- Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org and Xchat come pre-installed in Linux Mint, so you can get started immediately with the desktop and the Internet.
- Other popular applications such as Skype, Picasa, Google Earth, Opera can be installed with a click of the mouse.
- Linux Mint is compatible with most popular file formats: zip, doc, xls, pdf, rar, mp3, wmv, mpg, mp4, mov ...etc