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It's good that Linux Mint lets you choose the Kernel freely as it does, no automatics there. I had some problems with 5.0.something, and I reverted back to 4.18. I like the fact that it is ME who makes the decisions, not some piece of software.
Here's what I don't get. I seem to remember when changing the kernel was like overhauling your engine on the Big Deal scale. Now it's almost like upgrading the text editor. Fundamentally what has changed in kernel management (aside from the fact that we didn't have any such thing) to allow it to be so trivial compared to what it once seemed to be?
I had a major PIA with Windows at work today and F I N A L L Y was able to convince them to let me put my own OS on it. A major victory for the Linux community that someone like these people was convinced to allow it onto the premises. The timing couldn't be better for 19.2. Thank you Joe from the BOMH for snapping this one out in such a timely manner.
Great video! I will probably eventually update from 19.1 to 19.2, but being a newbie, for right now, I'll stick with Mint 19.1 until I hear from other people how well it works for them after a few months! I still have a lot to learn, and this whole thing about kernels is a little daunting to me right now! Mint is beautiful, and I also really enjoy your content! :)
This Linux Mint 19.2 release is pretty solid, not apparent major changes but it's definitely smoother and is a pleasure to use. The fact that Linux Mint has streamlined the ability to install, remove and get more information for the Linux Kernels is really commendable. The ability to go back to previous kernels has saved me a lot of time and headache in the past when I tried to install newer kernels to get wireless support to new wi-fi cards and I think this Linux Kernel installation / removal management is definitely one the highlight of this release. Thank you for the detailed review :)
Hey man, just wanted to say thanks, your video "beginner's guide to installing Linux mint 19" was the first and only one i needed to get me started, looking back at it leaving windows was hard but your videos helped me a lot .
Really like the new scrollbar abilities. Saw this in another distro some time ago and was surprised Mint didn't have it. Was really hard to grab those thin scroll bars using the touch pad on my laptop and the touch pad scroll feature is not very responsive. Thanks Joe for the overview of 19.2! Upgrade went smooth.
I just completed the upgrade, rebooted and I might be imagining things but they weren't lying when they said muffin and nemo was improved, it feels much faster
Thanks Joe just helped me learn more about the version that I will be switching to from Win7 the proverbial pain in the horses rear end as soon as I acquire a SSD HD .
Thank you Joe it was interesting seeing your update of Mint Cinamon to 19.2 a few hours after I updated my own mint Mate to 19.2. As always a fine video. But i did corrected the mirrors, the part you skipped. I live in Thailand where the default mirrors, chosen by the system, can be a pain because of very slow speed. I of course used the mirrors i had used all together to upgrade. After the upgrade was finished, i then click yes to use local mirrors and I could see that the update has reset the mirrors to a default set, wich i now could correct to the local mirrors, that perform fine in Thailand. Otherwise i would have had a set of bad working standard mirrors. I had to do the same when i upgraded from 19 to 19.1. Also a reason that I am so happy for linux mint. The possibility to get good working mirrors easily. Upgrading other Linux distributions in Thailand can be a real pain. and sometimes inpossible.
I upgraded today, I had no menu, when I tried to open the application menu, it was blank except for a search bar, that did nothing, and a tab that said Applications. I discovered that the problem was the custom icon that I had with 19.1, I turned off that option in settings and the full application menu appeared. Now I have loaded another custom icon and things are good.
@@ErenSeymen The evidence is the 19.2 Cinnamon install I did Thursday morning on bare metal and found that it compares quite favorably (speedwise) with a couple of 18.3 XFCE installations that I have been running for a year and a half. When I compare the speed with a 19.1 version of Cinnamon I have on different machine I am finding that it is very quick and a real treat to use. If you need further evidence do an install yourself and enjoy.
@@bradolson8242 so you say cinnamon is faster than xfce currently? I'm in doubt because xfce is always faster than cinnamon according to my experiences. If the new update to cinnamon makes a difference I might give it a chance in the far future.
i am using cinnamon 19.2 previously used elementary OS and couple xfce distro .believe me! in ssd , for me elementary OS is faster than both xfce and cinnamon.
I usually do a complete fresh re-install but you have a point about Linux Mint now, they only use the latest LTS release so the base isn't being touched at all. I guess on Mint I'll never need to do a fresh install unless a new Ubuntu LTS comes out.
I would like to make the minimize and maximize buttons bigger? Also a tutorial on the Make function. I bought an Asus AC51 Wifi USB dongle and it claims Linux support (but turns out only for kernels 2-3. Linus Torvaqlds wrote a c script but no newbie instructions on how to get it compiled.
For me changing scrollbar width is worth the upgrade all by itself. There are a few times I need to rotate the screen on my laptop. When I do the touch pad is a pain to use, so I use the touch screen instead. Trying to get my fingers on the scrollbar was almost as bad as using the touch pad.
