It then followed its own codebase, building each release from the previous one, but continuing to use the package repositories of the latest Ubuntu release. Linux Mint 2.0 was based on Ubuntu 6.10, using Ubuntu's package repositories and using it as a codebase. It had few users until the release of Linux Mint 3.0, 'Cassandra'. Linux Mint 2.0 'Barbara' was the first version to use Ubuntu as its codebase and its GNOME interface. Linux Mint began in 2006 with a beta release, 1.0, code-named 'Ada', based on Kubuntu and using its KDE interface. The Linux Mint project was created by Clément Lefèbvre and is actively maintained by the Linux Mint Team and community. Compared to Ubuntu, it uses the Cinnamon interface by default, using a different, more traditional layout that can be customized by dragging the applets and creating panels. It can provide full out-of-the-box multimedia support for those who choose to include proprietary software such as multimedia codecs.
Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution based on Ubuntu (which is in turn based on Debian), bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications. Mainly GPL and other free software licenses, minor additions of proprietary software
