Linux Mint: A friendly introduction
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Wondering how to use Linux Mint, or are you looking for a friendly introduction? This video is for you.
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Hi folks! 🙂
In this video, I made an error by falling into a common misconception about Flatpak applications. I mistakenly claimed that Flatpaks do not share any dependencies and runtimes, and that each Flatpak installs multiple versions of the same runtimes and dependencies. This is not true.
When you download your first Flatpak, it may appear that way because the initial download includes the necessary runtime and dependencies. However, each subsequent Flatpak that uses the same runtime and dependencies will have a smaller disk footprint, as they share these resources.
I have removed the offending section of this video.
I will always correct myself when I or someone else notices an error.
Thank you for your understanding!
this video is why I felt comfortable with switching to linuxmint. I've been using it since I watched this video, and I've been recommending it to all my friends. I even sent this video to one of my friends that is considering switching his OS.
I’m so happy for you!
Really glad this video was useful for you.
I still plan to do a few more videos on mint for people looking to switch. :-)
I've been using Mint since 2018. Loved it from the first install.
Glad to hear it!
Just installed my first copy on an older Asus as a test run and to learn it now I'm going to convert everything but my wife's high end gaming laptop to Linux. She wants to be able to play Roblox and game pass stuff with her family even though I have a series X for that... Lol
@@lionnotsheep6048convince her to dual boot :P
Mint is absolutely so good to start a person's linux journey with. Hell, even so good to stay with because it works extremely well. I would of stayed on it myself but something in my head always wants to be on the latest version of software so eventually i ended up on fedora but if someone doesn't care about that then mint is always so damn good. Especially for starting out because even the first installation gets you set up wuth features like enabling the firewall and other useful stuff.
@@kolz4ever1980 Fully agree!
I love mint and still use it on my desktop every day.
Coincidentally I use fedora on my laptop, because the hardware is very new and support with mint wasn’t amazing.
Stated on Mint 5 years ago. Had to hop. Stopped at ArcoLinux running i3. I sometimes reinstall on the backup machine, and sometimes it's with Mint for old times sake. Super solid and a great community.
Thanks for this intro. My boyfriend and I are seriously considering a move to Mint, because of many of the reasons you cite in your earlier video. I am not tech savvy except for the basics of using Windows for years. Yet even I can appreciate what you showed in this video; I only need to learn to do the everyday basics...I agree it seems a bit like Windows 7 on the surface. My boyfriend who is very tech savvy will be getting us up and running with Mint after he gets the basics down. So I believe you said you'd be doing more of an intro series...I hope this is the case!!! We need to learn all we can to get up and running and away from such intrusive operating systems asap. Many thanks again for your efforts and look forward to more from you on the above.
I’m really glad to hear it!
Hopefully you can both use mint and it treats you well.
Yes, I plan to do a few more videos in this series. If you have any specific topic you’d like me to cover, let me know!
@@QuinsTechCorner Thank you very much; will get back to you soon on that.
So Quin I have a couple of things for you. My question is very basic and not necessarily video-worthy but....how do you import short-cuts from Microsoft Start to Mint....or other things for that matter! Basically going from Windows to Mint.
My boyfriend's question is more complex....something he hasn't seen anybody talk about so far. He wants to know "What sort of Windows software can be run on Linux with Wine or other emulator software? And...how well does it run on emulators?" Hopefully this makes sense! Thanks!
@@fieldingpreston9085 running emulators is simple. Hell, you'll find them also in the software center and use the same roms. You can also use the windows version and use wine to run them if you prefer. I do with mame since a lot of times you'll be sandboxed and the program won't let browse outside of it's directory to an external drive. But yeah it's extremely possible for that. The bigger issues will be if either of you play games online and if they got easy anti cheats like destiny 2 or others like league of legends. There's no work around for those but look up proton db on Google to see what games do and don't run. Many many games do run including online stuff like elden ring and so on
@@kolz4ever1980 Thanks
RIP neofetch. Long live fastfetch.
Edit: I'd also recommend dropping apt-get for just apt.
Yeah I’ll definitely have to check out fastfetch.
Also, what’s the advantage of apt over apt-get?
@QuinsTechCorner apt just has more guardrails, which is intended to make it more user-friendly, especially for newer users. Includes other features like more visual feedback, less obscure commands, etc. Most of the arguments are the same for what the majority of users do, though. I believe it's also the official guidance from most distributions now.
