Linux Mint version history

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]

Linux Mint 19 "Tara", previous release with the MATE Desktop Environment

Linux Mint 18.3 "Sylvia", a stable release, with Xfce.

Releases were 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 came 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 was 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 20 "Ulyana", released on 27 June 2020. As an LTS release, it will be supported until 2025.[3]

Linux Mint Debian Edition, not compatible with Ubuntu,[4] is based on Debian and updates are brought in continuously between major versions (of LMDE).

Release history

Legend:	Old version, not maintained	Older version, still maintained	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Old version, no longer maintained: 1.0	Ada	Main	Kubuntu 6.06	Kubuntu 6.06	KDE	27 August 2006	N/A	Un­known
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.0	Barbara		Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)	Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)	GNOME	13 November 2006		April 2008
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.1	Bea					20 December 2006
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.2	Bianca					20 February 2007
		Light				29 March 2007
		KDE CE	Kubuntu 6.10	Kubuntu 6.10	KDE	20 April 2007
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.0	Cassandra	Main	Bianca 2.2	Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)	GNOME	30 May 2007		October 2008
		Light				15 June 2007
		KDE CE		Kubuntu 7.04	KDE	14 August 2007
		MiniKDE CE				14 August 2007
		Xfce CE	Cassandra 3.0	Xubuntu 7.04	Xfce	7 August 2007
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.1	Celena	Main	Bianca 2.2	Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)	GNOME	24 September 2007		October 2008
		Light				1 October 2007
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0	Daryna	Main	Celena 3.1	Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)		15 October 2007		April 2009
		Light				15 October 2007
		KDE CE	Cassandra 3.0	Kubuntu 7.10	KDE	3 March 2008
Old version, no longer maintained: 5	Elyssa	Main	Daryna 4.0	Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)	GNOME	8 June 2008	Yes	April 2011
		Light				8 June 2008
		x64	Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)			18 October 2008
		KDE CE	Daryna 4.0	Kubuntu 8.04	KDE	15 September 2008
		Xfce CE		Xubuntu 8.04	Xfce	8 September 2008
		Fluxbox CE	Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)	Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)	Fluxbox	21 October 2008
Old version, no longer maintained: 6	Felicia	Main	Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)	Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)	GNOME	15 December 2008	No	April 2010
		Universal (Light)				15 December 2008
		x64				6 February 2009
		KDE CE	Elyssa 5	Kubuntu 8.10	KDE	8 April 2009
		Xfce CE	Xubuntu 8.10	Xubuntu 8.10	Xfce	24 February 2009
		Fluxbox CE		Ubuntu 8.10	Fluxbox	7 April 2009
Old version, no longer maintained: 7	Gloria	Main	Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)		GNOME	26 May 2009	No	October 2010
		Universal (Light)
		x64				24 June 2009
		KDE CE	Kubuntu 9.04		KDE	3 August 2009
		Xfce CE	Xubuntu 9.04		Xfce	13 September 2009
Old version, no longer maintained: 8	Helena	Main	Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)		GNOME	28 November 2009	No	April 2011
		Universal (Light)
		Gnome x64				14 December 2009
		KDE	Kubuntu 9.10	Kubuntu 9.10	KDE	6 February 2010
		KDE x64				12 February 2010
		Fluxbox	Helena Main	Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)	Fluxbox	12 February 2010
		Xfce	Xubuntu 9.10		Xfce	31 March 2010
		LXDE	Helena Main	Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)	LXDE	31 March 2010
Old version, no longer maintained: 9	Isadora	Main	Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)		GNOME	18 May 2010	Yes	April 2013
		Gnome x64
		LXDE	Lubuntu 10.04		LXDE	18 July 2010
		KDE	Kubuntu 10.04		KDE	27 July 2010
		KDE x64
		Xfce	Xubuntu 10.04		Xfce	24 August 2010
