Complete Linux Mint Tutorial: Understanding Files & Folders in Linux

[@malcytull]

This is a brilliant tutorial I am new to Linux Mint Cinnamon & your videos have helped lots. Thank you for posting.

[@fymlinux]

Thanks so much for the compliment! Glad to be of help! 😊

[@malcytull]

@@fymlinux Being bored at home during a wet day, I have been playing & found a programme called Simple Screen Recorder, I can now record your videos for future reference, thanks again.

[@mbtx361]

Fantastic series! Thank you so much!

[@dietrichdietrich7763]

@@fymlinux neat video

[@dayneallensheetsftm]

I am looking at this video in 2024. Is there a more recent tutorial for Linux mint. Or does it change much and I can still learn from your 2019 tutorials.

[@waywardspirit7898]

Tired of my enslavement to MS. I am switching over and your tutorials are making me wonder why I waited so long. You are leaving no stone un-turned and I appreciate it. Thanks. :)

[@Ranjit-Sidhu]

This 7 part series is amazing . It helps me to understand the concep as Iam new to the Linux , just migrate from Windows to this platform few days ago . Narrator has elaborate everything clearly and easy to understand . Thanks

[@Ed-tc2pg]

Nice, I'm installing mint this weekend and am brand new to linux. Your uploads are well put together.

[@fymlinux]

Thanks so much! Feel free to leave comments if you'd like any new videos on topics you're interested in. 😊

[@Ed-tc2pg]

FREE Your Mind :TLDR thoughts and recommendations on duel os on both duel drives? Perhaps make a video on the former. Are expensive drive upgrades required or recommended? Thoughts and opinions on Microsoft office alternatives? Thoughts on mint gaming? Thoughts on unbuntu gaming? Thoughts and recommendations on preparing partitions? perhaps a video on having two operating systems on a computer with two hard drives. However split both hard drives, and having both operating systems partitioned independently on both hard drives. 1 One desktop with 1 ssd "boot" drive (c)'. And 1 large hd "data" drive (d). 2 I would like to have two operating systems on the same computer. 3 What I would like to do is split both drives. 4 Have the faster ssd partitioned as a "boot" drive for both windows and Linux. 5 And have the larger hd partitioned as a "data" drive for both windows and Linux. Assuming that's possible, I would like to make the Windows partition as small as possible because I will be using Linux most of the time. I understand that this is one hell of a video request but hopefully at the very least I have gotten your creative juices flowing for ideas on future uploads. ----end of video request---- --- beginning of requesting your opinion --- (Please answer here in the comments if possible) If the above is not possible what are your thoughts and suggesting on perhaps replacing the current ssd Windows boot drive with a slightly larger ssd and dedicating it to Windows for everything. Boot, data etc. And replacing the current hd data drive with a much larger ssd and dedicating it to Linux. Boot, data etc. I hesitate to purchase new drives for economic reasons, and I'm not 100% confident in my ability, or if the drives will play well together regardless of personal skill. What are your thoughts on installing unbuntu-game-pack on a gaming desktop? In the future I'm considering making a Linux gaming PC. However I think it may be best to avoid changing distros, and operating systems every time something else seems shiny and exciting. Could I reasonably as a new user install and optimize mint (or a light weight Linux distro) for gaming' on a gaming desktop? Thank you for your help and knowledge. (Note my immediate project is installing mint and portioning most of my space to mint on a laptop. However I'm keeping Windows as a back up operating system for now. I'm not trying to run a ultra marathon on my first day but in time anything is possible)

[@fymlinux]

GREAT thoughts and feedback. I copied them to my viewer requested videos and will tackle these when I can. 😊

[@fymlinux]

To answer your storage drive question: dual-boot on the same hard drive if you have no other option, is my opinion. Have one OS per hard drive, putting a version of Linux on your primary drive so you can boot between the two, three, four, etc. If you can afford SSD, ABSOLUTELY go for it. None of my PC's are running non-SSD. Watch a video on how to install them in your desktop and you'll be good to go. 😊

[@fymlinux]

For your particular set-up, though I would recommend three drives, two SSD's, one for Linux and one for Windows, and one non-SSD for storage. Make sure the storage drive is an NTFS filesystem so you can access/mount it from both OS's.