22:15 I would have thought that "kernel upgrade" listed in the update manager should be the "remove old kernel". What makes me think this is it lists the version number as the one you already had installed - the superseded 4.15.0-54. Though it doesn't state anything like that. In fact it looks as if it wants to "upgrade" to that old kernel instead. A bit confusing if you already know the version number, but for most people they'd likely just click the "Install Updates" button and be done with it. I would like to see if that actually just removes the 54 version and leaves you with the "active" 55 in its stead. If this is the case I'd advise the Mint devs to adjust the message there and state that this "update" is a cleanout of old kernels instead - just to avoid confusion.
I installed the 19.2 MATE beta version a couple of days prior to the stable release. Good stuff indeed but one issue I do have concerns about. When waking up from a suspended state, it shows the desktop before the password dialog box comes up; this is a problem if someone has sensitive info, filenames, etc. on their desktop they don't want anyone to see (although they shouldn't be doing that anyway). Otherwise fantastic.
5:40...It's about time. I got sooooo sick of not being able to BLOCK what updates I didn't want. THAT problem is how my distro installations also ended up being bricked somehow. However, I also learned how to do that in terminal too..which is more complicated though.
Hey Joe, great video as always ... Just a quick question ... I use your BU tool, can you please tell me if I should I run a new back up following the upgrade?
I got the "mint-upgrade-info" as a surprise today but, I can not really install it cause I'm using my Phone's Hotspot which is really slow (ha) I had to watch this video in 240/360p. My Laptop can't install Linux Mint 19.1 (the 18.04 branch/newer kernels 4.13+) so I'm on LM 18.3! - Spectre & Meltdown causes my Laptop to lock-up solid but, I'm running the 4.4 series kernels, etc)
As you are member of the Linux Mint Team, I was wondering if Linux Mint would consider ICE applications as a standard feature. Seems like a nice security feature having an isolated Private Browser for banking, shopping and the like. So I guess if other LM users liked the idea, they would need an advocate on the LM Team. Two thumbs up for LM 19.2!
I'm not on the team in that respect... My role is just as a member of a group of media folks who talk abut the distro. You're better off raising you concerns in the forums. :)
Hello Joe, I appreciate your videos as I have learned a lot from them. I wanted to get your advice on screensaver on Mint Linux 19.2 . 1) Is it possible? 2) would you recommend it? 3) How does one install it if possible. Thanks!
Joe Collins - I agree, I just love photographs in high resolution and wanted to add that ambiance to this PC build. I just built an i5 PC and I only have Mint Linux 19.2 running on it. I always felt that Linux no matter the brand or flavor always fell short on this, but like you’ve said, what’s the point? For a polished or finished look when one walks away? Anyway, I appreciate your work and support in the Linux community!
9:15 yes, but if you have a mixed enviroment you need Samba because of Windows, and if you already have Samba running anyway, why not using the same for everything?
Go for 19.2 . 19.1 is superb, I've had it a few months now - beats the hell out of 18.3, and that was good. It's a perfect transition from Windows. I kept a PC dual booted, but ended up never using Windows so deleted it. I now have 2 laptops and my PC on Mint 19. I can find no fault with Linux - it simply beats any Windows hands down. No need for anti-virus, you can update when you like, what you like. All apps are free, and the Mint Office apps easily match MS Office. Thunderbird email is as good as Outlook and it never crashes. Top tip - steepish learning curve for the Terminal, which has to be used at times - everything you need is on YouTUbe. Go for it mate. I'm about to upgrade ro 19.2.
Linux mint cinnamon is the closest you can get to windows 7 experience on Linux. Go for it. In my opinion it is easier to switch from windows 7 to mint cinnamon than it is to switch from windows 7 to 10.
Can you point me to a fix for the 'Minimal BASH-line editing' problem that I can understand? I can't program and the laptop that I put Linux 19 on is unusable until this is sorted. I see a lot of 'solutions' online but the ones I have tried didn't work.
@@EzeeLinux Thank you. I put the live USB in to try boot repair and it started up so I just re-installed in the end, using your very good video 'Beginner's Guide to Installing Linux Mint 19'.
I've been using Mint since January. I don't know if an update messed the works up or what, but I shut the lid to my laptop to shut down as usual and when I went to start it I'm getting an error and can't get in now. Busybox couldn't get size: 0X80000000000000e I have no clue what to do.
Boot the machine from a live USB or DVD of Linux Mint ( you should have kept the one you installed from) and use Timeshift to restore the last good snapshot. You launch Timeshift from the running live environment and it will look for the snapshots n the system hard drive. If it can;t find any that wold mean you have a very serious problem like a hard drive failure.
So, is there a way to dual boot with win98? Let;s face it, win98 sucks with lots of memory but it runs the software I still use. Linux is just a way to connect to the net, and wine still sucks.
Have "just" reinstalled Ubuntu, after SSD shred (HDD unmounted on start-up) to kill (fingers crossed) a keylogger I managed to invite in. My Q: is - can I install Mint over Ubuntu without starting over? Starting over ain't a big issue personally I would just like to know. Love this channel - thanks from Melbourne town
i have a noob stupid question lol how do i open programs i download example .sh an stuff like that and i figured out how to get my amd drivers installed not sure about chipset tho idk if they have that not thanks man
Download Manager or File Manager does it automatically when you click the file. Make sure you have a good File Manager and the best Zip and RAR unpackers.
