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Peppermint OS


Last Update: 2023-05-03 20:21 UTC



Peppermint OS is a Debian-based (previously a Lubuntu-based) Linux distribution that aims to be lightning fast and easy on system resources. By employing its Site Specific Browser, Peppermint integrates seamlessly with cloud and web-based applications. The distribution's other features include automatic updates, easy step-by-step installation, sleek and user-friendly interface, and increased mobility by integrating directly with cloud-based applications. The distribution once employed a hybrid LXDE/Xfce desktop environment, mixing LXDE's lxsession with Xfce's panel and application menu. Starting in 2022, Peppermint OS shifted to using the Xfce desktop, dropping the LXDE components.

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 • 2022-02-03: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 2022-02-02
 • 2019-12-18: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 10-20191210
 • 2019-05-18: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 10
 • 2018-12-21: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 9-20181222
 • 2018-06-22: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 9
 • 2018-02-05: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 8-20180203
 • 2017-12-08: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 8-20171130
 • 2017-05-28: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 8
 • 2016-11-29: Distribution Release: Peppermint 7-20161129
 • 2016-06-24: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 7
 • 2015-09-07: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS 6-20150904
 • 2015-05-31: Distribution Release: Peppermint OS Six
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Feature 5-22-2022 10
20191210
9
20190102
8
20180203
7
20161201
6
20150904
5
20140623
4
20131113
3
20121105
2
06052011
1
01042011
Feature
Release Date 2022-05-22 2019-12-18 2019-01-02 2018-02-05 2016-12-01 2015-09-06 2014-06-23 2013-11-28 2012-11-12 2011-06-10 2011-01-05 Release Date
End Of Life                       End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 1300-1400 1400-1500 1200-1400 1100-1300 700-800             Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop Xfce LXDE LXDE LXDE LXDE LXDE LXDE LXDE Openbox Openbox Openbox Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- GWOffice -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Upstart Upstart Upstart Upstart Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support                       Asian Language Support
Full Package List 5-22-2022 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Full Package List
Package 5-22-2022 10
20191210
9
20190102
8
20180203
7
20161201
6
20150904
5
20140623
4
20131113
3
20121105
2
06052011
1
01042011
Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.4 1.1.3 1.1.3 1.1.0 1.1.0 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.25 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 1.0.22 alsa-lib (1.2.9)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 19.1.0 19.0.1 18.0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.15) 5.1 4.4.18 4.4.18 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.106) -- -- -- 64.0.3282.119 -- 44.0.2403.89 34.0.1847.116 30.0.1599.114 18.0.1025.168 11.0.696.71 -- chromium (114.0.5735.106)
cups (2.4.4) 2.3.3 2.2.7 2.2.7 2.1.3 2.1.3 1.7.2 1.7.2 1.6.2 1.5.3 1.4.6 1.4.3 cups (2.4.4)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.3 4.3.3 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.1.ESV-R4 4.1.1-P1 3.1.3 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.2 1.44.1 1.44.1 1.42.13 1.42.13 1.42.9 1.42.9 1.42.5 1.42 1.41.14 1.41.11 e2fsprogs (1.47.0)
firefox (114.0.1) -- 71.0 64.0 -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- 4.0beta8 firefox (114.0.1)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.10.4 2.8.1 2.8.1 2.6.1 2.6.1 2.5.2 2.4.11 2.4.11 2.4.8 2.4.4 2.4.2 freetype (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) 10.2.1 7.4.0 7.3.0 5.3.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) 2.31 2.27 2.27 2.23 2.23 2.19 2.19 2.17 2.15 2.13 2.11.1 glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (44.2)
gnucash (5.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.04 2.02 2.02 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.00 1.99 1.99rc1 1.98 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.4) 3.24.24 3.22.30 3.22.30 3.18.9 2.24.30 2.24.23 2.24.23 2.24.17 2.24.10 2.24.4 2.20.1 gtk (4.10.4)
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (23.04.2)
kmod (30) 28 24 24 22 22 15 15 9 -- -- -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libreoffice (7.5.4)
linux (6.3.7) 5.10.113 5.0 4.15 4.13 4.4 3.16 3.13 3.8 3.2 2.6.38 2.6.35 linux (6.3.7)
Package 5-22-2022 10
20191210
9
20190102
8
20180203
7
20161201
6
20150904
5
20140623
4
20131113
3
20121105
2
06052011
1
01042011
Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- -- -- -- 0.6.1 0.6.1 0.5.13 0.5.8 0.5.6 0.5.5 lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.1.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.1.1)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.2) 20.3.5 19.0.8 18.0.5 17.0.2 11.2.0 10.3.2 10.1.3 9.1.7 8.0.2 7.10.2 7.7.1 mesa (23.1.2)
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (44.2.1)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 256.52 NVIDIA (530.41.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.5.0 3.4.11.2 3.4.11.2 openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (20.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) 8.4p1 7.6p1 7.6p1 7.2p2 7.2p2 6.6p1 6.6p1 6.1p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 5.3p1 openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1) 1.1.1n 1.1.1 1.1.0g 1.0.2g 1.0.2g 1.0.1f 1.0.1f 1.0.1c 1.0.1 0.9.8o 0.9.8k openssl (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1) 5.32.1 5.26.1 5.26.1 5.22.1 5.22.1 5.18.2 5.18.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.10.1 5.10.1 perl (5.36.1)
php (8.2.7) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.2.7)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.9.1 -- -- postfix (3.8.1)
postgresql (15.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.4) 3.9.2 2.7.15rc1 2.7.15rc1 2.7.11 2.7.11 2.7.5 2.7.5 2.7.4 2.7.3 2.7.1 2.6.5 Python (3.11.4)
qt (6.5.1) 5.15.2 5.9.5 5.9.5 5.5.1 5.5.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- qt (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3) 4.13.13 4.7.6 4.7.6 4.3.11 4.3.11 4.1.6 4.1.6 -- -- -- 3.5.6 samba (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5) 247.3 237 237 229 229 204 204 -- -- -- -- systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.12.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (102.12.0)
vim (9.0) 8.2 -- 8.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) -- -- 3.0.2 2.2.2 2.2.2 2.1.6 -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.16.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 1.20.11 1.19.6 1.19.6 1.18.4 1.18.4 1.15.1 1.15.1 1.13.3 1.11.4 1.10.1 1.7.5 xorg-server (21.1.8)

