Peppermint 9, released June 22, accomplishes something most other Linux distros don’t: It melds the best components from other desktop environments and integrates them into a solid operating system.

Peppermint OS is a “cloud-oriented” OS, meaning it’s designed to boot and run from the cloud (buzzword alert). Apparently there have been over 25,000 downloads of Peppermint in its first week, so ...