Did not like 19.2 so I reverted back to 19, via Time Shift, did not like how it made the start menu button smaller and made the favorites icons smaller and not show all favorites at once and scroll the icons when you move the mouse pointer to the top or bottom of the area where the favorites icons are.
Can I use wifi driver software ( from terabyte wifi receiver CD gave Driver for windows and Linux).? Can I use wifi on Linux mint? From that cd or what i have to do? Guide me.
See if drivers are not already included in the Driver Manger in Mint before trying to install them from CD. Plug the machine into Ethernet and install the system then look for the drivers. :)
@@EzeeLinux okay installed MINT 2 now my Linux menu box is empty? Can type in update manager but nothing is there, cant get timeshift to come up to reinstall old system? fix? seems everything else is working...
I have, apparently an odd problem. I am on LInux Kataya and cannot find a way to upgrade to linux 19.2. The Upgrade option isn't visible and it keeps hanging up on Updates. Any thoughts you can provide?
The upgrade hasn't been released yet. It will appear in update manager when it's ready. As for updates, open a terminal and run 'sudo apt update' and it will tell you what's wrong. :)
Thank you. I will try that. My computer has 2 hard drives with Mint Kataya on one of them. A sincere deceased friend installed it. But when I hit update ... only about 10 of 97 updates don't say failed.
I installed Linux Mint 19.2 5 days ago I like it a lot, once I am familar with it I'll migrate over to Linux 80% of the time ( Windows 10 PRO is still useful ) I have made Linux look like a MacOS... nice. I just see Windows 10 has way too much bloatware, even though I have lots of softwares installed it takes 10 minutes for my C:drive to finish loading so I can actually start to do some work. Linux: Nitroshare is cool I can transfer Audio/Video files over to Linux from Windows 10. Its much easier to change OVERALL themes on Linux than it is with Windows 10 install this install that risk of malware and stuff FORGET it!! been there done that fucks up Windows 10 and you have to reistall it. So here I am using Linux Mint 19.2
none of my windows 7 computers , are that fast . i have 1 64 bit the other 2 are 32 bit , and no money to upgrade . on a fixed income , will linux mint work on a dell d620 ?
It's more of a question "How it's going to work?" If You have less than 1GB of RAM, it's gonna work... like a patato, but still. If you are trying to revive old hardware try Linux Lite or anything with XFCE desktop enviroment. It's widely considered to be the lightweight one.
The screen looked kind of washed out and the LM logo was awfully bright right after first boot-up. Before, you had it looking OK, might be a VM issue and hopefully is not in the HDD install. VM's are not an accurate representation of actual hardware condition or performance. New users might get the impression that Mint runs slow all the time and pass on it just based on what they saw in the video. With USB drives so cheap, it's much better to use a live key for demo purposes, Virtual Box is a crappy piece of software where just the bare minimum sometimes works, any process intensive apps like multimedia aren't suitable for testing on that. Please keep it "bare metal", a lot more realistic and accurate when previewing different facets of an OS.
Linux mint 19.2 es un sistema muy bonito muy práctico y muy completo, pero ....... tiene un defecto muy importante se come la batería de mi portátil en 35 minutos mientras que windows 7 home premium me dura 1 hora y 15 minutos y es un defecto importante la batería dura menos de la mitad
Probably because they are so low it would be unlikely to find a system where the CPU is the main issue while other minimum specs are still fulfilled. To illustrate the point; I have 19.1 "running" on a single core Atom at 1 Ghz..
MATE or Xfce? I've tried 19.1 MATE live usb on celeron N2830 laptop. When I looked at system monitor, the cpu usage difference is noticeable compared to Xfce distro (not Mint though, it was Zorin).
@@Panzergruppe22 Sorry, missed this. Yes, Xfce. But MATE, or Cinnamon would work too really. It may tax the CPU somewhat more, but Xfce was chosen more of memory and storage concerns. Just firing up Firefox on that thing result in 100% load, so the snappiness of the OS is pretty secondary either way on that thing I figured. The minimum install was hit by storage space instead. This being a Netbook with 8GB SSD, (yes, really) ;) the base Mint install used up nearly the entire disk. An SSD does offset a slow CPU quite a bit too of course, so that helped in this particular case. Find that live "discs" are usually a much more cumbersome experience the lower end the computer is. The ones that load all to RAM excluded of course. Don't know what type Zorin is, but it could be something to consider.
Old Linux Mint - All the Apps and Software of Linux. New Linux Mint - A Whole lot less Apps and Software than other Linux OS variations. Why? I also turned my Desktop PC into a Desk Brick after converting to the newest Mint. I bought a new PC and loaded Ubuntu onto it. I tried to Load a program that was available for the previous Mint edition and it crashed my computer without any way to recover it. Destroyed Backlight and a few other essential things that helped it Boot. Screw New Mint. I made my Ubuntu Desktop look like Old Mint. Much nicer that way with no Software restrictions. New Linux Mint hates anything with Bionic in it or when Bionic is used to load the program in Terminal. Sucks!
I want the Mint team to start using animals. I vote for 19.3 cinnamon weiner dog edition xD Dachshunds are cute, funny, look like mini grey hounds when they run and have big ears.
