Linux Mint Tips & Tricks

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Linux Mint tutorial, covering desktop customization and scaling, menu functionality and configuration, fonts, using Microsoft web apps, Timeshift, and NVIDIA graphics drivers.
Linux Mint can be downloaded from: linuxmint.com/download.php
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The link for Microsoft Office web apps is:
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And you can find my review and guide to Linux Mint 21 here:
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Customization
04:19 Menu
07:21 Fonts
11:36 Microsoft 365 Web Apps
12:56 Timeshift
15:09 NVIDIA GPUs
17:11 Wrap
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@energymarketchile 7 ай бұрын

As an IT person, I've been exposed to almost all popular desktops: Mac, Atari, Windows, Linux, etc. My favourite has been Linux Mint since its earlier versions. One of the best, if not the best Desktop OS currently. I've helped many people to discover Linux, too. Thanks, Chris, for making this excellent tutorial.

@brunob.7792 7 ай бұрын

c'mon man, it does not have comparison to windows ecosystem quality...you know that....why you keep saying linux is better?

@dermond 7 ай бұрын

@@brunob.7792because he likes Linux, me too

@ExplainingComputers 7 ай бұрын

I think in terms of desktop and menu customization and function alone, Linux Mint Cinnamon beats Windows 10 and 11 hands down (and I use all three most days).

@John.0z 7 ай бұрын

@@brunob.7792 For myself - because I have a Linux machine that has been running at 100% 24X7 for nearly a year. And that reboot was caused by a power interruption. When using Windows, it does well to manage a week without something needing intervention. By the way, my experience spans from IBM OS360, CDC Kronos, DEC RSX, PDP Unix, Fujitsu OS4 F4 mainframe OSs, then all the "favourite" MS variants (with increasing numbers of gaps out of disgust). I am much happier with Mint Linux on my main machine than I was when I ran Windows. Don't ask my opinion on Win10!

@simonzinc-trumpetharris852 7 ай бұрын

@@brunob.7792 Because it is. Windows is full of unnecessary junk and inefficient coding. I dumped it years ago.

@Beryesa. 7 ай бұрын

Another tip for desktop customisation, you can just log out and log back in instead of rebooting! It'll still restart the whole gui.

@ExplainingComputers 7 ай бұрын

A very good point. :)

@stuartm5745 7 ай бұрын

Here's a little tip that applies to the Linux terminal: When the terminal asks for operator input, for example "Y/n" to ask for "yes" or "no", often the choice will have one upper-case letter, which signifies that that is the default choice. If the default is what is wanted then it is not necessary to enter any text - just press "Enter" to select the default choice (see 8:43). Sometimes both choices will be shown lower-case. In that case there is no default and the choice must be entered (case insensitive).

@elorrambasdo5233 7 ай бұрын

TIL why the y is Y

@kote315 7 ай бұрын

Fun fact: on Russian and Ukrainian keyboards, the English key "y" (which means "yes") corresponds to the Russian letter "н", which means "нет", i.e. "no"😄

@hopelessdecoy 7 ай бұрын

I didn't know this! Great tidbit!

@nickf3242 7 ай бұрын

Man. Sometimes it pays to read the comments. Excellent tip:)

@bramfran4326 7 ай бұрын

Well, I though it was capital Y because they were thinking that a new sentence begins inside the square brackets. In all honesty, how I am I suuposed to guess this?!

@Bhethar 12 күн бұрын

I think the EU should push for Linux to be adopted more in work and school environments. Linux was historically considered hard for beginners but OS like Mint really make it easy to switch over. What’s best, Linux Mint is free, safe, easy to use and open source.

@anthonymccarthy4164 7 ай бұрын

As I turned on my computer this morning I thought, I think I should go back to Mint and here's the verification of that. It reminds me of the story of the old Maine farmer who went into a computer store, having decided it was time he learned about these computers. He asked the eager young salesmen to show him his best computer. "This model is so up to date that it can answer any question." If you stump it, it's free. "Ha," the farmer thought, " he said, "Ask it where my father is." The salesman typed in the question and the answer came back, "He's fishing on Moosehead Lake." "Ha," the farmer said, "My father was buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery nine years ago." The salesman was nervous and said, "Maybe if we ask it more specifically." "Ask it where Ethan Sumner sr. is." He typed it in and the computer said, "Ethan Sumner sr.'s buried in the Pine Hill Cemetery and your father just caught a trout. "

@randyvanheusden732 Ай бұрын

I am a IT person and have been working with computers for 50 years. I have worked with nearly every OS that you can imagine even before DOS, OS/2, and Windows. I am a Linux Mint MATE user, and appreciate the video here. I will be looking at many more like it.

