@Minox, Mint and many other distros that I'm aware of (except Fedora) are based on Ubuntu or Ubuntu LTS (long-term support) - the difference with LTS is that you won't get the latest of updates (unless you modify the sources.list file to include those), but enough until the end of life.
I might consider moving over to Fedora in the future, getting quite tired of Mint; however, I still recommend it to several folks who want a far easier to use distro than any of the other options.
@SylverReZ:
I might consider moving over to Fedora in the future, getting quite tired of Mint; however, I...