Linux Mint version history

Linux Mint 19 "Tara", current release with the MATE Desktop Environment
Linux Mint 18.3 "Sylvia", previous stable release, with Xfce.

Up to 2014 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 labelled 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 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]

The latest release is Linux Mint 19 "Tara", released on 29 June 2018. As an LTS release, it will be supported until 2023, and it is planned that future versions until 2020 will use the same package base, making upgrades easy.[3]

Linux Mint Debian Edition, not compatible with Ubuntu,[4] is based on Debian and updates are brought in continuously.

Release history

Legend: Old version Older version, still supported Current stable version Latest preview version Future release
Version Codename Edition Codebase Compatible repository Default desktop environment Release date LTS? Support End
Old version, no longer supported: 1.0AdaMainKubuntu 6.06Kubuntu 6.06KDE27 August 2006Unknown
Old version, no longer supported: 2.0BarbaraMainUbuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)GNOME13 November 2006April 2008
Old version, no longer supported: 2.1BeaMainGNOME20 December 2006April 2008
Old version, no longer supported: 2.2BiancaMainGNOME20 February 2007April 2008
LightGNOME29 March 2007
KDE CEKubuntu 6.10Kubuntu 6.10KDE20 April 2007
Old version, no longer supported: 3.0CassandraMainBianca 2.2Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)GNOME30 May 2007October 2008
LightGNOME15 June 2007
KDE CEKubuntu 7.04KDE14 August 2007
MiniKDE CEKDE14 August 2007
Xfce CECassandra 3.0Xubuntu 7.04Xfce7 August 2007
Old version, no longer supported: 3.1CelenaMainBianca 2.2Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)GNOME24 September 2007October 2008
LightGNOME1 October 2007
Old version, no longer supported: 4.0DarynaMainCelena 3.1Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)GNOME15 October 2007April 2009
LightGNOME15 October 2007
KDE CECassandra 3.0Kubuntu 7.10KDE3 March 2008
Old version, no longer supported: 5ElyssaMainDaryna 4.0Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)GNOME8 June 2008YesApril 2011
LightGNOME8 June 2008
x64Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)GNOME18 October 2008
KDE CEDaryna 4.0Kubuntu 8.04KDE15 September 2008
Xfce CEXubuntu 8.04Xfce8 September 2008
Fluxbox CEUbuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)Fluxbox21 October 2008
Old version, no longer supported: 6 Felicia MainUbuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)GNOME15 December 2008NoApril 2010
Universal (Light)GNOME15 December 2008
x64GNOME6 February 2009
KDE CEElyssa 5Kubuntu 8.10KDE8 April 2009
Xfce CEXubuntu 8.10Xubuntu 8.10Xfce24 February 2009
Fluxbox CEUbuntu 8.10Fluxbox7 April 2009
Old version, no longer supported: 7GloriaMainUbuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)GNOME26 May 2009NoOctober 2010
Universal (Light)GNOME26 May 2009
x64GNOME24 June 2009
KDE CEKubuntu 9.04Kubuntu 9.04KDE3 August 2009
Xfce CEXubuntu 9.04Xubuntu 9.04Xfce13 September 2009
Old version, no longer supported: 8HelenaMainUbuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)GNOME28 November 2009NoApril 2011
Universal (Light)GNOME28 November 2009
Gnome x64GNOME14 December 2009
KDEKubuntu 9.10Kubuntu 9.10KDE6 February 2010
KDE x64KDE12 February 2010
FluxboxHelena MainUbuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)Fluxbox12 February 2010
XfceXubuntu 9.10Xubuntu 9.10Xfce31 March 2010
LXDEHelena MainUbuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)LXDE31 March 2010
