By Till now we have seen the articles which are huge in size. So we have come up with this topic which is more familiar for our young generation and easy to understand. The topic of our this article is Ubuntu vs Mint.
Ubuntu
Installation
The system requirements vary among Ubuntu products. For the Ubuntu desktop, a PC with at least 2 GHz dual-core processor, 4 GB of RAM and 25 GB of free disk space is recommended. For less powerful computers, there are other Ubuntu distributions such as Lubuntu and Xubuntu. Ubuntu supports the ARM architecture. It is also available on Power ISA, while older PowerPC architecture was at one point unofficially supported, and now newer Power ISA CPUs (POWER8) are supported AMD64 architecture is also officially supported. Running Ubuntu in this way is slower than running it from a hard drive, but does not alter the computer unless specifically instructed by the user. If the user chooses to boot the live image rather than execute an installer at boot time, there is still the option to then use an installer called Ubiquity to install Ubuntu once booted into the live environment.
Background
Ubuntu packages are based on packages from Debian’s unstable branch, which are synchronised every six months. Both distributions use Debian’s deb package format and package management tools. Debian and Ubuntu packages are not necessarily binary compatible with each other, however, so packages may need to be rebuilt from source to be used in Ubuntu. Many Ubuntu developers are also maintainers of key packages within Debian. Ubuntu cooperates with Debian by pushing changes back to Debian, although there has been criticism that this does not happen often enough. Ian Murdock, the founder of Debian, had expressed concern about Ubuntu packages potentially diverging too far from Debian to remain compatible. Before release, packages are imported from Debian unstable continuously and merged with Ubuntu-specific modifications. One month before release, imports are frozen, and packagers then work to ensure that the frozen features interoperate well together.
Features
A default installation of Ubuntu contains a wide range of software that includes Firefox, Thunderbird, Transmission, and several lightweight games such as Sudoku and chess. Many additional software packages are accessible from the built in Ubuntu Software (previously Ubuntu Software Center) as well as any other APT-based package management tools. Cross-distribution snap packages and flatpaks are also available, that both allow installing software, such as some of Microsoft’s software, in most of the major Linux operating systems (such as any currently supported Ubuntu version and in Fedora). The default file manager is GNOME Files, formerly called Nautilus.
MINT
Installation
The Windows installer Mint4Win allows Linux Mint to be installed from within Microsoft Windows, much like the Wubi installer for Ubuntu. The operating system could then be removed, as with other Windows software, using the Windows Control Panel. This method requires no partitioning of the hard drive. It is only useful for Windows users, and is not meant for permanent installations because it incurs a slight performance loss. This installer was included on the Live DVD until Linux Mint 16 but removed in the Linux Mint 16 ‘Petra’ release because the size of the Live DVD images would have exceeded what the software could reliably handle.
History
2008, Linux Mint adopted the same release cycle as Ubuntu and dropped its minor version number before releasing version 5 ‘Elyssa’. The same year, in an effort to increase compatibility between the two systems, Linux Mint decided to abandon its codebase and changed the way it built its releases. Starting with Linux Mint 6 ‘Felicia’, each release was based completely on the latest Ubuntu release, built directly from it, and made available approximately one month after the corresponding Ubuntu release
2010, Linux Mint released Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE). Unlike the other Ubuntu-based editions (Ubuntu Mint), LMDE was originally a rolling release based directly on Debian and not tied to Ubuntu packages or its release schedule.It was announced on May 27, 2015 that the Linux Mint team would no longer support the original rolling release version of LMDE after January 1, 2016. LMDE 2 ‘Betsy’ was a long term support release based on Debian Jessie. When LMDE 2 was released it was announced that all LMDE users would be automatically upgraded to new versions of MintTools software and new desktop environments before they were released into the main edition of Linux Mint.
On February 20, 2016, the Linux Mint website was breached by unknown hackers who briefly replaced download links for a version of Linux Mint with a modified version containing malware. The hackers also breached the database of the website’s user forum. Linux Mint immediately took its server offline and implemented enhanced security configuration for their website and forum.
Features
Linux Mint comes with a wide range of software installed, including VLC media player. Additional software that is not installed and can be downloaded using the package manager. Linux Mint allows networking ports to be closed using its firewall, with customized port selection available.
Difference Between Ubuntu and Mint
Linux Mint and Ubuntu are closely related — Mint is based on Ubuntu. Although they were very similar. At first Ubuntu and Linux Mint have become increasingly different Linux distributions with different philosophies over time.
In terms of Desktop
Ubuntu includes the Unity desktop by default, although you can install a wide variety of additional desktop environments from Ubuntu’s repositories. Mint’s latest release comes in two versions, each with a different desktop: Cinnamon and MATE. Cinnamon is a more forward-looking desktop that builds on new technologies without throwing out standard desktop elementsr. You’ll also notice that Mint has a more toned down. The lighter color scheme Its window buttons are also on the right side of the window title bar.
Configurability
Mint seems to offer more configurability than Ubuntu out-of-the-box. Whereas Ubuntu’s Unity only includes a few options in the latest version of Ubuntu. There is an entire settings application for configuring the Cinnamon desktop. The latest version of Mint, “Maya,” also includes the MDM display manager. Whereas Ubuntu doesn’t ship with any graphical configuration tools for tweaking its login screen. Mint ships with an administration panel that can customize the Login Screen. While Ubuntu is still based on Linux and is configurable under-the-hood, many pieces of Ubuntu software aren’t very configurable. For example, Ubuntu’s Unity desktop has very few options.
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