Comments on: 20 things to do after installing Linux Mint 17 Qiana Cinnamon

By: hmazuji

hmazuji — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:26:13 +0000

it’s 2019
your article is published in 2014
i didn’t figure out that this article is dated by looking at the dates, i noticed it by seeing that most of the recommendations and suggestions no longer apply.
it needs to be gutted and rewritten

By: Tarcisio

Tarcisio — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:27:54 +0000

Thank you!
Muito obrigado.

By: Ranae Hawkins

Ranae Hawkins — Sat, 06 May 2017 03:40:00 +0000

Creative comments . I loved the analysis – Does anyone know if my business might be able to get ahold of a template NV Form C-4 form to complete ?

By: Jihadur Rahman Noyon

Jihadur Rahman Noyon — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:22:43 +0000

I am new Ubuntu User. Should I use Linux Mint? Actually, I don’t know what’s different between Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

By: Jihadur Rahman Noyon

Jihadur Rahman Noyon — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:18:42 +0000

I am new Ubuntu user so It’s a very helpful post for me. Good Job.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:25:26 +0000

0. Install mate
Seriously, cinnamon is a disaster, and they didn’t fix a signle thing in 18 too.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 03:58:05 +0000

great one

By: wewa

wewa — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 03:35:55 +0000

One of the best ‘after you install LM’ lists I have seen. Kudos!

You didn’t explain how to get date/time/sysinfo to appear on the desktop background like you show:
http://www.binarytides.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/linux-mint-17-qiana.png

Cheers.

By: Silver Moon

Silver Moon — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 04:57:26 +0000

In reply to win kan. Currently its not possible to upgrade Linux Mint using a dvd. Your only option is to take a backup of all data, install latest linux mint using dvd and then restore data.

By: win kan

win kan — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:31:43 +0000

mister siver moon, i have lots of pcs working with linux mint, how can i update them all with just iso or dvd without losing files, not through internet online updates, bcz its quite impossible for me, internet cost and lots of time !?!!

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 02:48:58 +0000

The instructions (linked to from here) for putting gorgeous fonts on the desktop will break the window manager on Mint. I just had it happen to me on Mint 17. Install and configure those fonts at your own peril!

By: Silver Moon

Silver Moon — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:46:37 +0000

In reply to matheusml. Its a Conky widget

By: Silver Moon

Silver Moon — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 13:46:03 +0000

In reply to SEB. Step 1 is about installing updates

By: SEB

SEB — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:11:19 +0000

You lost me at “install flash player “. Specially since its step 4 and install updates is not even on this list.

By: Matouš Ejem

Matouš Ejem — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 22:49:00 +0000

I love this article!

By: matheusml

matheusml — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 19:19:00 +0000

How do I get that clock widget from the first picture?
Thanks!

By: jwhite

jwhite — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 10:54:00 +0000

Great summary – I like to add media data into nemo for mp3 bitrate
sudo apt-get install nemo-media-columns
you may have to reboot to make active, then right click on columns in list view and choose loads of info.

By: Gelek

Gelek — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:26:00 +0000

Hi – tried to install pepperflash. But something went wrong. I get the following warning

Unknown configuration key `foreign-architecture’ found in your `dpkg’
configuration files. This warning will become a hard error at a later
date, so please remove the offending configuration options and replace
them with `dpkg –add-architecture’ invocations at the command line.

How can I resolve this.

thanks

Gelek

By: Samizdata

Samizdata — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 09:26:00 +0000

Just a thought, and I am spitballing here… Perhaps bring up nice tools like apt-fast and Tixati also?

By: Calvert

Calvert — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:22:00 +0000

I think the article should have mentioned Guayadeque, a extremely unrated music player. It is very stable, can do nearly everything, very easily customized, and by far and away (I’ve tried them all) the best player for dealing with large music collections. Banshee can’t handle a music collection my size…it just lags and eventually freezes.

Guayadeque…check it out!