More at Hectic Geek DistroWatch: Linux Mint 18 is a stable and problem-free experienceĭistroWatch has long been a steady and reliable source of Linux distribution reviews. My verdict is simple: “This is how it should be done!” I’ve witnessed a lot of respect for this GNU/Linux distribution over on many occasions, and this release is no exception. And other major concerns of an everyday user nowadays such as Skype, web browsing, Adobe Flash playback, Teamviewer, multimedia playback etc were all extremely satisfying from my end. As mentioned, the desktop is very easy to use, gives you a lot of options to customize, yet retains a sense of simplicity. In other words, while booting, Linux Mint 18 had 32.3% (about 205 MiB) less data to be copied over to RAM from the main storage (because that’s what happens when an operating system boots) and that may explain why Mint was slightly faster to boot.Įven after all these years, Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon is still lean on memory usage, boots relatively fast (compared to many other distributions), power efficient, extremely responsive, ran on the hardware very well (except for the touch-pad related issue which is not exactly Linux Mint’s fault), very stable and shutdown time was also quite good. Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon consumed 32.3% less memory compared to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This could be ‘explained’ when you look at the memory usage readings. …Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon scored quite similar speeds while booting, although, Linux Mint 18 was about 4.4% faster (1.5 seconds). The site was impressed with Linux Mint 18’s performance. Hectic Geek’s review is quite thorough and includes some interesting performance comparisons between Ubuntu 16.04 and Linux Mint 18. Hectic Geek: Linux Mint 18 is how it should be done
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