It is not every day that you hear of one operating system having a vested interest in another operating system’s domain. In this case, Microsoft is taking a deep dive into the Linux operating system world. This exploration has led to the development of CBL-Mariner, a Linux operating system distribution operating under the umbrella of Microsoft. The release of this distro is under the MIT license (open-source).
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Linux Mint 20.1 “Ulyssa” Review and Upgrade Guide
by Brandon Jones 17 minutes readThe hierarchy tree of Linux Mint makes it an Ubuntu-based Debian-based Linux distribution that is community-driven. This historical and developmental attribute of this Linux distro makes it an ideal candidate to offer free and open-source bundled applications to a vast range of its Linux community users. Additionally, after completing out-of-the-box multimedia support, users directly benefit from its proprietary software support through multimedia codecs.