Linux Mint just like Ubuntu, is very powerful and easy to use. Based on Debian, it is the most preferred Operating System in Linux after Ubuntu. Its design is very elegant and attractive, plus its interface makes everything simple.
Just use it once, and you’ll know why people prefer Mint over CentOS or Fedora 🙂
you can Download Linux Mint from Linux Mint.
There are various versions, you can download any one of them and try it. But to use it, you need to first install it. Installation process is very easy and simple.
So let’s check How to install Linux Mint.
- Boot from CD
Boot screen
- Select language for installation.
Select installation language.
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- Conditions before installing Mint.
Pre-conditions before installation.
- Select the installation type.You can select ‘Erase disk and install Linux Mint’. This process will be very straightforward. A warning before formatting your hard disk, and then the installation. But we will take the harder way, and select ‘Something else.
Select something else.
- Give SWAP memory and ‘/’
Under the ‘Device’ row you would find the name of your hard disk. Here it is ‘/dev/sda’. If you can’t find any free space below it, click on ‘create partition table’ and create a new partition. Now you can see the free space.Select ‘free space’ and click on ‘add’.
Create ‘Swap’ memory.
Then select ‘free space’ and click on ‘add’.
Add mount point as ‘/’ and File system as ‘ext4’Create swap and ‘/’
- Select your place.
Select your location.
- Select your keyboard layout.
Keyboard layout.
- Enter your details.
Enter your details.
- Wait for Installation to complete.
Installation complete.
- Time to use Linux MINT 🙂
Linux Mint desktop !
