How To Install Linux (Mint) - Step By Step Guide

[@FullSpeedMacAndPC]

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[@lau6132]

Yo, does this work with rufus?

[@HeenaPatel253]

Full Speed Mac & PC I will stick to chrome fire fox and edge but nice browser

[@Damian-sg2wl]

Help me Syslinux 4.07 no child mode aborting .....

[@kaiMurchison]

Can you download it from phone

[@abhabh6896]

Already using it :D

[@jebadiahmull7778]

Dude!!! I have a 2006 laptop that took two minutes to open the internet now it takes less than 20 seconds it’s amazing

[@HeenaPatel253]

Jebadiah Mull nice 👍

[@tausiftaha12]

Since I have a more modern low end build I think I can handle cinnamon

[@varunsomal]

Which distro did u use

[@surge-tech9381]

@@motoryzen 🤯

[@gameginger5529]

haaha , iknow operaring systems except windows /mac work hell fast on low ends , i played pubg mobile on phoenix os on my intel hd 620 low end 4 gb ram and it gave hell 40fps, which worked smooth

[@davidppfitzner]

An unusually good video. No blaring inane music, just a quiet and steady tutorial. Very much appreciated

[@yardbomber9099]

Hello. Just wanted to thank you for the very helpful video! I just installed Mint on my Dell Gen 2 (2005) laptop and it runs like a new beast! It was choking up with Windows 7 and would take forever just to get to desktop, much less open a browser ( FF, Exploder or Chrome). Once Mint was installed, it's quite the speed demon. Now I can enjoy my aging laptop again! Thanks again!!

[@kalon30]

Using this in 2024 and it worked perfectly! Thank You! Its been a dream of nine to use Linux but always been scared to mess up stuff

[@Sticks55]

Switched from Win7 and you made it so easy. Great step by step video.

[@FullSpeedMacAndPC]

Great to hear!

[@lovejetfuel4071]

Same

[@awesomebearaudiobooks]

I am trying to switch my HP laptop from Win7 to Linux... I tried Ubuntu but the WiFi stopped working! And I have no way for fixing that since I cannot download drivers since my laptop doesn't have a LAN port (unless you know another way of fixing that) Now I plan on deleting Ubuntu and installing Linux Mint. Can it fix this problem, what do you think?

[@Subtlecobra3864_]

@@awesomebearaudiobooks Ubuntu 20.04 seems to be bugged in terms of not detecting LAN drivers and/or LAN connectors on your motherboard. I'd install Linux mint because GNOME is a horrible desktop environment, Cinnamon is overall much better and Mint as a distro is still debian based, so you'll still have the apt package manager.

[@plane_guy6051]

@@awesomebearaudiobooks -- For anyone reading this, I would go with Linux Mint, and btw, it seems to 'know' what graphics card etc that's in your computer so you shouldn't need drivers, ie: I am running 2 monitors (a HP desktop computer) and my graphics card is a very basic GeForce GT 220 and it seemed to know what it was so I didn't need to download the driver. HOWEVER! I had a HP all-in-one printer and I NEVER was able to get that damned thing working, so MAYBE a solution would be that BEFORE you install Linux Mint, plug in ALL the printers etc. that you think you are going to need/use need, turn them on, and THEN install Linux. That *might* solve the issue but I'm just guessing. I don't have tons of computer experience compared to many hotshots, but like I said, I was never able to get the printer working and even though I may not be the most savvy, I have always been able to get things like that working with all the other OS's I've ever used, but not this time. So I would suggest you try what I say before installing it if you're not a computer whiz. Cheers and good luck!

[@Daniel-mi6gd]

It works. I commented so YT helps anyone who's as clueless as me.

[@ameersuliman6250]

Just installed Linux Mint on my 2015 laptop. Feels like new laptop!! Thanks for the guide

[@Baka_Baka_RR]

This is very clear unlike many tutorials I have watched they skip over key details that are important for newbie pc users

[@nurzhantemirbek6911]

Thank you very much! I switched from Windows 10, and also bought ssd and installed OS. Computer just flies. Have become so fast. DaVinci resolve starts in less than 9 seconds. Intelij idea starts in 7 seconds. Laptop starts in 10-12 seconds. I'm so amazed by this speed. Mind you I was used to slow windows. It used to take around 60-90 seconds or more to be ready for use.

[@serpantinthewild]

will i get the the speed on HDD, or is it SSD specific?

