@DonaldJ for your question: is there an alternative to nemo sure is go to application management and for example search for nautilus. is your external hard drive USB 3 or above, if so use correct connector if not already so. also you can install other desktop environments further i´d suggest editing be done from a sata or NVMe hard drive hook directly to the MOBO
@DonaldJ sadly that i cant answer that, you'll have to search/try-out what fits best for your needs but maybe this'll help ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LOg4xfDQafc.html
@James Warden Jr. In that case, I think what you want is not Linux Mint Cinnamon edition, but rather Linux Mint Xfce edition. Personally I prefer Xfce due to how little resources it need to run, and then I add as much bling as I want.
@James Warden Jr. If nothing available satisfy your needs, then you have to take the one you like the most, and change it to fit you. Linux is, before anything else, an open source operating system that gives that kind of power to the end user.
@@darthvader5558 I did just that months ago and love it. There was a lot of hiccups to get it going but after that it's been amazing but I was wondering what laptop you got
I used your tutorial on dual booting mint and windows10 and I was unable to install mint 18. It took me some time but today I finally got Mint installed. Instead of dual booting alongside Windows 10 I had an unused sata drive but Windows 10 was installed on a Samsungo 970 m.2. I had to take out the m.2 and boot into the sata drive where I installed Mint. After that I reinstalled the Samsung m.2 and after some fiddling in my uefi I now can use either operating system by selecting which one to boot from in my uefi. So far I like what I see and I think Mint installed the latest version to my computer. I don't think I will get rid of Windows due to somethings I need it for but I wanted to see what Linux and mint were all about.
Hi, yeah sounds like you ran into some complications. My preference on dual-boot is to use two separate storage drives, but most everyday users don't have two drives on their desktop/laptop, so I tailored it for them. The complicated part about two drives is you have to manually partition them, or have an empty drive as your primary and install Linux on the primary drive, as well as the bootloader on the primary drive. That's the easiest and hassle-free way I've found to get it done and get it to work. Thanks for the comment!
@@fymlinux Thanks for the reply. I thought I was free and clear using Mint by installing it on another sata drive but I do get a GRUB at the start of turning on my computer. Nothing seems to be affected though and after installing Mint it gave me the choice to upgrade it to 19.2 instead of using Mint 18.
How would I delete the windows 7 system and then load linux mint app is there any videos, I do not want a partition of two systems I tried that and it and it was a nightmare.
I have been using Linux for years now both Manjaro, Mint. In recent months however, First in Manjaro then in Mint v21 There has been a change in the kernel which has completely broken network connections to other machines, Linux, Windows and even my NAS. I was using hardwired mounts in the fstab file which worked very well. It stopped working a few months ago with Manjaro and now also in Mint 21. I have looked on many occasions for a solution to this and have seen a few different suggestions and none work. Samba has been broken for years and is not an option. So I have had to stay with Mint 20.3 as it works fine. It will be supported until 2025. So for anyone needing network connections to other shares, this is a problem. So, with all the reviews of Linux new distros no one is talking about the elephant in the room, broken network connections. To many users this problem makes Linux unuseable moving forward. Hopefully someone will figure out a reliable workaround and not 6 pages of edits to multiple config files. We need an app that allows you to find and auto mount your network shares that is useable for all users. I hate windows but... the networking works well.
Maybe video 1 should have been installing Mint. What a pain in the ass that was. Download the iso, verify the iso, create a dvd of the iso. It took me all day but I finally figured it out.
hey , the firefox icon looks square? why is it not the default icon? why is everything square!? ok....ubuntu is better, wait wait wait ...where is the hibernate option?
@@fymlinux But you know, now that I've got that, it's still not quite right. I use Workplace Switcher to keep separate desktops to manage workflow, and ideally, it should save my open apps on the same desktop I opened them on, so I could retain every window opened just as it was yesterday, even down to where I was in the app. On Linux Mint 19.3.
Every Linux Distro I try is still awful, and I've tried hundreds by now over the last 30 years... If it was better, I would have switched long ago. I keep trying. You would be surprised at how many of them over the years couldn't of even gotten through the installation process to a desktop on bare metal. Even today just about all of them fail to install under HyperV.
