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ListofLinuxMintreleases
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Asof2014therehadbeentwoLinuxMintreleasesperyear,aboutonemonthaftertheUbuntureleasestheywere
basedon.Eachreleasewasgivenanewversionnumberandacodename,usingafemalefirstnamestartingwiththe
letterwhosealphabeticalindexcorrespondstotheversionnumberandendingwiththeletter"a"(e.g.,"Elyssa"for
version5,"Felicia"forversion6).ThereisalsoanOEMversionforeaseofinstallationforhardwaremanufacturers.[1]
ReleasesaretimedtobeapproximatelyonemonthafterUbuntureleases(whichinturnareaboutonemonthafter
GnomereleasesandtwomonthsafterXWindowSystemreleases).Consequently,everyLinuxMintreleasecomes
withanupdatedversionofbothGNOMEandXandfeaturessomeoftheimprovementsbroughtinthelatestUbuntu
release.Supportformostreleasesisdiscontinuedtwomonthsafterthenextrelease,butsincethemid2008v5every
fourthreleasehasbeenlabeledalongtermsupport(LTS)version,indicatingthatitissupported(withupdates)for
longer,threeyearsforv5andv9,andfiveyearsthereafter.

LinuxMint15"Olivia",previous
releasewiththeMATEDesktop
Environment

LinuxMint17"Qiana"LTSwasreleasedon31May2014,remainingcurrentuntiltheendofNovember2014and
supporteduntilApril2019.[1]Inmid2014thesuccessorto17Qianawasannouncedtobe17.1Rebeccathe
developmentteamsaidthatfromatechnicalpointofviewLinuxMintwasnolongertiedtotheUbuntuschedule,soit
couldbereleasedatanytime,althoughthesixmonthcycleprovidedrhythm,leadingtoalateNovember2014
target.[2]LinuxMint17LTSwouldbethefirstreleaseofthe17.xseries,andfortwoyearsapplicationswouldbe
backportedto17.x,withsecurityupdatesuntil2019.[2]
LinuxMintDebianEdition,notcompatiblewithUbuntu,[1]isbasedonDebianandupdatesarebroughtin
continuously.
LinuxMint14"Nadia",previous
stablerelease.

Contents
1Releasehistory
1.1Versionhistoryofcommonprograms
2Gallery
3References
4Externallinks

Releasehistory
Legend:

Oldversion

Olderversion,stillsupported

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Currentversion

Futurerelease

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Version Codename

Edition

Codebase

Compatible
repository

Defaultdesktopenvironment

Releasedate

LTS
?

Support
End

1.0

Ada

Main

Kubuntu6.06 Kubuntu6.06

KDE

2.0

Barbara

Main

Ubuntu6.10

Ubuntu6.10

GNOME

13November2006

April2008

2.1

Bea

Main

Ubuntu6.10

Ubuntu6.10

GNOME

20December2006

April2008

Main

Ubuntu6.10

Ubuntu6.10

GNOME

20February2007

Light

Ubuntu6.10

Ubuntu6.10

GNOME

29March2007

KDECE

Kubuntu6.10 Kubuntu6.10

KDE

20April2007

Main

Bianca2.2

Ubuntu7.04

GNOME

30May2007

Light

Bianca2.2

Ubuntu7.04

GNOME

KDECE

Bianca2.2

Kubuntu7.04

KDE

14August2007

MiniKDECE

Bianca2.2

Kubuntu7.04

KDE

14August2007

XfceCE

Cassandra
3.0

Xubuntu7.04

Xfce

7August2007

Main

Bianca2.2

Ubuntu7.04

GNOME

24September2007

Light

Bianca2.2

Ubuntu7.04

GNOME

1October2007

Main

Celena3.1

Ubuntu7.10

GNOME

15October2007

Light

Celena3.1

Ubuntu7.10

GNOME

15October2007

KDECE

Cassandra
3.0

Kubuntu7.10

KDE

Main

Daryna4.0

Ubuntu8.04

GNOME

Light

Daryna4.0

Ubuntu8.04

GNOME

8June2008

x64

Ubuntu8.04

Ubuntu8.04

GNOME

18October2008

KDECE

Daryna4.0

Kubuntu8.04

KDE

15September2008

XfceCE

Daryna4.0

Xubuntu8.04

Xfce

8September2008

FluxboxCE

Ubuntu8.04

Ubuntu8.04

Fluxbox

Main

Ubuntu8.10

Ubuntu8.10

GNOME

15December2008

Universal
(Light)

