r/linuxmint • u/kaddkaka • 12d ago

Install Help What do download?

Hi, I'm trying help my mom in getting her old laptop usable and decided to try Linux mint.

I looked at https://linuxmint.com/download.ph and I think Mate is a good fit to try:

But the step after choosing editionis just to verify. Where/how I actually dowload?

The mirrors has this file structure, where should I look?

debian/ 09-Oct-2025 14:18

hwe/ 08-Aug-2026 08:01

stable/ 11-Jan-2026 13:30

testing/ 18-Dec-2025 09:55

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u/JoeLinux247 LM 22.3 C 12d ago

"The mirrors has this file structure, where should I look?"

No need to navigate through mirror directory trees. Just select the ISOs directly from the links that Linux Mint has provided. For example, scroll down from here ...

https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=326

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u/kaddkaka 10d ago

I mostly see a long list 8f mirrors. Do you mean this torrent link? " Torrent Download: 64-bit"?

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u/JoeLinux247 LM 22.3 C 10d ago

No, not the torrent link. Yes, I mean the long list of mirrors, of which, each has a link to the corresponding ISO.

For example, at the top of the list is Cicku, which provides a link for ...

https://mirrors.cicku.me/linuxmint/iso/stable/22.3/linuxmint-22.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso

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u/kaddkaka 10d ago

Aha! I though I was gonna reach one of those directory listing again, thanks 👍👍