Old version, no longer supported: 9IsadoraMainUbuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)GNOME18 May 2010YesApril 2013
Gnome x64GNOME18 May 2010
LXDELubuntu 10.04Lubuntu 10.04LXDE18 July 2010
KDEKubuntu 10.04Kubuntu 10.04KDE27 July 2010
KDE x64KDE27 July 2010
XfceXubuntu 10.04Xubuntu 10.04Xfce24 August 2010
FluxboxLubuntu 10.04Lubuntu 10.04Fluxbox6 September 2010
Old version, no longer supported: 10JuliaMainUbuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)GNOME12 November 2010NoApril 2012
Gnome x64GNOME12 November 2010
KDEKubuntu 10.10Kubuntu 10.10KDE23 February 2011
KDE x64KDE23 February 2011
LXDELubuntu 10.10Lubuntu 10.10LXDE16 March 2011
Old version, no longer supported: 11KatyaMainUbuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)GNOME26 May 2011NoOctober 2012
Gnome x64GNOME26 May 2011
LXDELubuntu 11.04Lubuntu 11.04LXDE16 August 2011
Old version, no longer supported: 12LisaMainUbuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)GNOME 3 with MGSE[lower-alpha 1]26 November 2011NoApril 2013
KDEKubuntu 11.10Kubuntu 11.10KDE2 February 2012
LXDELubuntu 11.10Lubuntu 11.10LXDE9 March 2012
Old version, no longer supported: 13MayaCinnamonUbuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)Cinnamon23 May 2012YesApril 2017
MATEMATE
XfceXubuntu 12.04Xubuntu 12.04Xfce21 July 2012
KDEKubuntu 12.04Kubuntu 12.04KDE23 July 2012
Old version, no longer supported: 14NadiaCinnamonUbuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)Cinnamon20 November 2012NoMay 2014
MATEMATE
XfceXubuntu 12.10Xubuntu 12.10Xfce21 December 2012
KDEKubuntu 12.10Kubuntu 12.10KDE23 December 2012
Old version, no longer supported: 15OliviaCinnamonUbuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)Cinnamon29 May 2013[5] NoJanuary 2014
MATEMATE
XfceXfce12 July 2013[6]
KDEKDE21 July 2013[7]
Old version, no longer supported: 16PetraCinnamonUbuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)Cinnamon30 November 2013[8][9]NoJuly 2014
MATEMATE
XfceXfce22 December 2013
KDEKDE
Older version, yet still supported: 17QianaCinnamonUbuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)Cinnamon31 May 2014YesApril 2019
MATEMATE
KDEKDE23 June 2014
XfceXfce26 June 2014
Older version, yet still supported: 17.1RebeccaCinnamonCinnamon29 November 2014[2]
MATEMATE
KDEKDE8 January 2015
XfceXfce11 January 2015
Older version, yet still supported: 17.2RafaelaCinnamonCinnamon30 June 2015
MATEMATE
KDEKDE7 August 2015
XfceXfce
Older version, yet still supported: 17.3RosaCinnamonCinnamon4 December 2015
MATEMATE
KDEKDE9 January 2016
XfceXfce
Older version, yet still supported: 18SarahCinnamonUbuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)Cinnamon30 June 2016Yes2021
MATEMATE
KDEKDE9 September 2016
XfceXfce2 August 2016
Older version, yet still supported: 18.1Serena CinnamonCinnamon16 December 2016
MATEMATE
KDEKDE27 January 2017
XfceXfce
Older version, yet still supported: 18.2Sonya CinnamonCinnamon2 July 2017
MATEMATE
KDEKDE
XfceXfce
Older version, yet still supported: 18.3Sylvia CinnamonCinnamon27 November 2017
MATEMATE
KDEKDE15 December 2017
XfceXfce
Current stable version: 19Tara[10][11][12][13][14][15] Cinnamon Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) Cinnamon 29 June 2018 Yes 2023
MATEMATE
XfceXfce
Future release: 19.1Tessa[16] Cinnamon Cinnamon November/December 2018
MATEMATE
XfceXfce
Version Codename Edition Codebase Compatible repository Default desktop environment Release date LTS? Support End
  1. ↑ MGSE: Mint Gnome 3 Shell Extensions (providing a desktop environment similar to GNOME 2)"

