Linux Mint 18.3 - NEW RELEASE - Cinnamon Desktop (32-Bit) On a Fast 8GB USB Drive It's one of the most community driven distributions It is a Debian-based distribution and as such it is very solid and it comes with one of the greatest package managers It is compatible with and uses Ubuntu repositories. This gives Linux Mint users access to a huge collection of packages and software It comes with a lot of desktop improvements which make it easier for the user to do common things There is a strong focus on making things work out of the box (WiFi cards drivers in the file system, multimedia support, screen resolution, etc)