[@CindyBradyTooh]

Wow! THANKS!!! You got me out of a real jam! Right after downloading some updates, my file manager started acting bad - I couldn't get the tree to work in the left hand column. I REALLY need that tree! Your video showed me how to get it back at 15:26 . All I had to do is press in the second button. The tree is still there! :D I can't thank you enough! ~Cindy! :)

[@fymlinux]

Thanks so much for the kind words, glad you found it helpful! :)

[@Numantino312]

have tried linux a few times over the years, tho never went too far with it; just too quirky, would not talk to my printer or scanner kind of thing; last attempt in '16 (?) problems with windows 10 made me try again and wow: i think linux developers finally got it over the hump in terms of smoothness of function, online compatibility with sites like my bank, amazon, youtube, etc. communication with peripherals... -at least with mint kind of funny: because now it indeed does work that well, i'm having to actually LEARN how it's set up, how it works, basically play for keeps. am even having to figure out how to use skrooge! my thanks to you for these vids. microsoft fell backwards with the more recent versions of windows ten. hopefully you get some viewers/subscriptions out of it. you sure got mine; thanks again!

[@gracecotton9819]

I am just about to purchase a Linux Mint, and in the course of my research, the Part 1 video of this series was the easiest to understand and relate to. As with other peoples' comments in part 1, I looked forward to part 2. Imagine my surprise to find this had just been uploaded! Even more surprising to me is the fact that my comment is the first!

[@Ed-tc2pg]

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[@ryukthegodofdeath8063]

All the resources is available on KZbin and Reddit no need to purchase a paid course

[@DjamelEddineStudentAchour]

your videos are still being benificial, great thanks

[@AleksandarMilicevic-mm3mp]

Offline install is still an issue. So, if you don't trust your provider, "someone" will take your root, and make a fake one! At the end, it is all Debian with different colors. Linux Mint is fool's gold. Download Iso file, than in that is file I found "Sudo Dbus...". Imagine that?

[@Patrick_Gray]

I am new to Linux this year. Thanks for the videos.

[@YamiBakura0385]

Trying my best to study Linux and you made it clear and easy to understand. I instantly followed. Thank you. :)

[@shadowseek27]

this video is very basic, but thats why its fucking amazing, build solid foundations and understanding leads to greatness

[@MrBobWareham]

Very nice easy to follow with no music and a plain explanation of Linux Mint that I am moving to so have joined your channel, cheers

[@iresh.v2490]

Thank you for your tutorials it is very helpful and I am new to Linux mint operating system and it is very easy to understand. great job THANK YOU LOVE FROM INDIA.

[@PoeLemic]

Just found your channel today. Thanks for creating this videos. I need to learn Linux now, so this is very helpful. I'll tell others about your channel too. Thanks.

[@Frauenfoerderer]

4 years old, still veery useful. Thanks :)

[@catherinepoloynis]

Thanks, I've been using Linux on my old laptop for a couple of years and never knew about the tree options for files!

[@Krimson-do1st]

Seriously this series is amazing

[@feliciam4389]

Thank you so much for going very basic for new people!

[@riaznapa]

Thanks for such a useful series. Its a great starter for a Linux beginner like me.

[@thedarkknight4243]

Great series, please do partitioning with Linux Mint

[@michaelpowers9259]

Thank you. Excellent. On to part three.

[@joeynoname7023]

I am just now seeing this video, I love it good job. Thank You.

[@amartin9293]

Thank you- very clear. My nephew gave me a Linux installed older computer and I have always wanted to learn. He ripped all my CDs onto that computer which I managed to find, but I still can't "see" a thumb or external drive from USB to transfer things on or off! Hope one of your excellent videos will explain that

[@debeeriz]

coloured folders only works on the default icon theme, and you should have pointed out the dual pane feature and show hidden files, as well as adding extra features through the preference settings

[@HaloWolf102]

So I have 2 folders. 1 is in my computer, the other is a backup storage plugged into a USB. Obviously my current hard drive on my computer is going to have different files. However I have no idea what specific files are, and are not on the backup storage compared to my computer drive. I tried copying the folders from my PC over to the backup storage. It comes up with a window saying 'How do you wish to proceed?'. I want to outright skip any files I am copying over that wants to know what to do in the situation of a duplicate, and just paste any new files that are not in said folder. However, when I press the checkbox 'Apply this action to all files', and then click 'Skip'. None of the new files on my PC get transferred over to the backup storage device. Is this a bug, or a feature, or am I doing something wrong?

[@JJJJ-gl2uf]

Great video series.

[@drazenbolanca3510]

when right-clicking on an icon opens the menu, the resize icon command is missing, please tell me how to get back…..

[@charliecalvert4831]

I did all you said, I selected the,,, something else,,,, but all my windows have gone. I guess there is no recovery. Can I install windows 10 and run them together

[@ExistentialDawn]

Hello, i have pa problem where linux says my ssd samsung 1t won't mount? Can you make a video of how to fix that?

[@RealTechZen]

Not new to LINUX, but I've been away for a few years. Something worth pointing out in this tutorial is that the right-click pop-up menu for the text file includes "Move to Trash" and "Delete" as separate, distinct functions, and with good reason!

[@Rhoads6257]

Great tutorial! I'm switching from Windows 10 to Mint, I have 1 (new-unused) m.2 NVMe for my OS and 4 hdd's with years of data on this rig. How do I switch to Mint without losing this data? Or do I even need to do anything beyond loading Mint to the M.2?

[@makurei6888]

How do you organise the files if you have more than one drive? Let's say I have an SSD where Mint is located, and I have work data in an HDD

[@vince_tomk]

good question but its definitively something hes not going to cover up on this tutorial, i believe its too specific and unrelated. maybe u should google how to manage external or internal hard drives in ubuntu based systems or linux mint directly.

[@dontwrite9s4ever86]

Ive been trying to find out how to drag and drop url shortcuts i made in file directories using Windows 10, and IN Mint be able to drag and drop the shortcut files into the browsers in Linux. instead i have to open up a text editor and copy the link into the search bar browser.

[@mattster6077]

can anyone help,i have made a complete mess of the file system can i reinstall it without having to reinstall the operating system

[@mattster6077]

back on track after reinstall, really enjoying finding my way in LM

[@patrick-8068]

Folder Music​ is​ Folder​ device within first​ was​ device​ marketplace.

[@NYCamper62]

Do like the option to change folder colors, nice.

[@fymlinux]

It's very handy!

[@debeeriz]

@@fymlinux only if you like mint y icons

[@LeslieAB30]

WHY OH WHY in Windows and all Linux versions I have seen has there never been a 'Print Folder contents list' in the File menu?? I am an ex analyst programmer and I like to document things. I wrote a tiny batch file (in Windows) called 1.bat that redirected a DIR statement to 1.rxr, and then used its File/Print to print the listing. But there should be the facility in the menu by default, so why isn't there??

[@junevi2000]

I love Linux Mint (Cinnamon Flavor)

[@shashwatabasak7308]

but how to use access different drives?

[@calebmanickam2636]

Is it possible to run files?

[@lildragonofficial592]

Thank you so much that's all I can say about ur videos

[@xxxzz8413]

Is there any way i can view the partitions i created during installation in "Thunar" file manager of Linux mint xfce... I didn't see any of partition in this video...

[@teme224]

I need a little help. I accidentally pressed, that all files would open in archive manager and not run the file instead. i tried to download a game and it opened the file and did not run the game launcher. i have a Linux mint 20 cinnamon and i am new to Linux. Need help.

[@AI-art0k]

Does anyone know how to add a folder to the sidebar. My mouse was knocked off the desk and my videos folder ended up in the trash. I tired to add it to the desktop and now I have a bookmark in the sidebar as well as another copy on the desktop. Thanks

[@debeeriz]

just add a bookmark to a folder and it will appear on the sidebar, you can right click to remove them

[@Dinkdoo96]

Thank you for this, was very helpful

[@alfwedo]

i can't create a folder both on my HDD and SSD

[@iresh.v2490]

ONE Question can we install games in Linux mint?

[@midhu345]

can we password protect a folder?

[@GeorgeStar]

How can I move the default location of the Picture folder for example from the install drive to another one?

[@debeeriz]

just create a new picture folder on the new drive, move all your files you want into that, make a symlink to that folder, remove the old picture folder, move the symlink to home and rename it to picture

[@ramkalyan120]

What kind of Operating System (or what is it branching from (ex: Linux, Windows...)) is Tony Stark using on his suite and Framework computer at the office when Pepper went to steal the data using the hacking dongle Tony gave her?

[@zakylib]

Hi here. I need help. on a scale of 1 - 10 on the knowledge of linux, I'm a 1. I have installed a mint on a dual b00t with win7. What I would like is my music and video folders mapped to the same folders on the mint so that whether I'm on mint or windows I can have quick and easy access to them. Can anyone help? Pllleeessss!

[@geraldkyle5819]

Yes, this is good for me. Thank you.

[@khaledmosleh7984]

Is there a recycle bin in Linux mint or they just wouldn"t bother adding a recycle bin?

[@debeeriz]

its called trash, but you can bypass it and just delete

[@Sandyfaceroll]

Everything I've seen on LM is 100% positive so far, but there must be some drawbacks? What can't it do versus windows or Mac?

[@rc8s]

Compatibility is mostly the issue. But it's gotten a lot better with Wine and Proton.

[@malarkey102]

Ok so if I have an external hard drive connected. Where will it appear under in the left hand column.

[@fymlinux]

It should appear at the bottom of the left-hand column, or under a new place that will appear called "Removable drives" or "Storage drives".

[@supermariomistickgames4700]

I have a question about styling... Do you see at 2:19 when you hover the folder with your mouse? You can see that the folder becomes "whiteish"... What can I do to change/remove this, and put a background color when the mouse is hovering the file/folder like in Windows? Thanks in advance 👍.

[@lowskill6406]

man, all I want to know is how I can open the secondary Hard drive, so I can see my Old stuff that I have backed up. Now I'm sitting here watching a twenty ass minutes video about the explorer app on Linux and the guy tells me to read the Manuel. Maybe recall isn't all that bad.

[@6Abhi9]

It is available in mnt folder

[@zackeytheboss9599]

how to mount pendrive and other windows other partitions(dual boot) in linux mint ?

[@fymlinux]

Good question, I should have covered that. When you plug it in, a file browser window should pop up automatically showing the drive contents. That's the default behavior, anyways.

[@Germoney2000]

Excellent!

[@markkulyas2418]

When you open a window you should make it full screen for us people watching on our cell phones.

[@DevaAsuras]

Easy way to get use to is - insted of think of as Window Os think of it as Android Os fo

[@mohammadmahdigolmohammadi723]

you are amazing thats it

[@simonzinc-trumpetharris852]

Very informative. Tarverry match.

[@myeflatley1150]

There are many people who are legally blind. I am. Such people need white or pastel text on a black background. They also need a selection of several magnifiers, full screen, docked, loop... They also need true color pictures dimmed so that they are not so blindingly bright. I wonder if Mint is up to this

[@khaledmosleh7984]

Nemo?! Doesn"t that remind you of "Finding Nemo"?

[@matthewharris517]

For an OS that's supposed to be more "user friendly" Linux Cinnamon is one difficult son-of-a-bitch This thing has WAY too much of a learning curve I've not too long install mine but if after a week I'm still trying to figure out BASICS then I'm dumping this

[@roystine4490]

Will being a beginner with Linux mint Has been difficult. I don't write code. And overwhelmed by terminal. And Often confused with the terms used in KZbin videos that seem to be over my head like I should know what they're talking about. I don't I can understand why people try to stay with windows. I dislike Window 10. Don't want to buy windows 11. Kinda stuck with Linux. Learning it will take me some time. I really Don't want to use Terminal.

[@Germoney2000]

You don't have to write code and you don't really need to use the terminal if you don't want to. Learn a little bit each day. Just stick with it, you'll be fine.

[@jeanrodrigues6249]

sudo

[@sheldon6786]

Linux Mint is a very nice OS, but it lacks a few things. L2TP over IPSEC VPN does not work in the OS. Also Linux does not have any good email client. I am using outlook web access now. I can't really use it in the office however my personal computer is Linux Mint. Love how stable it is and how the updates work.

[@arcticwolf6402]

Ubuntu > Linux Mint.

[@idle-hands]

Ubuntu ~ Linux mint cinnamon

[@RealTechZen]

YMMV A Prius is a good car but I wouldn't recommended one for a family of 5+ living 50 miles out of town in the mountains of Idaho.

[@Germoney2000]

They're both good....

[@StevenKroeger]

I always put my mouse on single click

[@srivibho830]

This is a brilliant tutorial I am new to Linux Mint Cinnamon & your videos have helped lots. Thank you for posting.

[@ΘεοδωροςΖωης-β7σ]

how can increase open file picture size so can see it bigger when want sent picture to fb for example ???