Linux Mint: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for Linux Mint from Linux Mark Institute

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-03-06

What is Linux Mint?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementLinux Mint is an operating system for desktop and laptop computers. It is designed to work "out of the box" and comes fully equipped with the apps most people need.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. It can provide full out-of-the-box multimedia support for those who choose to include proprietary software such as multimedia codecs.The Linux Mint project was created by Clément Lefèbvre and is actively maintained by the Linux Mint Team and community.
 

The entire lifecycle of Linux Mint

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Linux Mint. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
Linux Mint (Linux Mark Institute) release, version and end-of-life information
XLinux Mint (Linux Mark Institute) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product Linux Mint (Linux Mark Institute)
 

Facts and figures about Linux Mint

Product
Linux Mint
Vendor
Linux Mark Institute
Latest version
22.3
Number of releases
4
Number of versions
16
Number of unstable versions
1
Number of versions affected by CVE
0
 
 

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