Linux Mint Distribution Comparison to Ubuntu and Debian

My favourite Linux Distribution is Linux Mint and every so often you need to add a custom deb resource and the only ones out there is for Ubuntu or debian.

The latest Mint code names can be found at:

https://linuxmint.com/download_all.php

19.3	Tricia	Ubuntu Bionic	Long term support release (LTS), supported until April 2023.
19.2	Tina	Ubuntu Bionic	Long term support release (LTS), supported until April 2023.
19.1	Tessa	Ubuntu Bionic	Long term support release (LTS), supported until April 2023.
19	Tara	Ubuntu Bionic	Long term support release (LTS), supported until April 2023.
18.3	Sylvia	Ubuntu Xenial	Long term support release (LTS), supported until April 2021.
18.2	Sonya	Ubuntu Xenial	Long term support release (LTS), supported until April 2021.
18.1	Serena	Ubuntu Xenial	Long term support release (LTS), supported until April 2021.
18	Sarah	Ubuntu Xenial	Long term support release (LTS), supported until April 2021.
4	Debbie	Debian Buster	Long term support release (LTS).

To help here is a list of distribution names from Ubuntu.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Ubuntu 19.10	Eoan Ermine	Release Notes	October 17, 2019	July 2020	July 2020
Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS	Bionic Beaver	Changes	February 12, 2020	April 2023	April 2028
Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS	Bionic Beaver	Changes	August 8, 2019	April 2023	April 2028
Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS	Bionic Beaver	Changes	February 15, 2019	April 2023	April 2028
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS	Bionic Beaver	Changes	July 26, 2018	April 2023	April 2028
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	Bionic Beaver	Release Notes	April 26, 2018	April 2023	April 2028
Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS	Xenial Xerus	Changes	February 28, 2019	April 2021	April 2024
Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS	Xenial Xerus	Changes	August 2, 2018	April 2021	April 2024
Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS	Xenial Xerus	Changes	March 1, 2018	April 2021	April 2024
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS	Xenial Xerus	Changes	August 3, 2017	April 2021	April 2024
Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS	Xenial Xerus	Changes	February 16, 2017	April 2021	April 2024
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS	Xenial Xerus	Changes	July 21, 2016	April 2021	April 2024
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	Xenial Xerus	Release Notes	April 21, 2016	April 2021	April 2024
Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Changes	March 7, 2019	April 2019	April 2022
Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Changes	August 4, 2016	April 2019	April 2022
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Changes	February 18, 2016	HWE August 2016	April 2022
Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Changes	August 6, 2015	HWE August 2016	April 2022
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Changes	February 20, 2015	HWE August 2016	April 2022
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Changes	July 24, 2014	April 2019	April 2022
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS	Trusty Tahr	Release Notes	April 17, 2014	April 2019	April 2022

Debian can be found in a file called

cat /etc/debian_version

18.04  bionic     buster  / sid
17.10  artful     stretch / sid
17.04  zesty      stretch / sid
16.10  yakkety    stretch / sid
16.04  xenial     stretch / sid
15.10  wily       jessie  / sid
15.04  vivid      jessie  / sid
14.10  utopic     jessie  / sid
14.04  trusty     jessie  / sid
13.10  saucy      wheezy  / sid
13.04  raring     wheezy  / sid
12.10  quantal    wheezy  / sid
12.04  precise    wheezy  / sid
11.10  oneiric    wheezy  / sid
11.04  natty      squeeze / sid
10.10  maverick   squeeze / sid
10.04  lucid      squeeze / sid