[@TheBrownsPlayer]

Mine takes 10-12 minutes to be ready for use . Until then, it'll be slow as hell 😂 (for Windows)

[@JohnSmith-yx6kr]

This was very helpful. I got mine installed more smoothly than expected after watching your video. Thank you.

[@jimc1758]

Excellent video - Straightforward, clear, concise, and well-paced. Thank you kindly. My 2012 laptop was literally gathering dust. Thanks to you, this evening it was a breeze to wipe clean the disk and start fresh with Linux Mint. As I type these words it is 01/2022, and most of us have little reason to preserve Windows 7 or MS Office 2010. In my case, Linux took a long time to download and update files from the Internet, but that is minor. Thank you again for this very helpful video.

[@yettispaghetti6784]

Same here, just switched from windows 7 to linux and it's great so far!

[@tleafyg]

Thanks for the tutorial! This was perfect to get my old computer that was full of viruses up and running again.

[@jorgediaz2247]

Thank you so much for this quick & easy tutorial! Using Linux Mint Xfce I was able to recover all my data off of my crashed SSD drive! My SSD would cause my computer to crash whenever I tried to turn it on using Windows 10 before I could even reach the boot menu (& it wouldn't be detectable if I plugged the SSD in after my computer was loaded). It occurred to me that maybe the crash wouldn't happen if I tried to load it on my laptop running only Linux instead of Windows. (I think I was lucky that I didn't have an operating system on my SSD). It turned out that's all I needed to do to recover all my files! On top of that I discovered how smooth & well Linux Mint Xfce runs on my old laptop!

[@spencertillett]

Really useful, thanks. I now have Mint on my ageing Samsung laptop :-) . Cheers

[@shaad_ss06]

I have a samsung laptp too please tell me which key you pressed to go into boot made

[@googa9965]

@@shaad_ss06 mash escape

[@akira9195]

You made it look easy and it is easy bcs of your soothing explanation. No annoying bgm and also a soothing voice

[@karlisbrakis1183]

Duude, this video is so detailed and explained! Thank you so much!

[@ericverster4069]

Thank you for the video, very straightforward and I'm now running Mint on my project laptop

[@FullSpeedMacAndPC]

Glad it helped

[@kazuha7021]

@@FullSpeedMacAndPC Does Linux Mint supports Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Wireless Network Adapter ?!

[@yentl8638]

Hello, im a student, studying about cyber security. Your channel has helped me allot about computer related problems. Is there any way I could message you or ask your questions about a particular subject?

[@juliaorangeart]

Thanks for the tutorial, it was really helpful! I've succeeded after the first try of installing Linux Mint.

[@YouMe-mf7ed]

this is way useful than those people with a lot of views and wasting time talking about things no one cares about...

[@UndercoverLover203]

Finally , a tutorial worth watching . Thanks man.

[@kennethespinosa2280]

Doing this for my dad's acer spin 3 because it is slow as a rock. This is the best video on youtube for downloading linux. Thank you for showing us what we need & not all this other nonsense that we don't need!

[@887363]

This video is so underated. Very easy to follow, thank you!

[@ahamedsooraj8800]

Bro, thanks a lot. I've tried installing mint using rufus software. But it failed. This one is superb.

[@awesomebearaudiobooks]

Please Help who knows how to! I am trying to switch my HP laptop OS to Linux... I tried Ubuntu but the WiFi stopped working! And I have no way for fixing that since I cannot download drivers since my laptop doesn't have a LAN port (unless you know another way of fixing that) Now I plan on deleting Ubuntu and installing Linux Mint. Can it fix this problem, what do you think?

[@-bazoona3654]

to my buddies who have a problem going to the boot menu, even if you don't get to it from pressing esc, F2 or F12, press and hold shift when restarting, and don't unhold shift until the screen is not blue, there, you got to the windows boot manager, you can boot from there

[@stevensines7026]

Well, for a brief

[@ryankl1984]

if you hold shift and click restart you will get a menu that will allow you to restart into bios. Click advanced then UEFI.

[@lukepippin4781]

I watched another great video to get most of the way, but I got stuck rebooting the computer over and over to try to figure out how I could select the operating system. Your mention of it being a different button on different computers made it possible to complete the process thank you!

[@SykoRider]

This video is great, simple and to the point. I will be obliterating my windows 10 as soon as the thumb drive is ready. Thanks!

[@sweatfymotivation174]

Bro.... when I try to install linux mint from the live environment, it shows " low disk space error " and pci bus error. Guys plz help me out of this nightmare......

[@0101tuber]

Going to install this on my Windows 7 laptop since support is ending within a month from now. I noticed you did not bother to verify the file...Great video, Thanks!

[@jellybot8781]

you can up grade win 10 for free,check some video on you tube !

[@junienet]

@@jellybot8781 yeah, and get more bloatware? i'd rather have linux over win

[@joearroyo238]

Thank you! Amazing video with clear, easy-to-follow instructions! My old laptop has new life!

[@muhmmadimaad8796]

can you switch to windows 10 after installing Linux

[@Phakepasco]

I can't get Linux to boot all I get is a black screen with the words "SYSLINUX 4.07 EDD 2013-07-25 copyright (C) 1994-2013 H. Peter Anvin et al" Any suggestions??

[@jab2959]

Thank you for a clear, easy to follow, easy to understand, video. My ancient, slow as a wet weekend in Wigan, laptop is now working. You have made a 70+ granny very happy.

[@srh6678]

Sir for me that F10 Bios setup is not shown , what should i do

[@srh6678]

Ok i got it , but now i have soe other problem , when i go to my pendrive to boot , its coming No default or UI configuration directive found! What does it mean and what should i do

[@shivanshsenpai8742]

Mate I had a Samsung netbook from 2010 and my father had installed w7 ultimate on it and I didn't knew it had wifi card because the window wasn't geniune so there must have been some fault and now my netbook works great thanks mate

[@games_hunter8802]

It give me an error: invalid or corupt kernel image what shoud i do!!! Please help me

[@Robert-yp9zs]

This may be obvious, but not stated. If one "installs" Linux Mint from a bootable USB drive, when one shuts down Linux, "ejects" and physically removes the USB thumb drive...will your original OS (i.e., Windows-10) boot up as usual? [I'm deathly afraid of wiping WIndows-10 from my machine.] Thank you.

[@cjr295]

Thank you for this tutorial. I followed your tutorial and it worked on my very old acer aspire one.. Thanks again.!

[@serdalkaptan]

Thank you very much for this very good video. It helped me to switch from win 7 to Mint back after a long time. Now bluetooth, and many other programs are working on my 7 year old laptop computer once again. In fact, some programs such as bluetooth had never worked before, but now they do. And I was very tired of 'Activate your xindoxs' message which I never have understood why. Thank you again for making my life much easier. Regards from Canada.

[@williamhaigh]

Hi buddy tried to install it but doesn't work any idea as all I get is black and white writing on my screen?

[@edlaufer360]

THANK YOU for creating this video ! Other how to vids by others either got me lost or ended up usb UUI creation sites that wanted to add extensions I didn't want . You helped bring back to life a backup computer with corrupted Windows 7 (which I erased because I couldn't stand the repeated warnings ) to be great computer again .

[@RadTrav270]

Once I tried to boot it tells me verification failed, security violation. Any ideas?

[@worldanimeno.1173]

Hey bro I have a pentium 4 pc with a lord electronics motherboard. In that when i install any linux operationg system the installation menu freeze and in some black screen occur with a cursor.

[@aznibas]

Your directions were very simple and easy to understand. I made it. Thank you.

[@RobCLynch]

A very thorough and concise video. I've been meaning to do this for years but all of the kernel installation stuff put me off. Now that Windows 8 is soon to lose its support from Microsoft, I've decided to take the plunge.

[@ThebongCoder404]

What's is better Ubuntu or Linux mint for modern lappy. And which would be helpful for me as a programmer?. reply ASAP

[@letsnotdothat975]

I like mint because it has a better ui. I think both are fine for a programmer but I'm a die hard mint fan so id go with that

[@lyfsux5131]

This was the most healpfull video I found on this, and I'm installing on a Mac so thank you!

[@yolandad3911]

Thanks a million. The best Step by Step Mint tutorials I have found.

[@eitoes]

I ejected usb after restarting laptop. Is it okay or does it cause any problems? Please help me sir I'm confused and worried a lot.

[@compiletimeruntime1732]

So after all the steps. Then I'll only have linux mint. No windows right? As I don't want to see any windows icon when booting up my pc. So please reply.

[@hblover3231]

Thanks man my laptop was do old nothing would update and it said u used all my memory but there's nothing in it your a God sent

[@ligakaktina476]

i'm trying to install mint 19.3 but first of all, take out the installation medium doesn't appear and if i leave it boots up from the live usb. please help somebody :(

[@Xaikra]

Thank you very much for this tutorial. It managed to make a painfully slow 12 years-old notebook halfway usable again.

[@gajendrakc813]

I already had a windows 10 and I decided the dual boot option so that I can have a fallback plan if anything goes wrong. Everything is working well but when I restart my PC it boots to windows 10 directly without asking. How can I make Linux Mint the default OS so that it directly boots to Linux when I restart ? Thanks for the excellent tutorial.

[@passingtime8700]

Hello, I've got an error when trying to boot Linux Mint Cinnamon: end kernel panic not syncing no working init found try passing init= option to kernel ... This is on a Thinkpad T480 and it came with windows 10 pro

[@jerf5038]

So I haven’t done it yet but I have a 5 ish year old laptop that’s pretty slow but I plan to pop a 500gb ssd and install Linux mint on it and hopefully breathe some new life. I’ll update everyone once it’s done and if I remember lol

[@nexusduncan2831]

did you do it????

[@jerf5038]

@@nexusduncan2831 not yet unfortunately. I use that old laptop for my job now and I can’t really mess with it. But what I’m planning to do is put Linux in my main desktop pc thru a usb or an ssd. Or I’ll use Linux thru a usb on my laptop when I’m at home so work doesn’t interfere

[@hugogarcia292]

Thanks for this guide. I am a little rusty on re imaging a computer but with this guide I was able to do it properly.

[@siddhantsingh6578]

I have acer aspire 3, that welcome menu didn't pop up, and after I restarted it said to remove installation device and press enter, I did it but then it showed no bootable device.

[@mohnishbaker1792]

Hi Loved your video but I have a problem. I installed and selected erase and install and now the partitions of my harddisk are not visible and I cant open my harddisk and also pendrive. It says cant mount location. Please help me.

[@PeterHill_PJH]

Brilliant tutorial. Simple and straightforward. Thanks you. Have repurposed my EeePC 32 Bit.

[@TheREALJosephTurner]

If you're trying to install Mint on an old HP Pavilion DV7 and your install keeps crashing, remove your USB drive from the right side port and plug it into the left side port. Had this issue with the right ports on three different laptops, and using the left side port worked every time.

[@Rudygiulianisfrumpybooty]

I’m at the install menu and when I restart the computer when it says it’s done the cd icon is still there, what do I do?

[@tadaasam2036]

after selecting mint usb , my screen goes black with a lm sign. how long do i have to wait for desktop to appear on screen?

[@nikolozkharshiladze7240]

Really easy and straightforward! Thanks!

[@Navili502]

Universal USB did not work for me. My dell laptop was telling me there was not a bootable disk. I used rufus instead of Universal and that seemed to do the trick.

[@nickrees5762]

just completed this, got a lenovo thinkpad 120s, pressed f2 and it takes me into the set uo=p menu, but whe i preess enter on usb, it doesnt react, any help appreciated

[@tastysnack1]

I have fedora installed on an old ideapad. Don't care for and I want to replace it with another Mint. I made the install thumbrive. I rearranged in BIOS to boot from the flashdrive. Nothing happens. It goes to the boot screen says press F2 to enter bios or f12 to boot menu. I restart. Press F12, selec by usb drive and then all I have is a blank screen. No menu, no errors, just a blank screen. Fedora works well with it but just don't like the plain look. Any suggestions?

[@AperiOculos1]

Great tutorial, worked first go on an old lenovo ideapad 100, it runs as good as a new decent laptop

[@carolneuberger2865]

Wonderful vid. Your speech is exceptional, slow, and so darn clear!!!!!!!

[@luigidimeo7624]

Hello, so i have some trouble, after waiting 3 hours for installing Linux mint cinamon when the pc restart nothing happens, and the usb disk doesn’t work, now when i try to access appears error that the usb is not in the computer. Please help me

[@gcdesignchris6247]

what to do wen you have download it form the site and isent unzipt , i wanne burn it on a dvdrw, on at my windows laptop, for that i can install it on a old windows vista desktop

[@baghersingh6671]

I've an issue with my pc. I've installed Ubuntu+windows 10 (dual boot) .. Now it is showing error "No such partitions" But as I use Linux cinnamon bootable usb.. It is showing all drives(partitions) containing data..which are not showing during windows 10 installation. What should I do now.. Do i install Linux ???

[@BIMMERKID2]

If I am running the live session via USB then install onto the hard drive then why when it shuts down and reboots says thereo is error booting or finding a boot device even after it's installed to the hard drive. Can't get it to boot after I run install off the USB

[@davidbrandt6925]

I had a problem installing. I have a Toshiba laptop with a new one terrabite hard drive. The install seemed to go ok, but after restarting i got the message "something went terribly wrong." Could someone help please? Thank you!