		Fluxbox	Lubuntu 10.04		Fluxbox	6 September 2010
Old version, no longer maintained: 10	Julia	Main	Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)		GNOME	12 November 2010	No	April 2012
		Gnome x64
		KDE	Kubuntu 10.10		KDE	23 February 2011
		KDE x64
		LXDE	Lubuntu 10.10		LXDE	16 March 2011
Old version, no longer maintained: 11	Katya	Main	Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)		GNOME	26 May 2011	No	October 2012
		Gnome x64
		LXDE	Lubuntu 11.04		LXDE	16 August 2011
Old version, no longer maintained: 12	Lisa	Main	Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)		GNOME 3 with MGSE[lower-alpha 1]	26 November 2011	No	April 2013
		KDE	Kubuntu 11.10		KDE	2 February 2012
		LXDE	Lubuntu 11.10		LXDE	9 March 2012
Old version, no longer maintained: 13	Maya	Cinnamon	Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)		Cinnamon	23 May 2012	Yes	April 2017
		MATE			MATE
		Xfce	Xubuntu 12.04		Xfce	21 July 2012
		KDE	Kubuntu 12.04		KDE	23 July 2012
Old version, no longer maintained: 14	Nadia	Cinnamon	Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)		Cinnamon	20 November 2012	No	May 2014
		MATE			MATE
		Xfce	Xubuntu 12.10		Xfce	21 December 2012
		KDE	Kubuntu 12.10	Kubuntu 12.10	KDE	23 December 2012
Old version, no longer maintained: 15	Olivia	Cinnamon	Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)		Cinnamon	29 May 2013[5]	No	January 2014
		MATE			MATE
		Xfce			Xfce	12 July 2013[6]
		KDE			KDE	21 July 2013[7]
Old version, no longer maintained: 16	Petra	Cinnamon	Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)		Cinnamon	30 November 2013[8][9]	No	July 2014
		MATE			MATE
		Xfce			Xfce	22 December 2013
		KDE			KDE
Old version, no longer maintained: 17	Qiana	Cinnamon	Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)	Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)	Cinnamon	31 May 2014	Yes	April 2019
		MATE			MATE
		KDE			KDE	23 June 2014
		Xfce			Xfce	26 June 2014
Old version, no longer maintained: 17.1	Rebecca	Cinnamon			Cinnamon	29 November 2014[2]
		MATE			MATE
		KDE			KDE	8 January 2015
		Xfce			Xfce	11 January 2015
Old version, no longer maintained: 17.2	Rafaela	Cinnamon			Cinnamon	30 June 2015
		MATE			MATE
		KDE			KDE	7 August 2015
		Xfce			Xfce
Old version, no longer maintained: 17.3	Rosa	Cinnamon			Cinnamon	4 December 2015
		MATE			MATE
		KDE			KDE	9 January 2016
		Xfce			Xfce
Older version, yet still maintained: 18	Sarah	Cinnamon	Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)	Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)	Cinnamon	30 June 2016	Yes	April 2021
		MATE			MATE
		KDE			KDE	9 September 2016
		Xfce			Xfce	2 August 2016
Older version, yet still maintained: 18.1	Serena	Cinnamon			Cinnamon	16 December 2016
		MATE			MATE
		KDE			KDE	27 January 2017
		Xfce			Xfce
Older version, yet still maintained: 18.2	Sonya	Cinnamon			Cinnamon	2 July 2017
		MATE			MATE
		KDE			KDE
		Xfce			Xfce
Older version, yet still maintained: 18.3	Sylvia	Cinnamon			Cinnamon	27 November 2017
		MATE			MATE
		KDE			KDE	15 December 2017
		Xfce			Xfce
Older version, yet still maintained: 19	Tara[10][11][12][13][14][15]	Cinnamon	Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)	Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)	Cinnamon	29 June 2018	Yes	April 2023
		MATE			MATE
		Xfce			Xfce
Older version, yet still maintained: 19.1	Tessa[16][17]	Cinnamon			Cinnamon	19 December 2018[18]
		MATE			MATE
		Xfce			Xfce
Older version, yet still maintained: 19.2	Tina	Cinnamon			Cinnamon	2 August 2019
		MATE			MATE
		Xfce			Xfce
Older version, yet still maintained: 19.3	Tricia	Cinnamon			Cinnamon	18 December 2019
		MATE			MATE
		Xfce			Xfce
Older version, yet still maintained: 20	Ulyana[19]	Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)	Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce	27 June 2020	Yes	2025
Current stable version: 20.1	Ulyssa[20]	Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce			Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce	8 January 2021 (intended for December 2020)	Yes	2025
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)

