Linux Mint's success is down to its ease of use, easy to customize, easy to personalize and the standard modern beautiful desktop interface. Linux Mint also takes it to another level with good innovation and it is very stable. It is a desktop environment that designed to put you in control and get things done.
The Linux Mint OS functions without collecting your data.
Other multi-billion company A has privacy issues, has privacy concerns, has chosen to not to make privacy a key part of their message and is absence of privacy assurance. The word "privacy" is noticeably missing from the company's marketing materials.
Other company B also collects, collates and couriers data about your computer, laptop or mobile phone back to its own multi-billion software company Canonical. You need to pay attention and read through the B data collection policy. B also collects telemetry data that might make it less appealing to folks concerned about privacy. B also has a walled garden of sorts in their software distribution platform called Snap. Downloads from Snap often take a little longer to run as they contain extra files that should allow them to run on any Linux distro. This means that you get less control over exactly what are downloaded to your computer, laptop or mobile phone. Snap is also controlled by the Canonical the company that develops B which has made lots of Linux enthusiasts concerned that B might become a walled garden of sorts.
The similar goes to the other multi-billion company C which has a walled garden in their software selling store called App Store.
Users have become increasingly aware of how important privacy is and are
starting to question what data is being collected from their devices without their knowledge.
We want the desktop to stay the hell away from the internet. It is feckless attempts at using social networking on the desktop. We don't need the web to be integrated into the desktop.
Don't infect desktop users with the mobile phone disease or tablet disease! Don't make all the human-computer interaction through touch screen and large icons. Don't forget that there are people with desktop PCs with twenty-something-inch screens out there. Don't make people forget all the shortcuts they've used over the years.
You have freedom to create desktop shortcut for any program in one step.
You have freedom to create local accounts and let your paid operating system company goes the hard way to steal your data.
Which Linux Mint version should you use?
If you don’t know which version to use, you should choose
the Linux Mint Long Term Support (LTS) release at https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php. Choose the latest one.
Which Linux Mint edition should you use?
If you don’t know which edition to use, you should choose
the Cinnamon 64-bit edition.
Linux Mint window manager is simple, user friendly, fast and very stable.
Linux Mint desktop environments bring high usability by offering all the familiar start menu (desktop menu), taskbar, local accounts, program menus and workflow to make you feel right at home.
Why do you choose Linux Mint distribution as your desktop operating system?
Linux Mint is designed to be comfortable and easy to use but also powerful and configurable.
Linux Mint distribution comes ready to deal with proprietary video and audio codecs such as Flash, MP3 and DVDs.
It believes in Open Source as a choice, not as a constraint. Linux Mint thinks it makes sense to share code, to credit the technology we use, to let people help us, to allow others to build upon what we are making and to enable progress in general.
The Linux Mint desktop includes desktop environment, taskbar (bottom panel), system tray, local accounts, and most importantly the all familiar start button (desktop menu).
Linux Mint distribution comes ready with office program applications and feature rich tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, LibreOffice Draw (free PDF editor software), vector graphics, flowcharts, databases, Math formula editing, screenshot taking that enhance your productivity.
The show desktop shortcut icon is placed near to the start menu.
What is one of the core goals of Linux?
Linux for human beings. Give people option to choose. Do not force people to use mobile phones and tablets UI for desktop, server, IoT, VMs, browser, and cloud environment. It is spelling doom for the goal of creating converged experience with phones acting as desktops. The desktop will continue. The choice, ultimately, is to invest in the areas (communities, customers, revenue) which are contributing to the growth of the Linux, the ingredients for a great and independent Linux, with scale and momentum. Continue to produce the most usable open source desktop in the world, to work with commercial partners to distribute Linux desktop UI, to support corporate customers who rely on Linux, and to delight the millions of software developers who innovate on top of Linux. The markets and community, ultimately decide which products grow and which disappear. Try not to cause fragmentation in the Linux community. Mobile phones will not have any long-term impact and have not killed PCs. A lot of the time, people don't want the best software so much as they want the best software they can get for a certain amount of money. Do a nice job striking a balance between price and features.
Notes:
Linux is all about choice and total freedom. You can choose to have taskbar (bottom panel), start menu (desktop menu), local accounts and system tray for your desktop PC.
