Hi there, I started using Linux Mint Cinnamon a few days ago and am currently setting up my workspace, that includes software I can’t find through the integrated Software Manager

My biggest issue is that I don’t understand how to determine if software is compatible with Mint. Often devs declare their product to be compatible with ubuntu. Since Linux Mint is based on ubuntu, does that make the software automatically compatible?

  • s12
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    4 months ago

    Since Linux Mint is based on ubuntu, does that make the software automatically compatible?

    Yes.
    There are multiple versions of Ubuntu though. I believe for Linux Mint 22 you’d want the “Ubuntu Noble” version of the software you want, and for 21, you want Ubuntu Jammy.

    Just download the Ubuntu version of software.

    Debian packages and stand alone Linux binaries should work too.