@@Emperador122 I have to agree, it's a skill issue. Admittedly I bungled my first attempt installing Mint, but that was only because I made a *very* silly mistake with partitioning (thankfully, no data was lost). I had no issues the second time around. And after using Mint for a few days I can confidently say that Linux has drastically improved compared to the last time I gave it a try (which was over 20 years ago).
I switched to linux about a month ago specifically to this distro and these videos was a life saver. the community forums was kinda helpful but I needed an actual tutorial videos for dummies and this was perfect lol!
You are clever actually, because you KNOW, that only one watching session through your series is not enough to get familiar and comfortable enough to start working in Linux on our own, so there is need to another and another watching, which i did already a few times. Great work, because i return back to YOUR tutorials every time :D
This is an awesome video series. At the time of watching, it's 4 years old. I am a computer consultant and this is the best video tutorial on Linux Mint with Cinnamon that I've ever seen. I'm sharing it with everyone that I've upgraded to Linux Mint.
@@yael6629 Everything I saw in this video works to this day. One useful bit of info is that you can middle/wheel-click the sound icon to mute/unmute the sound output. I'll check out the rest of the videos, but in principle they should be correct. Linux Mint takes a more conservative approach with Cinnamon, just so everyday people don't have to worry about re-learning a lot of stuff with every release. There will be new features, but the basic ones should be identical or almost the same.
@@fymlinux Please answer me young Man. I have a CD Linux Mint 19, it won't WORK. I have downloaded, Ubuntu also, it didn't work after I downloaded it. I have a DELL LATITUDE D820.... with WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL..... CAN YOU H E L P ME???
Ir's possible that he didn't quite install the correct drivers for his display or didn't set it up correctly. Hackintosh has this problem too. But the most likely one is his video recording software.
I want to thank you for the video on Linux Mint. I watch the first part of 7. It is very good. I am new to linux, it was very helpful. I am going to watch the rest of the series.
Thanks. I've been playing with this system for months, 1 left click or 2, right click or left. Drives ya nuts. Thanks for explaining some of the little things that most instructors assume we know.
@Log Splitta Understood, feel the same way, especially since I was an instructor in the military. You have to assume the person knows nothing about the topic.
How do I pin Computer Folder to panel? I have looked and looked and searched and searched. Thanks. I know Home Folder is called Files in menu, and I have been able to remove it and put it back. Maybe computer has a different name in menu? I don't know. I can type Computer:\\\ in Files path box and the contents of Computer will appear in Files, but I can't pin to panel.
I've been using Zorin for some time now ( which I greatly enjoy ). However, having heard numerous plaudits regarding Mint, I decided over the weekend to dual boot it. I think that the application menu is the thing that is going to take some getting used to. Also, I've had challenges connecting to an external display. It's not a deal breaker. Yet, at some point I'll need to work that out
I love linux, because once something brakes you can probably fix it (depending on your skills it may take you minutes or hours). Therefore it teaches you that it's okay to fail, because at the end you will fix your problem. You have to persist and not lose faith and that's really all it takes to achieve your goals.
nice tutorial but I feel like some things you explained were too basic and weren't actually any different from Windows so I'm not sure who would need those explained
I must of gotten lucky. Went to Amazon bought the Linux builder USB drive. Inserted the drive, click full install (remove windows)and let it do its thing. Yes I was worried. I've never did anything like this and never used linux.
Thanks for the comment. It looks like an issue with my screen-recording and the Nvidia drivers created the distortion (though I wasn't seeing it during filming). Apologies, I was able to fix it and this won't be in future videos. :)
I dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint It takes almost 10 minutes to boot up Windows and about 15 mins to shut down Linux boots up in less than 5 minutes and shuts down in 10 seconds Damn Linux is AWESOME
Thank you so much for this series 🥰 I created a bootable stick today and am just trying mint out, parallel to win10 ... already love it 🤩🤩🤩. One question: The stuff I'm installing now, do I have to reinstall everything when I finally install linux on my pc?
Thank you for thes videos, very informative, however i can`t boot off usb for some reason, i can get to boot screen, but when i press enter, nothing happens, all files appears to be on stick?
I think I'm not a beginner (neither a power user) on Linux but I'm a beginner on Cinnamon. I used Ubuntu for a year and I was used to Gnome. I was about to change again to Ubuntu until I discovered the keys to move around the other desktops.
Very helpful video. Subbing and watching your other videos in this Playlist. Thank you for creating these. This helps me to learn how to use Linux without becoming too frustrated & quitting.
