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    User-friendly Usability

    Oct 13, 2020 5 minutes

    LET’S LOOK AT LINUX MINT FIRST, which continues to be a favorite of ours. In particular, it’s one that we still recommend to users who are taking their first steps with Linux. Initially (the 1.0 release in 2006 was a beta based on Kubuntu), it took the Ubuntu codebase and bundled flash and Wi-Fi firmware to make for a better out-of-the-box experience. It experimented with its own codebase for a couple of years, but then returned to Ubuntu’s, and since then the two have always been package-compatible. It enables Mint to piggy-back off the treasure trove of packages in the Ubuntu repositories, while still providing its own experience.

    When Ubuntu switched to its Unity desktop, Mint offered something more conventional in the form of its

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