@@iam0ri Sounds great!
Will look into it.
@@QuinsTechCorner Doing apt-get has been deprecated for some time now.
Great video! I was looking for exactly this! Could you do a video on basic essential commands to know for average use?
I’m glad it was helpful!
I absolutely can - I’ll add it to my list of upcoming videos.
Mint is very interesting (and doesn't have Windows ''Recall'').
I’ve been using it for a few months as my only OS, I love it.
And yea, no recall, and no “Apple intelligence”.
Thanks for watching.
Great explanation, easy to understand! I haven’t tried Linux before but it is cool that Steam works well on it due to the Steam Deck. The way things are going, this looks pretty solid compared to Windows nowadays. It would be interesting to test this out with some older systems. Instead of upgrading though, I’m also looking to integrate old Mac OS and more old Macs into my workflow. They might be old with out of date software, but at least they still work after all this time! Can’t say the same for Windows, absolutely everything just needs to be connected to the internet no matter what.
Thanks for watching!
Yes Linux is solid these days. So cool to hear you’re using old macs daily.😊
If I have more time, this would be fun to check out. I’ve got some interesting ideas on how to use these older macs, iTunes has already been awesome to have.
Very good and easy video to learn from. I am having and old i5 2500k, with integrated intel 3000 hd and 16 gb ram and an ssd. I will try linux mint on it and use it for everyday stuff like browse the webb and stuff , when i find a decent gfx card for it , i also want to try some light video editing.
I'm really glad you found it helpful!
Enjoy mint. 🙂
Subscribed 🎉, as a beginner in linux i feel good.
Great to hear it!
Thanks for the support.
Thank you! I am saving this to show to possible Linux converts.
Great!
Glad to be of assistance.
Nice video, really appreciated. I have been toying with Mint/Ubuntu and Solus for a couple of years, but am getting ready to ditch Microsoft for good. The telemetry has just got so creepy I can't tell the difference between it and malware now. Thanks for the reminder that Windows is paid for, you are right, if you think about it, you would not accept this degradation in service from any other company...
In terms of what I'd like to see from this series:
1. In a world where much business is conduced using MS Office formatted documents, is Libre Office/Open Office the best alternatives? Are here others that are better? Are there easy modifications that can be made to improve compatibility and avoid formatting issues?
2. I have been using Plex media server for many years on windows, but the installer handled all of the port stuff by itself, how do I do the same things in Linus Mint?
3. In a household with multiple computers and laptops, how can I configure my main machine so that I can read files from any device on the same network?
And just because I'm curious, how often can we expect each of your videos in this series moving forwards?
Thanks for the comment, I’m glad the video got you thinking.
These are great questions, and I’ll definitely address them in this series.
Unfortunately progress will be quite slow as I’m working full time. This is definitely a side hobby. :-)
Just installed mint mate 21.3 (from 2024) on 15 y.o. Toshiba 900 mhz (downclocked), 4gb ddr3 1066
Everything is fine except:
1. Mint installs with crashes and does not boot, but I can boot it from HD after crashed installation using syslinux boot menu from additional usb) Any other linux just crash or does not boot at all even from syslinux. Only mint!
2. Modern fancy browsers causing system halt after 3-5 seconds of work. I've installed Falkon (WebKit engine) almost no crashes
Next week I replace memory with 2x4gb and try again
Wow!
Yeah that’s gonna be a crawl!
I’m interested to hear if you get it working properly with more memory. Good luck!
Cinnamon looks like coming from XP age.
Bewdyful 😎
It’s not far off to be honest, but it’s pretty flat and modern too.
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it sure can!
yeah and traditional...but that's what make it amazing and unique❤❤❤.... I use mint in my main driver and the second one i use fedora gnome...
Gnome forever
cud you pls show us how u set up that look on your main desktop i really like it
Hey!
All you have to do is move the main panel to the top (right click it and use the settings) and the install the application “plank”. :-)
great vid -thanks for making it - just trying to transit from windows rather than uprade h/w for win11 - really fed up with being caught up in there loop... so, can you recommend a reliable - no logs vpn for mint - also are there any issues trying to install tor ?