Version history of common programs

These are the versions with Linux Mint as released. In use, the Linux Mint update manager will offer to update programs to the latest supported version.

Release Linux kernel[17] Cinnamon GNOME[18] Firefox[19] OpenOffice[20]/ LibreOffice[21] GIMP[22] Pidgin[23] MySQL[24][25] PHP[26][27] Python[28] X.Org Server[29] X Window System[30]
1.0 2.6.15 N/A 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 N/A 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 N/A 2.18 2.0.3 2.2.0 2.0b6 5.0.38 5.2 2.5.1 1.2.0 7.2.0
4.0 2.6.22 N/A 2.20 2.0.6 2.3.0 2.4.0rc3 2.2.1 5.0.45 5.2.3 1.3.0 7.2.5
5 LTS 2.6.24 N/A 2.22 3.0b5 2.4.0 2.4.5 2.4.1 5.0.51 5.2.4[lower-alpha 1] 2.5.2 1.4.1 7.3
6 2.6.27 N/A 2.24 3.0.3 2.4.1 2.6.1 2.5.2 5.0.67 5.2.6[lower-alpha 1] 1.5.2 7.4
7 2.6.28 N/A 2.26 3.0.8 3.0.1 2.6.6 2.5.5 5.1.31 2.6.2 1.6.0
8 2.6.31 N/A 2.28 3.5.3 3.1.1 2.6.7 2.6.2 5.1.37 5.2.10[lower-alpha 1] 2.6.3 1.6.4
9 LTS 2.6.32 N/A 2.30 3.6.3 3.2.0 2.6.8 2.6.6 5.1.41 5.3.2[lower-alpha 1] 2.6.5 1.7.6 7.5
10 2.6.35 N/A 2.32 3.6.10 3.2.1 2.6.10 2.7.3 5.1.43 5.3.3[lower-alpha 1] 2.6.6 1.9.0
11 2.6.38 N/A 4.0.1 3.3.2 2.6.11 2.7.11 5.1.57 5.3.6[lower-alpha 1] 2.7.1 1.10.1 7.6
12 3.0.0 N/A 3.2 7.0.1 3.4.3 2.10.0 N/A N/A 2.7.2 1.10.4
13 LTS 3.2.14 1.4 3.4.1 12.0 3.5.2 2.6.12 2.10.3 N/A N/A 2.7.3 1.11.4
14 3.5.5 1.6 3.6.0 16.0 3.5.4.2 2.8.0 2.10.6 N/A N/A 1.13.0
15 3.8 1.8 N/A 20.0 4.0.2 2.8.4 N/A N/A N/A 2.7.4 1.13.3 Unknown
16 3.11 2.0 N/A 24 4.1.2 2.8.6 N/A N/A N/A 2.7.5 1.14.3 Unknown
17 LTS 3.13 2.2 N/A 28 4.2.3rc3 2.8.10 2.10.9 N/A N/A 2.7.6 / 3.4.0 1.15.1 7.7
17.1 LTS 2.4 N/A 33 4.2.6 N/A N/A
17.2 LTS 3.16 2.6 N/A 38 4.4.3rc2 N/A N/A
17.3 LTS 3.19 2.8 N/A 42 5.0.3rc2 N/A N/A 1.17.1[31]
18 LTS 4.4 3.0 N/A 47 5.1.2 2.8.16 2.10.12 N/A N/A 2.7.11 / 3.5.1 1.18.3
18.1 LTS 3.2 N/A 50 5.1.4 N/A N/A 2.7.12 / 3.5.1 1.18.4
18.2 LTS 4.8 3.4 N/A 54 5.1.6rc2 N/A N/A
18.3 LTS 4.10 3.6 N/A 57 N/A N/A
19 LTS 4.15.0-20[32] 3.8[33] N/A 60.0.2 6.0.3.2 2.8.20 2.12.0 N/A N/A 2.7.15rc1 / 3.6.5 Unknown Unknown
Release Linux kernel Cinnamon GNOME Firefox OpenOffice / LibreOffice GIMP Pidgin MySQL PHP Python X.Org Server X Window System
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 program not installed by default

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Download – Linux Mint". linuxmint.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Linux Mint Blog » Monthly News – August 2014- Linux Mint 17.1 codenamed 'Rebecca'". blog.linuxmint.com. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "New features in Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon". Linux Mint. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Download LMDE". linuxmint.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" released!". blog.linuxmint.com. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  6. ↑ The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” Xfce released! Written by Clem on July 12th, 2013
  7. ↑ The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” KDE released! Written by Clem on July 21st, 2013.
  8. ↑ "The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 16 "Petra" Cinnamon released!". blog.linuxmint.com. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 16 "Petra" MATE released!". blog.linuxmint.com. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Linux Mint 19 codenamed "Tara"". Linux Mint. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  11. ↑ New features in Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon
  12. ↑ Development Release: Linux Mint 19 Beta (DistroWatch.com News)
  13. ↑ Linux Mint 19 "Tara" Cinnamon released! – The Linux Mint Blog
  14. ↑ DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 770, 2 July 2018
  15. ↑ Linux Mint 19 Tara - Tara Cognita, Dedoimedo
  16. ↑ "Linux Mint 19.1 codenamed 'Tessa' – The Linux Mint Blog". |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  17. ↑ Publishing history : "linux-meta" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
  18. ↑ Publishing history : "gnome-common" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
  19. ↑ "Publishing history: Firefox package: Ubuntu". launchpad.net/ubuntu. Updated cumulatively.
  20. ↑ Publishing history : "openoffice.org" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net.
  21. ↑ "libreoffice package: Ubuntu". lanchpad.net/ubuntu. Updated cumulatively.
  22. ↑ Publishing history : "gimp" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
  23. ↑ Publishing history : "pidgin" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
  24. ↑ Publishing history : "mysql-dfsg-5.0" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net.
  25. ↑ Publishing history : "mysql-dfsg-5.1" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net.
  26. ↑ Publishing history : "php4" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  27. ↑ Publishing history : "php5" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
  28. ↑ Publishing history : "python-defaults" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
  29. ↑ Publishing history : "xorg-server" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
  30. ↑ Publishing history : "xorg" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
  31. ↑ https://linuxmint.com/rel_rosa_cinnamon.php
  32. ↑ https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tara_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
  33. ↑ https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_tara_cinnamon_whatsnew.php
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