Linux Mint Debian Edition release history

Legend:	Old version, not maintained	Older version, still maintained	Current stable version	Latest preview version	Future release

Version	Codename	ISO Edition[lower-alpha 1]	Debian base	Default desktop environment[lower-alpha 2]	Release date	Support End
Old version, no longer maintained: 1	Debian	201403	Jessie (8)	Cinnamon, MATE	02 March 2014[21]	01 January 2016[22]
Old version, no longer maintained: 2	Betsy	201503			10 April 2015[23]	01 January 2019[24]
		201701			13 March 2017[25]
Old version, no longer maintained: 3	Cindy	201808	Stretch (9)[26]	Cinnamon	31 August 2018[27]	01 July 2020[28]
Current stable version: 4	Debbie	N/A	Buster (10)[29]		20 March 2020[30]	TBD

1. ISO Edition: Versions before LMDE 4 included a datecode in the bootable ISO image's filename. LMDE 2 images were issued twice; the second issue included updates to LMDE 2 up to that point.
2. Default desk environment: Versions before LMDE 3 were issued in two ISO image flavors, with Cinnamon and MATE desktop environments.

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[31]	Cinnamon	GNOME[32]	Firefox[33]	OpenOffice[34]/ LibreOffice[35]	GIMP[36]	Pidgin[37]	MySQL[38][39]	PHP[40][41]	Python[42]	X.Org Server[43]	X Window System[44]
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[45]
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[11]	3.8[11]	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	1.19.6[46]	11.0[46]
19.1 LTS	4.15.0-20	4.0	N/A	64.0	6.0.6	2.8.22	?	N/A		2.7.15rc1 / 3.6.7	1.19.6
19.2 LTS	4.15.0-54	4.2	3.28.4	70	6.0.7.3	2.10.12	2.12.0			TBA
19.3 LTS	5.0	4.4.5		71	6.0.7.3	N/A				2.7.15 / 3.6.8
20 LTS	5.4	4.6	3.36	77	6.4.2.2		?			3.8.2	1.20.8
20.1 LTS	5.4/5.8 (edge edition)	4.8.5		84.0.1	6.4.6					3.8.2	1.20.9	11.0
Release	Linux kernel	Cinnamon	GNOME	Firefox	OpenOffice / LibreOffice	GIMP	Pidgin	MySQL	PHP	Python	X.Org Server	X Window System

1. program not installed by default

Gallery

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  Linux Mint 1.0 (Ada)
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  Linux Mint 2.2 (Bianca)
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  Linux Mint 3.1 (Celena)
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  Linux Mint 4.0 (Daryna)
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  Linux Mint 5.0 (Elyssa) with KDE 3
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  Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) with GNOME 2
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  Linux Mint 7 (Gloria)
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  Linux Mint 8.0 (Helena)
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  Linux Mint 9.0 (Isadora)
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  Linux Mint 10 (Julia) with GNOME
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  Linux Mint 10 (Julia) with KDE 4
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  Linux Mint 10 (Julia) with LXDE
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  Linux Mint 11 (Katya) with LXDE
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  Linux Mint 11 (Katya) with GNOME
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  Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) with GNOME 3
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  Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) with Xfce
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  Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) with MATE, showing Caja and the MintMenu
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  Linux Mint 13 (Maya) with the MATE desktop environment
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  Linux Mint 13 (Maya) with Cinnamon
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  Linux Mint 14 (Nadia) with Cinnamon
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  Linux Mint 14 (Nadia) with KDE
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  Linux Mint 19 (Tara) with Cinnamon
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  Linux Mint 19.1 (Tessa) with Cinnamon
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  Linux Mint 19.2 (Tina) with Cinnamon
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  Linux Mint 20 (Ulyana) with Cinnamon
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  Linux Mint 20.1 (Ulyssa) with Cinnamon

See also

• Debian version history
• Ubuntu version history

References

1. "Download – Linux Mint". linuxmint.com. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
2. "The Linux Mint Blog » Monthly News – August 2014- Linux Mint 17.1 codenamed 'Rebecca'". blog.linuxmint.com. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
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34. Publishing history : "openoffice.org" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net.
35. "libreoffice package: Ubuntu". lanchpad.net/ubuntu. Updated cumulatively.
36. Publishing history : "gimp" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
37. Publishing history : "pidgin" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
38. Publishing history : "mysql-dfsg-5.0" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net.
39. Publishing history : "mysql-dfsg-5.1" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net.
40. Publishing history : "php4" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
41. Publishing history : "php5" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
42. Publishing history : "python-defaults" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
43. Publishing history : "xorg-server" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
44. Publishing history : "xorg" package : Ubuntu. Launchpad.net. Updated cumulatively.
45. "Release Notes for Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon". Linux Mint. 4 December 2015.
46. On a fresh install, running the command "$ xdpyinfo | grep version" Output:" version number: 11.0 X.Org version: 1.19.6"

External links

• Linux Mint Official Website
• History and description of the first Linux Mint releases until 3.0