Linux Mint 13 comes with either the more stable and mature MATE 1.2 desktop, or the new modern-looking and exciting Cinnamon 1.4. These two desktops are among the best available, they're perfectly integrated within Linux Mint and represent great alternatives to GNOME 2 users.rnrnMint 13 is also an LTS (long-term support) release and it will be supported until April 2017.rnrnNo CDs - Because of the size of the content, and the fact that a vast majority of systems nowadays can either boot from DVDs or from USB, Linux Mint no longer provides images which fit in 700MB CDs.