I’ve installed Mint somewhere between 10 to 15 times and they all went according to the ghacks link. If you run into trouble or just want more details about the installation link above will be useful. I used the procedure given in the ghacks link above in original post. Of course as they say YMMV.Ī few days ago I installed Mint 21.1 on a 2009 HP pavilion laptop with 4GB RAM and 300GB HDD. No speed demon, the latter, but it gets the job done. The advice about hardware age and desktop choice (Mate, Cinnamon, Xfce) is probably good, although FWIW I have Mint Cinnamon running on hardware dating from 2009 through 2016 and it runs acceptably on all of it, even a laptop with 1GB RAM, 250 GB HDD and an Intel Atom processor. Either connect with an ethernet cable or wirelessly pretty much as you would in Windows. You’ll also be prompted to set up Timeshift and turn on the Firewall (which is Off by default!)Ĭhecking for drivers, multimedia codecs, etc. If you’re new to Linux and/or Mint you should click that button and you’ll be led through a basic set up procedure where you can choose some colors, set up the panel, and more importantly, check to see if there are other drivers, multimedia codecs, etc. After the reboot you’ll get a Welcome Screen that will have a Let’s GO button on it. You may be prompted to remove the usb stick, which you should. Do that if you’re sure you want Mint on your hard drive. The only thing I’d add is that after the installation from the usb stick is finished, you’ll be prompted to reboot/restart your computer.
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