I've been using Mint for around 5 years now. Until recently I also had a Windows 11 drive for my games. Then I realised that I was only booting Windows to game. With the dystopian path Microsoft are hellbent on, I formatted my Windows drive and just use it for storage now. I've had to sacrifice my game mods and play my games vanilla on Linux, ( apart from Steam Workshop ), but other than that I no longer have to battle my OS anymore. The only thing Microsoft left in my life is a particularly nice keyboard and mouse.🙂
Glad to hear you're enjoying mint!
Yep, Microsoft got too much for me too...
Game mods though, have you looked into it?
I'm happily playing modded Skyrim, Valheim, Lethal Company, Phasmophobia on my Mint install. 🙂
(Mod organiser, R2modman)
@@QuinsTechCorner Well, I was mostly concerned about my Baldur's Gate 3. Watched a UA-cam video on modding games on Linux and it looks even more complicated than learning Japanese. If you could point me to an easy to understand tutorial then I might try to fire up the old grey matter for one final push....lol
Why do people show flatpak as such a space hog, yes it uses more space if you use only one app but if you use multiple apps that use same platform is becomes same as native package
Someone else has said this - thanks for correcting me, I'll rectify.
I LOVE my all Amd Linux Mint pc. Mostly play single player games .
@@CoryMillard That’s awesome!!
I wanted a linux for gaming/video editing/work. Was thinking either mint or Ubuntu. Not sure any suggestions. PS I don't need an absolute beginner friendly distro.
Hi, that sounds good!
If you’re gaming with two monitors of different refresh rates, you’ll want something with good wayland support (hardware and distro).
For that, I’d recommend Fedora and an AMD card.
Otherwise, mint is awesome.
And for video editing, I’d use Davinci, though the free version doesn’t work with H264/H265.
Can you make a video to how to install games from cd/dvd or that i have the installer? All guides that i see is aways about Steam. I really don't care for "modern" games i want to play classic games that i have physically or the install.exe
That’s an interesting one!
I sure can - I’ll add it to my list of upcoming videos. :-)
I suggest use nala instead of apt. Much more info graphic. Sudo apt install nala and the rest is same as apt commands
I’ll check it out! :-)
Thanks for the video.Is linux mint good for Thinkpad Z13 gen2?
Hi :-)
Mint was the first OS I installed on my z13 gen2, but it wasn’t the best choice.
I had trouble with graphics drivers especially. I’m now running the KDE spin of Fedora 40 on that laptop, and it’s a much better choice thanks to the up to date packages and kernel.
i love LM... even more than ubuntu.
Yep it’s pretty good!
The only issue I have with linux mint is my games are stuck at 60fps because my other monitor is 60hz
Ah yep, it’s the worst. I came across this same problem, and decided I could either upgrade my side monitor to 165Hz like my main, unplug it when gaming, or just remove it altogether. I removed it.
I’m so done with Windows that I made the sacrifice.
I do understand that this is something that’s going to be addressed in Wayland, when it gets implemented properly in mint :-)
that's pretty annoying, I could have sworn I saw a fix for this issue though. I'll edit my comment if I find it
@@rerereuj There are various tweaks you can do, but I didn't find any of them to be reliable.
Wayland fixes this I believe (which mint doesn't use properly yet).
Or you could just switch off your second monitor when gaming. :D
Did you try gnome desktop environment?
I used gnome maybe 10 years ago, but not since!
I do love cinnamon.
I’ve tried, endeavour, pop os, nobara, fedora, but I alway go back to linux mint because it’s the less buggy of the distros with lots of options to customise with mouse click that doesn’t break. I always find bugs in other distro that ruin my experience. I often getting memory leaks and apps just freeze and crash in other distro
Interesting!
Glad to hear linux mint is working well for you though. :-)
Just installed Linux Mint yesterday as everything im doing on my desktop is literally browsing, discord and playing world of warcraft which all works without problems on LM. If you got any tips for a window manager, where i can customize the size of the window spaces easily, i would be thankful. I have a 49" 32:9 so i want a centered 2k window for gaming and left and right filling the spaces
I’m really glad it’s working well for you!
That’s an interesting one, i’ll have a think about that. :-)
Do you mean a convenient way to snap windows to sizes, for example?
Not sure if it's necessary but I always initiate the Firewall first.
A great idea!
It can never hurt. :-)
Im about to make a usb boot drive tomorrow and install mint on my laptop thats pretty new but has crap specs. Hey it ran some games off gamepass and battlefield 4 just fine. How do i intiate the firewall and i have a McAfee subscription that prob just robbed me anyway do you need that kind of software on linux?
