Linux Mint 16

In recent years, the Linux Mint open-source operating system has emerged to become one of the most popular Linux distributions.

Linux Mint was founded by developer Clement Lefebvre in 2006, with the goal of being a user-friendly desktop version of Linux. Lefebvre officially released

Linux Mint 16, code-named Petra, Nov. 30 with the goal of improving the Linux desktop experience. Linux Mint 16 is based on the Ubuntu 13.10 Linux distribution at its core, with a number of key additions and improvements.

While Ubuntu has focused on the development of its own Unity desktop Linux environment, Linux Mint has its own desktop creation, known as Cinnamon. Among the highlights of the Linux Mint 16 release is the latest generation of the Cinnamon desktop.

Linux Mint is also available with other desktop environments, including MATE, which is a fork of the GNOME 2.x desktop.

The new desktop environments included in Linux Mint 16 aim to offer improved performance and usability to Linux users.

Among the new features that Linux Mint 16 provides are new USB formatting and imaging tools that enable users to easily create bootable USB sticks.