Firefox, Thunderbird and LibreOffice come pre-installed in Linux Mint, so you can get started immediately with the desktop and the Internet.
Other popular applications such as Steam, Skype, Google Earth, Opera can be installed with a click of the mouse.
Linux Mint is compatible with most popular file formats: zip, doc, xls, pdf, rar, mp3, wmv, mpg, mp4, mkv, avi, mov ...etc