Ubuntu8.10

Ubuntu8.10

GNOME

15December2008

x64

Ubuntu8.10

Ubuntu8.10

GNOME

6February2009

KDECE

Elyssa5

Kubuntu8.10

KDE

8April2009

XfceCE

Xubuntu8.10 Xubuntu8.10

Xfce

24February2009

FluxboxCE

Xubuntu8.10 Ubuntu8.10

Fluxbox

7April2009

Main

Ubuntu9.04

Ubuntu9.04

GNOME

26May2009

Universal
(Light)

Ubuntu9.04

Ubuntu9.04

GNOME

26May2009

x64

Ubuntu9.04

Ubuntu9.04

GNOME

24June2009

KDECE

Kubuntu9.04 Kubuntu9.04

KDE

3August2009

XfceCE

Xubuntu9.04 Xubuntu9.04

Xfce

13September2009

Main

Ubuntu9.10

Ubuntu9.10

GNOME

28November2009

Universal
(Light)

Ubuntu9.10

Ubuntu9.10

GNOME

28November2009

Gnomex64

Ubuntu9.10

Ubuntu9.10

GNOME

14December2009

KDE

Kubuntu9.10 Kubuntu9.10

KDE

6February2010

KDEx64

Kubuntu9.10 Kubuntu9.10

KDE

12February2010

Fluxbox

HelenaMain Ubuntu9.10

Fluxbox

12February2010

Xfce

Xubuntu9.10 Xubuntu9.10

Xfce

31March2010

LXDE

HelenaMain Ubuntu9.10

LXDE

31March2010

Main

Ubuntu10.04 Ubuntu10.04

GNOME

18May2010

Gnomex64

Ubuntu10.04 Ubuntu10.04

GNOME

18May2010

LXDE

Lubuntu
10.04

Lubuntu10.04

LXDE

18July2010

KDE

Kubuntu
10.04

Kubuntu10.04

KDE

27July2010

KDEx64

Kubuntu
10.04

Kubuntu10.04

KDE

27July2010

2.2

3.0

3.1

4.0

Bianca

Cassandra

Celena

Daryna

Elyssa

Felicia

Gloria

Helena

Isadora

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27August2006

April2008

15June2007
October
2008

October
2008

April2009

3March2008
8June2008

April2011

21October2008

April2010

October
2010

April2011

April2013

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11

12

13

14

15

16

17

17.1

17.2

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Xfce

Xubuntu
10.04

Xubuntu10.04

Xfce

Fluxbox

Lubuntu
10.04

Lubuntu10.04

Fluxbox

6September2010

Main

Ubuntu10.10 Ubuntu10.10

GNOME

12November2010

Gnomex64

Ubuntu10.10 Ubuntu10.10

GNOME

12November2010

KDE

Kubuntu
10.10

Kubuntu10.10

KDE

KDEx64

Kubuntu
10.10

Kubuntu10.10

KDE

LXDE

Lubuntu
10.10

Lubuntu10.10

LXDE

Main

Ubuntu11.04 Ubuntu11.04

GNOME

26May2011

Gnomex64

Ubuntu11.04 Ubuntu11.04

GNOME

26May2011

LXDE

Lubuntu
11.04

LXDE

Main

Ubuntu11.10 Ubuntu11.10

GNOME3withMGSE*,
MATE

KDE

Kubuntu
11.10

Kubuntu11.10

KDE

LXDE

Lubuntu
11.10

Lubuntu11.10

LXDE

9March2012

Main

Ubuntu12.04 Ubuntu12.04

Cinnamon,MATE

22May2012

Xfce

Xubuntu
12.04

Xubuntu12.04

Xfce

21July2012

KDE

Kubuntu
12.04

Kubuntu12.04

KDE

23July2012

Main

Ubuntu12.10 Ubuntu12.10

Cinnamon,MATE

20November2012

Xfce

Xubuntu
12.10

Xubuntu12.10

Xfce

21December2012

KDE

Kubuntu
12.10

Kubuntu12.10

KDE

23December2012

Main

Ubuntu13.04 Ubuntu13.04

Cinnamon,MATE

29May2013[3]

Xfce

Ubuntu13.04 Ubuntu13.04

Xfce

12July2013[4]