@@lionnotsheep6048 Go to 'All Applications' and search for 'Firewall' down there.
Under 'Status' switch it on.
There are other things one can do with it but that's all I do.
Can't help about McAfee
You can set up the firewall by going into the system settings. It's also displayed as a suggestion as soon as you log in to Mint for the first time.
I would advise that you don't need McAfee or any other kind of antivirus on Linux.
So long as you're not visiting unsafe websites, and you trust the content you obtain, you'll be fine.
@@QuinsTechCorner got it up and running on an old Asus instead of my newer dell. Asus has an i3 and 4gb soldered ram weird never knew they soldered ram till I opened the back and it has only 1 empty ram slot but reads 4gb. I had some weird errors happened when I removed the USB stick on the first re boot but I just didn't touch anything and it resolved itself. Can't believe this laptop would lag insanely crazy with windows 10 and now it runs like a dream on mint.
Looking to dive into the Linux world and am torn between Debian and LMDE. This might have pushed me towards lmde :) thank you
You’re very welcome!
LMDE would be a great choice if you like the debian base. :-)
@@QuinsTechCorner already ran into an issue and it won’t boot from hard drive after install lol! I’ll figure it out but any tips are welcome
@@Lexsoufz How is it behaving? Just straight up won’t boot?
It could be that the boot loader failed to install. Do you see GRUB (a boot menu) appear after starting the machine?
@@QuinsTechCorner I did it with and without grub boot loader and no luck. Read something about reinstalling windows and updating bios, which I proceeded to try. Now, since removing Linux and putting windows back, my laptop won’t charge passed 5% and it won’t allow me to update bios even when plugged in. Uh oh lol
@@Lexsoufz That’s starting to sound more like a coincidental hardware issue!.. not great. 💀
I love Flatpaks but I have 15tb storage.
They’re mighty convenient, that’s for sure!
I just switched to Pop OS last week. Is it sad that its faster on my External USB HDD then my internal SSD with windows 11?
That’s pretty upsetting, yep.. 😂
Very cool though. How are you liking it?
@@QuinsTechCorner As a gamer, pop os eliminated the need to setup my nvidia driver since they had an iso with it. Proton (and GE) made all my Steam Windows only games work. GOG has some Linux installers (via .sh files that need executable perms) but if you read the txt file, tells you what you need as dependencies (IE: Flatout 2 requires Wine) and its smooth sailing from there. Flatpak has Prism Launcher so I can easily mod and play Minecraft. I also got Fallout 4 and Skyrim to work (mods too). I even got all (my applicable) online games to work.
Overall, the only thing I cant get to work is my Elgato Stream Deck MK2 since the only Linux tools support older models. All my games work fine, native Linux or no, with minimal tweaking. Im seriously considering ditching Windows 11 and putting it on my SSD, just waiting for my Elgato device to be supported at this point.
When will linux mint v22 wilma be released?
When it’s ready I suppose 😂
They don’t confirm to a particular release schedule/cycle, but I do know that the beta isn’t far away. :-)
First thing you should do after installing Mint or any other operating system is update it. For Mint: sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade.
Great tip.
Total misunderstanding of how flatpak functions. Great display.
I referenced multiple guides, but please enlighten me?
If I totally misunderstood it, I’d like to know why, instead of just being told so.
@@QuinsTechCorner You are presenting a flatpak application as if it takes far more space on the drive than it does. Flatpak shares runtimes and dependencies and there are deduplication on file level.
If all you have is a single flatpak application then of course you will think it's a lot of disk space because it would be like installing a distro + the application. It's a misrepresentation to say you should only use system packages because flatpak applications are so big (they are not).
Thanks for letting me know, I've dug a bit deeper and it looks like it's a common misconception, one that I also got swept up in.
I will rectify this immediately and cut out that section of the video.
It's windows 7
It does bear a resemblance to that era of windows, I suppose!
The great thing about most Linux distros is that you can customise them to your liking. :-)
Jesus what is with some people and refusing to pronounce the letter t? It matters notice this nonsense from Brits and Canadians
It's mostly down to regional accents like how some groups of midwesterners, like me, often say "tuh" instead of to. If you don't like it then you can just not watch videos that have people who do that.
Lmao it’s almost like people come from different places and have different accents innit bruv.