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Linux Mint 2 1.1 Vera

Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past 15 years, you’ll almost certainly have heard of Linux Mint. The OS is based on Ubuntu (in the case of this release, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS), meaning you have access to almost all Ubuntu applications out of the box.

“Out of the box” should perhaps be the tagline for Linux Mint, as the developers have placed a real focus on ease of setup and deployment for desktop users. Mint comes bundled with the ability to play almost all media formats. Traditionally, this has included proprietary software such as but FOSS

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