Mint Tools
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The first Mint tools were developed around 2006 when the Linux Mint project was born. Throughout the years, new tools were added to Linux Mint to implement functions that it was missing, or to make the user experience easier and more comfortable.
Some tools, which were very useful in the past, also disappeared when they were no longer needed. Here’s a list of the currently active tools projects developed by Linux Mint.
Common utility functions and libraries used by the Mint tools are placed in the mint-common project.
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
The Backup Tool, mintbackup, makes it easy to save and restore backups of files within the home directory.
Backup Tool
It also supports the ability to save the list of installed packages, so they can be reinstalled later.
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This is a tool which provides some additional settings for the MATE desktop environment and the ability to switch window managers.
Desktop Settings
The Driver Manager, mintdrivers, makes it easy to install proprietary drivers when applicable.
Driver Manager
It relies on the ubuntu-drivers backend and isn’t available in LMDE.
The Software Manager, mintinstall, is an App store for Free Software. It provides access to popular applications from within the repository.
Software Manager
It’s also compatible with Flatpak and able to list flatpaks from multiple flatpak repositories.
The mintlocale project provides two configuration tools.
The first one is dedicated to locale selection and installation.
Language Settings
The second one is dedicated to input methods:
Input Methods
This is the main application menu for the MATE edition of Linux Mint.
MintMenu
The Domain Blocker, mintnanny, blocks outgoing traffic towards chosen domain names using /etc/hosts.
Domain Blocker
The System Reports, mintreport, provides system information and helps the user collect information about application crashes.
System Reports
The Software Sources configuration tool, mintsources, helps the user configure software repositories, choose a mirror, add PPAs and perform maintenance tasks related to package management.
Software Sources Configuration Tool
The mintstick project provides two utilities.
The first one is dedicated to formatting USB sticks.
USB Stick Formatter
The second one is used to make live USB sticks from ISO images:
USB Image Writer
This project provides small utilities, as well as files, scripts and resources used by the OS.
The Update Manager, mintupdate, provides users with software and security updates.
Update Manager
The Upload Manager, mintupload, allows the user to upload files to a particular location, without browsing it, just by dropping the files with the mouse.
Welcome Screen
The Welcome Screen, mintwelcome, welcomes new users into Linux Mint and guides them through their first steps.
Welcome Screen
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
This project is developed in Python and its source code is available on .
