[ Thanks to darkduck for this link.
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“Linux Mint is not just one system. I would say that Mint is
more like approach to interface building which can be applied to a
range of systems/desktop environments/windows managers. Sure
enough, most known Linux Mint version is based on Ubuntu with
GNOME. That was just a beginning. I have already written my
thoughts about this Linux Mint version. But every beginning has its
own story. Mint team also released KDE, LXDE and XFCE remixes. All
of them were based on Ubuntu. Were… Until recent.”