MintUpload is a generic uploading system that will upload a specified file to another location – local or URL based – from the Linux Mint File Manager with a single right-click command. It links by default with a public file storage area set up and maintained by the Mint community, so file-sharing is relatively quick and easy to do. Linux Mint Users can also set up their own paid storage areas on the Mint site, or use the specific application to upload files to sites such as Flickr or YouTube.
Other software installed by default includes GNOME Do, a text-based file finder and application launcher; Nautilus Actions Configuration, a right-click application launcher for selected files and directories, and Giver, a local network drag-and-drop file sharing program. Linux Mint also includes, by default, codecs for open source audio and video formats such as MP3, which are not provided in Ubuntu Linux as they may result in legal problems in some jurisdictions (check your country and local state laws). But all of these can also be installed in Ubuntu via the Add/Remove Applications menu item.
The Linux Mint repositories include files in their own format – .mint – which include installation instructions. Mint also connects by default to the Ubuntu repositories, and most Ubuntu applications will work on Mint without any modification. MintInstall – the application used to install and remove applications – is the jewel in the crown for the Mint system. It includes thumbnail screenshots of most applications which expand to a full-screen view of the application in action, and it allows users to score each application and provide written reviews – a brilliant demonstration of community collaboration in action!
For a Microsoft Windows user's opinion, check out a review about Linux Mint from Matthew Casperson where he describes his experience with Linux Mint, and why he thinks it's a worth competitor to Ubuntu.