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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/operating-systems/linux-mint-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/operating-systems/linux-mint-profile/alternatives/) # Linux Mint User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.8/5 - Total reviews: 53 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.6/5 - Customer support: 4.2/5 - Value for money: 4.8/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 41 reviews (77%) - 4 stars: 11 reviews (21%) - 3 stars: 1 reviews (2%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - In addition, Linux Mint has the ability to keep you safe by preventing malware and viruses. - Great for rookies to Linux, you just slap it onto a thumb drive and you can easily boot into it, installation is just a simple double click of an icon on the dashboard and maybe a little bit of meddling if you want to dual boot - Good experience with Linux mint and also got lots of help from Linux mint community posts and Ubuntu community posts. ### Most mentioned cons - Some softwares are not available for Linux . - This is not Mint's (or Linux's) fault. - There are just a small handful of software programs I need to use for my work, and Mint (or most Linux variants) just don't have compatible software. ## Linux Mint customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 53 (page 1). ### Personal Customization 110% - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Michayla P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Everything! Literally. I was blown away whenever it was first introduced to me, obsessed ever since that day, basically!! #### Cons Nothing foul to say, honestly. There isn’t one complaint I have, to this very day! --- ### Great for rookies - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: James C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Great for rookies to Linux, you just slap it onto a thumb drive and you can easily boot into it, installation is just a simple double click of an icon on the dashboard and maybe a little bit of meddling if you want to dual boot #### Cons It can be a little too user-friendly, so it's not best used for individuals who are far more experienced with Linux #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint Win 10 is shutting down in 2025, and the features of windows 11 are so shoddy that I would have rather learned Linux than get frequently bombarded with ads and ai --- ### Open source operating system. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Brian B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Linux mint is user friendly and has most common tools Linux users use. It has a community that provides support and it's also open source. #### Cons Less popular meaning less compatibility with certain softwares and hardwares. --- ### Linux Mint Experience - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Soumik P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Good experience with Linux mint and also got lots of help from Linux mint community posts and Ubuntu community posts. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's easy to use and easy to do simple tasks. #### Cons Some softwares are not available for Linux . #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint To learn Linux and get used to with it.And also experience those good things.And ease of downloading apps using package managers. --- ### Excellent functionality and ease for the price (Free!) - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Broadcast Media - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Many years ago, I installed RedHat on one of my systems which, at the time, was a bit of a hassle getting the OS and hardware to work together and the GUI working. It didn't all that great for me, so stopped using it. 15 years later, my brother tells me how he installed Mint on his laptop (for virus protection and privacy concerns), and I am much more versed with computers than he is, so I tried it myself and was surprised at how easy it was to install (with a little computer experience) and how well it did with so many applications (free applications too). I still need a Windows or Apple for my work for specific software needs, but I've installed it on an Old Windows computer that has little memory and little disk space and it runs just fine for a daily web-surfing and personal emailing system. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Well, "Free" would be the number one item that I like the most, but a close second is the ability to do 90% of what I do on a Windows/Mac using about half the memory/disk/processor power. #### Cons There are just a small handful of software programs I need to use for my work, and Mint (or most Linux variants) just don't have compatible software. #### Reasons for choosing Linux Mint Free, and lower needed Memory/Disk/Processor. --- ### Linux Mint Is Great for Windows Refugees - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ashley K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Games - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Switching from Windows to Linux Mint as my daily driver has been a great way to keep old hardware alive. Laptops from 2015 run sluggish on most recent Windows 10/11 versions, but they happily continue working just fine under the lighter load of Linux Mint and its desktop environment, Cinnamon. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Linux Mint feels like a natural extension of Windows 7 – an operating system that was great in its prime. Windows users who are familiar with a certain workflow will feel right at home on Linux Mint, which is quite the accomplishment. There are very few compromises a Windows user will have to make in learning Linux Mint, which makes it the ideal distro for Windows refugees. #### Cons The base OS is still Linux-based, which comes with some compatibility problems with certain hardware. Most consumer-facing hardware will have drivers – but some business hardware may require Windows or Mac. #### Reasons for choosing Linux Mint Out of all the other distributions I considered, Linux Mint is the most friendly to Windows operators. It functions similarly with its package manager and the start menu feels very familiar. #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint Microsoft keeps making updates to Windows that are more intrusive, adding features that no one needs. I don't want OneDrive integrated into my operating system, nor any of the other spyware Microsoft offers. --- ### Linux Mint is Free !!! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: tony k. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Photography - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have a Core I5 11500 PC with NVidia 1660 super overclocked video card. I have a HP laserjet printer and an Epson scanner. It all works perfectly on Linux Mint. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Linux Mint works. It is free. It keeps everything up to date. I can edit photos and videos without paying subscription fees. #### Cons In the last couple of years I think almost any issue has been solved. I can't think of any problems with Linux Mint. #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint Cost of upgrade. Subscription software. Security issues. --- ### Cannot recommend highly enough - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Sunaina K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, very satisfied. If you have not tried Linux ever, Linux Mint is the way to go - doubtless! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros If it had not been a workplace technology shift, I would have continued to use Linux Mint even now. Just the most outstanding Linux distro out there. I used the Cinnamon shell and loved it. Does not give the user a visual shock by looking and feeling like a Windows machine. But under the hood is something else. The OS is light, secure, open source, and works out of the box. If you wanted to bring an older PC to life that cannot run the bloated Windows 10 OS, Linux Mint is the way to go. #### Cons Wine and other emulators gave me a hard time trying to run some essential Windows 10 software on Linux Mint. While this is not completely on Mint itself (Mint does what Mint promised to do), I did have to go the virtual machine way which was not ideal. #### Reasons for choosing Linux Mint Skin is closer to the Windows environment which is where I was coming from. #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint Linux Mint is faster, lighter, open source, free, and secure. --- ### Not for newbies, but it could be. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Francisco Alberto A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered As someone who has used a very respectable number of linux distros, I can tell for sure that inux mint is the one that has almost all, a lightweight experience, good looking ui and most functionality that comes in handy for new users and experienced. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Ease of use, very supported, and a full range of hardware compatibility. #### Cons It can be a little overwhelming if you have never used linux #### Reasons for choosing Linux Mint Problems with hardware compatibility #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint A more complete experience and without the problems of missing repositories or privileges --- ### 1st steps with Linux Mint - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: adrian s. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: November 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Nice clean looking GUI, easy to install even along side windows, made all my ageing PC's behave like they are new #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It makes my old (4 year old) laptop seem like it was new, no lagging while loading software, fast internet browsing, worked straight out of the box #### Cons I had to find alternatives to some of my previous windows applications - just a small con really #### Reasons for choosing Linux Mint Preferred the Linux Mint GUI #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint Didn't like the way windows slows my PC with every update that is applied --- ### LinuxMint, una versión todavía mas sencilla de usar de Ubuntu - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Muy buena instalación muy sencilla y muy fácil mantenerlo actualizado.Viene con un grupo de aplicaciones suficientes para la mayoría de los usuarios. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Ya viene instalado con las aplicaciones más básicas que un usuario normal puede necesitar. #### Cons Algunas aplicaciones de Windows no tienen versión para Linux. #### Reasons for choosing Linux Mint La facilidad de instalación y que está basado en Ubuntu. #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint Quería probar una versión de escritorio diferente. --- ### Sistema operativo gratuito y bastante completo - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Consumer Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Evidentemente el precio....todo lo que sea gratuito es a buen precio, y si aún por encima funciona bien como es este caso, mejor. Tiene mucho potencial y es cómodo de usar. #### Cons Nada a destacar, lo único el interfaz que podría ser algo más estética y agradable a la vista. #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint Buscaba un sistema operativo gratuito, ya que hay que hacer recortes cuando es necesario --- ### Produto bom e barato - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Animation - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Gostei do aplicativo porém e um pouco confuso #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros Aplicativo bom mas falta organização e funcionalodade para aplicativos #### Cons Demora no sistema operacional............ #### Reasons for choosing Linux Mint Porque sempre tive Linux no computadores #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint Gostei da diversidade do windows e de como sistema ficou mais leve --- ### Sistema Operacional Linux perfeito - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: André Luis K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: May 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Uso instalado no meu notebook Lenovo T440p,fica aqui a dica para a empresa desenvolvedora do Linux Mint,façam acordo com a marca Lenovo vocês vão lucra bastante... #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Para mim é um sistema operacional LInux Perfeito... #### Cons existem alguns blaques no SO porém ainda assim me atende de boa #### Reasons for choosing Linux Mint Interface Grafica ,porém com um charmes do Windons Seven #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint Interface gratica muito pesada para hardware... --- ### Best one in the market with free of cost - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Fayzur Rahman S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I've been a Linux Mint user for years and I have to say, it's the best! It's so easy and intuitive to use. I've never had any issues with it and it has everything that I need. It's also very good at managing my files and making sure they're in order. The interface is very user-friendly. #### Cons As it's free and open source , I would love to say it's the best one to use . Everybody should give it a try and enjoy using it. --- ### very lightweight and ease to use Linux Distro - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mahfuzur R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Business Supplies and Equipment - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I think Linux Mint is a great distribution. I have been using it for 2 years now and haven't had any problems with it. It's really light, I can run it on my old laptop and still have decent performance. #### Cons It's not a normal OS like Windows or mac. It need to be learn some new things to use it. So it's a bit hard. --- ### Free OS - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Klodian H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Great experience. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The fact that it comes fully equipped with softwares. #### Cons I do not have any dislikes for this operation system. --- ### Linux Mint is the best system for to start to linux - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: santiago m. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: September 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The best of Linux Mint are: Desktop design, specific tools with automatic instaler and easy of use. #### Cons The worst of Linux Mint are: There is no manager for "light, dark, etc" themes and sometimes has problem updates. --- ### Linux Mint: A Reliable and Secure Operating System for Everyday Productivity - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bruno M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My experience of using Linux Mint was very positive, as this OS allowed me to manage Marketing Data and Reports, create Marketing Content, and perform SEO tasks. I can recommend Linux Mint to everyone as this operating system is flexible and easy to use for those who are not familiar with Linux systems. Therefore, it is great for both new and experienced users. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I had the opportunity to use Linux Mint in my previous job as a Digital Marketing Assistant for HostHelp. I can say that this OS has a lot of advantages. First of all, Linux Mint is completely free and open-source. Moreover, this software has an intuitive and familiar interface, similar to Windows systems. Apart from that, it can provide a decent level of performance even on old computers or laptops. In addition, Linux Mint has the ability to keep you safe by preventing malware and viruses. It also has no forced updates that can significantly slow down the performance of your device. #### Cons Unfortunately, there are also some downsides to this operating system. For example, limited compatibility with various software, especially creative software, and a long learning curve are problems for some users. Moreover, Linux Mint has some issues with adapters and wireless devices like printers and scanners. Another negative aspect of Linux Mint is its limited cloud and business technologies and reliance on a small ecosystem. Apart from that, technical issues sometimes arise, and there are few people who can solve them. Finally, this system is not suitable for people who want to use a ready-made and convenient solution. --- ### Linux Mint Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Leandro A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Easy to install , easy to customize .Is one of the most popular distros for a reason .Large community and good support , Recommended #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Great , free , open source , higly customizable , light on resources .One of my favorite distros.Great for perfomance and stability #### Cons I think there are better looking distros out of the box .Like Ubuntu or Zorin .But Mint GUI is more performant given that is based on XFCE --- ### A smooth, modern Linux distro that is a breath of fresh air compared to Windows - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: David B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Photography - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. If it weren't for the lack of availability of certain software packages crucial to my line of work, I genuinely would have switched to Mint as my main OS. I really liked it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It's a very smooth, modern feeling alternative to something like Ubuntu, and largely compatible with anything that works on Ubuntu, including commands. #### Cons There wasn't much I didn't like about Mint, to be honest. Its only real downside when compared to operating systems like Windows is the same as any Linux distro, in other words, lack of availability of many mainstream software options used in business. This is not Mint's (or Linux's) fault. #### Reasons for choosing Linux Mint To be honest, I chose it due to its ease of set-up and colour profile capabilities. #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint Copilot, Recall, In-OS adverts, Dumbed-down toy-like interface of Windows 11, the desire for an OS that only wants to be a tool to help you accomplish your tasks. I still have to use Windows 11 for work due to Capture One and Affinity Photo not being available on Linux. --- ### Linux mint is keeping our 10-year-old hardware alive and well served. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ewan C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Telecommunications - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We prolonged the life of older hardware, cut our software licensing bills and didn’t have to trade stability for our normal operations. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Linux Mint proved to be a very decent performer for our billing department without all the unnecessary fluff. It’s feather-light and boots lightning-fast even on low-end machines. #### Cons There can be compatibility issues with software especially when a client sends us files that require Windows-only tools. --- ### A lightweight alternative - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Guillaume M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. If you want to feel like a geek without actually having the practical knowledge of a Linux expert, then Mint is the way to go! Its interface will look familiar (especially to Windows users), and the generic software available will be able to do the job most often as well as your usual suspects when it comes to basic tasks. A nice way to take advantage of an old-fashioned computer when you need to automate or semi-automate a few tasks without putting the hassle on your main machine. It can be installed instead of your usual OS or besides it with a select menu at startup (on a Windows-based PC at least). On my 2012 laptop, it officially coexists with Windows 7 (truth is, it gets launched very much more often than its Microsoft counterpart). #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros An interface that will look familiar to Windows users, yet with all the practicity that Linux is known for: welcome to the best of both worlds, and your CPU and RAM will thank you too as this lightweight OS claims to work from 2GB RAM onward (I've had it working perfectly smooth on a 4GB, 10+yo laptop). Also, it's very evolutive, and technically you don't *have to* change version every once and then. A few command lines are all you need to know (and that's only for some updates), and guess what these command lines are all readily available from the internet! Installing as a dual-OS is quite easily done following a few tutorials on the web. #### Cons Of course, with Linux you have to roll back on all your previous references. There's only little chance you'll get to use the behemoth software that you'e used to on a PC or Mac, but you can find equivalents that will allow you to interact in the end with a machine using a more conventional/commercial OS. --- ### Linux Mint is a beautiful desktop orientated distribution based on Ubuntu - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Libraries - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I really love Linux Mint, it is easy to install, very easy to use - yet it also has all the power of Linux under its hood. Just open up a terminal and everything is there. A well thought out and well rounded desktop focused distribution with some really stunning aesthetics. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Linux Mint is a big improvement for me on the base Ubuntu for a few reasons - firstly you can choose between MATE, Cinnamon and XFCE. I always use XFCE and Linux Mint makes it look so beautiful with well thought out colour schemes and outstanding photographic and abstract backgrounds to choose from. Also it installs all the apps most people will need from a desktop environment. It far exceeds, in my opinion, a mere alternative to Windows - it is in fact a hundred times better. #### Cons There really are no cons to trying Linux Mint, it is all free and is a perfect desktop environment for most uses. If I had to pick - I would say it would be good if it was moved to a rolling release like Arch Linux - at the moment to get the latest version of Mint on your existing, you may have to re-install. Though in place upgrades can work, I haven't had that much luck with it myself. #### Reasons for choosing Linux Mint I mainly chose Linux Mint because it supports XFCE out of the box, it has beautiful aesthetics with its colour schemes and backgrounds. #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint I found Linux Mint much more user friendly, I wanted to use XFCE as well and Ubuntu required some fiddling to get it working with that. --- ### Linux Mint, one right-off-the-box replacement OS for Ms Windows - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jorge Guardiola M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I've being using Linux distributions since 2003 starting with the French distribution Mandrake and after Red-Hat and Debian. I've lost the count of distributions used since 2003. Until now, Linux Mint is possibly the easier to use and among the best and more powerful operational systems I've being running on my pc's. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy of use and visual interface are quite impacting. Linux Mint can replace with great advantage other older and no longer supported OS with the additional advantage of allowing your hardware to get back operating on a decent speed level. Your hardware will be revived. I particularly was greatly surprised with the performance obtained with a Dell Inspiron 1525 dated 2010 where the original OS (Windows 7) was replaced by Linux Mint 19.03 early this year. #### Cons Maybe some of the available to install applications should be added "from factory" therefore the new users would get almost everything they need without requiring any or just little manual and instructions reading. #### Reasons for choosing Linux Mint Mainly due to it easy of use, long terms support version available and excellent GUI graphical user interface. #### Reasons for switching to Linux Mint The latest changes were just to replace OS's that no longer offer support and newer OS versions would require replacement of the whole hardware to be able to handle de needs of memory and processor speed. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/operating-systems/linux-mint-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Linux Mint Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice