Linux distribution
Linux Mint 20.2
Jonni Bidwell is running low on mint metaphors and time, but the promise of some budget mojito mix expedited this review.
IN BRIEF
A long-standing, well regarded, Ubuntu-derived distribution that puts the needs of its users first. Mint is aimed at both home and professional users with wide business use.
SPECS
RAM: 2GB Disk: 20GB
W ell, it’s quite the Mint-fest this issue, what with it being on the cover, the disc, Jonni’s virtual machines and (as always) Effy’s laptop. Why all this attention? For a start we’ve always liked Mint, and, spoiler alert, this outing does nothing to change that. Next is that there are some nice under-the-bonnet changes with this release that we think you should know about.
Before you get excited though, there’s not much in terms of groundbreaking features this release; it’s more a continuation of the bold course set out a half dozen or so releases ago. In that time contributed we’ve seen the introduction of user-friendly system roll-backs, ever-improving Nvidia Optimus support, HiDPI simplicity and so many nice tweaks and touches to make this list uncomfortably long if we were to continue. We’ve also seen further distancing from Ubuntu, through the disabling of the Snap Store, and, to remediate this, Linux Mint taking on packaging duties for Chromium.