KDE

Ubuntu13.04 Ubuntu13.04

KDE

21July2013[5]

Main

Ubuntu13.10 Ubuntu13.10

Cinnamon,MATE

KDE

Ubuntu13.10 Ubuntu13.10

KDE

22December2013

Xfce

Ubuntu13.10 Ubuntu13.10

Xfce

22December2013

Main

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

Cinnamon,MATE

31May2014

KDE

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

KDE

23June2014

Xfce

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

Xfce

15June2014

Main

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

Cinnamon,MATE

KDE

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

KDE

8January2015

Xfce

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

Xfce

11January2015

Main

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

Cinnamon,MATE

30June2015

KDE

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

KDE

23July2015

Xfce

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

Xfce

23July2015

Main

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

Cinnamon,MATE

KDE

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

KDE

tbc

Xfce

Ubuntu14.04 Ubuntu14.04

Xfce

tbc

Julia

Katya

Lisa

Maya

Nadia

Olivia

Petra

Qiana

Rebecca

Rafaela

Rosa

Version Codename

Edition

Codebase

24August2010

23February2011
April2012

Lubuntu11.04

Compatible
repository

Defaultdesktopenvironment

23February2011
16March2011

October
2012

16August2011
26November2011
2February2012

April2013

April2017

May2014

January
2014

30November2013[6][7]
July2014

April2019

April2019

April2019

April2019

29November2014[2]

November/December
2015

Releasedate

LTS
?

Support
End

*MGSE:MintGnome3ShellExtensions(providingadesktopenvironmentsimilartoGNOME2)

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Release

Linux
OpenOffice/
Cinnamon GNOME[9] Firefox[10][11][12]
GIMP[14] Pidgin[15] MySQL[16][17][18] PHP[19][20] Python[21]
kernel[8]
LibreOffice[13]

X.Org
Server[22]
[23]/X
Window
System[24]

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

5LTS

2.6.24

2.22

3.0b5

2.4.0

2.4.5

2.4.1

5.0.51

(5.2.4)*

2.5.2

1.4.1/7.3

2.6.27

2.24

3.0.3

2.4.1

2.6.1

2.5.2

5.0.67

(5.2.6)*

2.5.2

1.5.2/7.4

2.6.28

2.26

3.0.8

3.0.1

2.6.6

2.5.5

5.1.31

(5.2.6)*

2.6.2

1.6.0/7.4

2.6.31

2.28

3.5.3

3.1.1

2.6.7

2.6.2

5.1.37

(5.2.10)*

2.6.3

1.6.4/7.4

9LTS

2.6.32

2.30

3.6.3

3.2.0

2.6.8

2.6.6

5.1.41

(5.3.2)*

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)*

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)*

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

13LTS 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/?

16

3.11

2.0

24

4.1.2

2.8.6

2.7.5

1.14.3/?

17LTS

/?

17.1
LTS

3.13

2.4

28

4.2.3RC

2.8.10

2.7.5

1.15.1/?

17.2
LTS

3.16

2.6

38.0

4.4.3

2.8.10

2.7.5

1.15.1/7.7

Linux
Release
Cinnamon GNOME
kernel

Firefox

OpenOffice/
LibreOffice

GIMP

Pidgin

MySQL

PHP

Python

X.Org
Server/X
Window
System

(x.y.z)*programnotinstalledbydefault
x.y**allversionsareasofmostrecentunstablerelease

Gallery

LinuxMint1.0("Ada") LinuxMint2.2
(Bianca)

LinuxMint7(Gloria)

LinuxMint3.1
("Celena")

LinuxMint8.0
(Helena)

LinuxMint4.0
(Daryna)

LinuxMint9.0
(Isadora)

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LinuxMint5.0
(Elyssa)withKDE3

LinuxMint10(Julia)
withGNOME

LinuxMint6(Felicia)
withGNOME2

LinuxMint10(Julia)
withKDE4

JuliawithLXDE

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LinuxMintKatya(11)
withLXDE

LinuxMint11(Katya)
GNOME

LinuxMint13with
Cinnamon

LinuxMint12(Lisa)
withGNOME3

LinuxMint12(Lisa)
withXfce

LinuxMint12(Lisa)
LinuxMint13withthe
withMATE,showing
MATEdesktop
CajaandtheMintMenu environment

LinuxMint14(Nadia)
withCinnamon

LinuxMint14(Nadia)
withKDE

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