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Version: 10
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-06-05
Votes: 1


Very fast OS. It installed quickly, loads web pages even faster and runs on my laptop from 2011! On top of that the Qemu virtual environment I have of Windows10 works OOTB with PeppermintOS. It did not under Linux Mint 21. I recommend this operating system highly. It does not disappoint you and it is dare I say even faster than Ubuntu or Linux Mint ever will be! I cannot vouche for this system enough! It saved an early 2011 Acer E5132 laptop from going kaput. As for a con, the only con I can think of is there is not an easier way to install a different desktop environment (DDE). I had to use the debian "Sudo-tasksel" to install cinnamon on my laptop. It should be easier to do so, but I digress. Keep up the great work @PeppermintOS!


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Version: 5-22-2022
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-04
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I have had no problems with Peppermint OS. It installed easily & I was able to get all the apps (software) installed I wanted. I currently have about 21 different distros going so it is getting easier to use them :-). Peppermint is one distro I have on 2 machines (one is an older 2011 laptop-Hp brand with 8 gig memory). It works well on both computers. The other is an (2017) dell optiplex i3 with 16 gig memory. I am using an external enclosure to house the drive on that one. I am glad I came across this one & hope it is maintained for years!!!!


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Version: 5-22-2022
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-05-24
Votes: 2


I ran Peppermint 10 on a relatively modern system and I had no real troubles with it. I loaded up the newest version recently and I struggled through the installation and configuration but I ultimately ended up with a decently configured, responsive and reliable system. There were some gotchas along the way.

Installation was smooth at first. I managed to get the OS installed and the first time it booted up it was fine. However, subsequent boots failed. The symptoms suggested a hardware failure relating to graphics, but this proved not to be the case. Instead, udev apparently got very confused and wrote the grub bootloader to the wrong drive, so the hard drive had no boot loader once the USB media was ejected.

I discovered the boot loader issue when I tried to install updates and the system hung. I couldn't install anything at all, and using the graphical software installer finally revealed an issue requiring manual intervention. Once I did that, it downloaded and applied all the updates and everything worked fine and the system has been very reliable ever since. The need to get grub straight apparently blocked everything else, waiting for user input without ever asking for it.

All that is to say, there's something wrong with the installer. It's not a deal breaker and I assume I am an isolated case, but it was highly frustrating until I figured out what was happening. On the plus side, there was a path to getting the issue straight without having to reload or just give up.

Once installed and once the grub issue was resolved, the system has been very responsive and very light on resources. I have been able to install new packages, use external devices, connect to my network and use this system as a general computing device as well as a developer workstation. It's different than the old version of Peppermint, but it works well for my purposes and I am pleased with it.

The latest Peppermint is a decent system. However, be aware that the installation can subtly fail and cause issues that are not immediately clear.


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