[@matrixilluminati1132]

thanks, you just made my old no OS computer come to life again.

[@Namibal204]

will i be able to format the usb afterwards or no?

[@starshangeeth9507]

I install kali linux but when i go to the installation step it doesn't show the hard drive my laptop is asus vivo book x513. Please help me to solve this problem

[@aroop37]

What is considered an older laptop? Would cinnamon Linux version be adequate for Acer Aspire 5742 running windows 7?

[@valhalla1999]

Bro I tried to install Linux mint cinnamon on my lenovo ideapad gaming 3 with nvidia drivers I got nouveau errors, though I tried ''nomodeset'' & ''nouveau.modset=0'' I am still stuck,,, pls help....

[@White_Tiger93]

my laptop only have one hard disk which is 500GB, have two partition on it the Disk C and the Disk D drive, C drive where I usually install OS but how do you configure Linux Mint to not to delete other partition drive D while installing on drive C? I have data/ games on drive D so...

[@ferdoushossain2475]

Ok can I install it like normal windows where we save all the other programmes and files in the other drives formating only the c drive???????

[@Maarlooonnn]

I have a laptop with broken screen connect via hdmi to a desktop screen and i can’t do this cus i can’t see any of the start up screen it says no signal the whole time then turns on when it’s gotten on to the menu is there any settings I can change to see the start up screen ?

[@stevebrown1816]

Instead of using a USB stick could I use a HD that I have taken out from a previous laptop?

[@fifisboy]

Followed your instructions and it worked perfectly :) altho I installed LMDE4 edition as my system is 32bit and the pendrivelinux app u recomeded doesn't have the Debian version of Mint, so had to choose other, at the bottom of the list. Thanks for your help :)

[@vault8127]

I've plugged the drive but its not even showing it

[@lorettacaputo6997]

I have an older Dell desk top computer that is running windows xp. I am going to install Linux mint. The original desktop did not have wifi capabilities to connect to the internet. Once the linux operating system is installed, will I be able to use a thumb a drive wifi access dongle to now connect to the internet via wifi?

[@abhishekgupta6811]

For some reason my pc showing error while booting root directory not found or something of that sort. Worked after I used Yumi instead of Universal USB Installer.

[@milanspasojevic1244]

Hi. It was helpful until i was not, i did everything as it is in video insted of linux i got usb drive that i cant access and deleted windows. What now?

[@pedrosretrogamefinds]

Man you made it so easy to follow! Thanks so much for this! :)

[@giovannislasagna]

I chose to delete Windows 10 and erase all my data making Linux Mint: Mate my only OS. When I rebooted, I clicked in First Steps and chose the Nvidia graphics driver to update to the OS, after rebooting again, I got a weird black screen like a command box with white texts that ran across. It was called GNU Grub and it seemed like it needed me to type in a code. I dont know what to do. I only use my laptop for games and Netflix 😰 lol Also, my keyboard and mouse don't work

[@letsnotdothat975]

Oof if you use a laptop for games you probably should have kept windows with linux. If you've figured out your issue, you can still set up a vm for gaming. I cant help ya with the other question but yeah

[@22doulos22]

Has anything much changed if I want to install Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.3? (I am Not a computer person. I survived installing 19.2 two years ago and want to update.)

[@sorchaoreilly2633]

Thanks! How big a USB drive is needed? Is an 8GB RAM fine for Cinnamon if you are also keeping windows? I'd a computer before that I think got to the boot menu by holding Ctrl+Alt+Delete so that may be worth trying for some!

[@stuffbymax]

Hi i have problem installing linux mint it saying something about kernel

[@impyworm115]

Did you have to create a partition to allocate space to Linux Mint? Is it a good practice? I'm thinking of doing so, but my Windows 7 laptop has 220gb left, and allows me to only create a partition of size 110gb max, but I'm afraid that won't be enough space for the stuff I do on Windows as well as the stuff I'll do in the future on Linux Mint

[@harryricardo8215]

So before i install linux, i got a question. Apparently i got 1GB Ram Laptop and i'm not sure on which operating system i should go with. Should i pick 32bit or the 64bit? Also planning on to download Cinnamon kek.

[@lkbj64]

Hi sorry you are very clear but in my boot manager the usb pen drive don t appears, l can see only windows boot manager. Any advice? Thanks