Julia) with GNOME
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Linux Mint 10 (Julia) with KDE 4
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Julia with LXDE
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Linux Mint Katya (11) with LXDE
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Linux Mint 11 (Katya) GNOME
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Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) with GNOME 3
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Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) with Xfce
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Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) with MATE, showing Caja and the MintMenu
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Linux Mint 13 with the MATE desktop environment
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Linux Mint 13 with Cinnamon
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Linux Mint 14 (Nadia) with Cinnamon
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Linux Mint 14 (Nadia) with KDE
See also
References
- ^ a b "Download – Linux Mint". linuxmint.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "The Linux Mint Blog » Monthly News – August 2014- Linux Mint 17.1 codenamed 'Rebecca'". blog.linuxmint.com. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ "Download LMDE". linuxmint.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" released!". blog.linuxmint.com. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” Xfce released! Written by Clem on July 12th, 2013
- ^ The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” KDE released! Written by Clem on July 21st, 2013.
- ^ "The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 16 "Petra" Cinnamon released!". blog.linuxmint.com. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 16 "Petra" MATE released!". blog.linuxmint.com. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ Publishing history : "linux-meta" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "gnome-common" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "firefox" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "firefox-3.0" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "firefox-3.5" package : Ubuntu. Edge.launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "openoffice.org" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "gimp" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "pidgin" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "mysql-dfsg-4.1" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "mysql-dfsg-5.0" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "mysql-dfsg-5.1" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "php4" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "php5" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "python-defaults" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "xorg-server" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
- ^ Publishing history : "xorg" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
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