@YoStu242 25 күн бұрын

I also installed Mate edition and was wondering about strange taskbar behaviour. For example when I have applications A and B open (app A on top) and I click start menu open, after that I can't click straight to app B on the taskbar but it starts flashing app A and I have to click that first. Is it normal for Mate taskbar work like this? To me it feels a bit restricting.

@delayedcreator4783 21 күн бұрын

@@YoStu242 started using mint mate the day before yesterday , i switched to mint cinnamon yesterday, i feel like mint mate is a bit unstable compared to mint cinnamon , just my opinion

@YoStu242 20 күн бұрын

@@delayedcreator4783 Yeah I think I'm going to switch to Cinnamon too because there's too much weirdness going on with Mate.

@gregcampwriter 7 ай бұрын

I've been using Cinnamon Mint for over two years now. The few problems that have come up have been easy to solve, and for the most part, everything just works. Using my computer is no longer a battle. It's instead a partnership.

@cstuartcook9390 4 ай бұрын

I'm watching this on a Dell laptop that Ive had for 5 years. Its been useless taking forever to load up and constantly running updates slowly. Loaded Mint Cinammon and have done more in the last week on it than Ive managed in the last five years. It does everything I want it to do brilliantly. So easy to modify and personalise. Still like my Mac as well but this is just fantastic.

@ExplainingComputers 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic.

@fredwupkensoppel8949 5 ай бұрын

I'm a sysadmin. I've done my fair share of distro-hopping when I first started using Linux (way before my career) and now together with my professional training, I can in theory use whatever Unix-like, Unix-based or whatever OS to do my job BUT I use Mint on my work laptop because I need something that just works without hassle.

@badaburner 7 ай бұрын

I have been using Linux mint for over 10 years now. It is very matured setup. And it works right first time and every time

@supersync101-wj2mu 21 сағат бұрын

explainingcomputers is like a 2012ish style youtuber! i love it

@technoWZ5598 7 ай бұрын

As a daily Linux Mint user, I find this incredibly useful!

@gaptastic 7 ай бұрын

I currently use Pop!_Os on my system76 laptop. I've used Mint in the past and really liked it. After watching this video, if I ever have to rebuild my laptop I think I'm go back to Mint with Cinnamon. That menu is awesome! Thanks for sharing!!!

@fiafan 7 ай бұрын

Please tell Mr. Scissors that we are glad he is safe and well and I hope he recovers quickly from the evil sticky tape incident!

@BendyLemmy 7 ай бұрын

If you install Mint with BTRFS on your system drive, snapshots are instant and are restored instantly with a reboot - since using BTRFS I now keep 3 HOURLY snapshots, as well as a couple of daily and a weekly snapshot too - in addition to a daily backup via rsync to my storage disk.

@freckhard 7 ай бұрын

Changing UI configurations don't necessarily need a reboot - right clicking the taskbar → investigate errors → restart cinnamon mostly does the trick :-)

@CCoburn3 7 ай бұрын

I use Mint because it works right out of the box. I realize that some applications (such as video production) require changing the look of the interface. I’m glad Mint allows that sort of thing, even though I don’t use the options. And it’s great to have a video showing how it is done in case anyone wants to make changes.

@NoirpoolSea 7 ай бұрын

Could you elaborate on the video production angle? I'm helping a friend transition over from Windows and a video editor is what he most needs. (He previously used Vegas Pro under Windows..)

@hectorruiz5270 7 ай бұрын

@@NoirpoolSeaI second this request

@frankfriedlos3721 7 ай бұрын

I think that "if it ain't broke don't fix it" is sound advice not only for video drivers, but throughout Linux, especially if you're a novice or you can end up spinning down a very deep dark rabbit hole. I speak from experience.

@klaxoncow 7 ай бұрын

I think the thing with Linux, for users that like to tinker, is that because it's open source, you absolutely can. If you want to customise it, you can. If you want to mess with the config files, you can. Heck, if you want to dive into the source code and recompile your own kernel, you can. There are no locks nor limits with open source. It's all there, and it's all yours. BUT, of course, just because you can, does not mean it's wise to do so. You play with this, you play with that and, oh dear, that's not what I wanted at all. Umm, why is it so unstable now? Now that I've changed that, I don't like it, so how do I change it back? I'm halfway through this process, but now I don't know what to do. You're right. The "tinkering" rabbit hole with open source software is, basically, a bottomless pit, if you let yourself fall down it. "I just wanted to change the size of my icons. I'm now the chief maintainer of XWayland. Somehow. Send help." Yes, the first Linux distro I had, I hacked and reconfigured to death. It was very unstable. So I blanked it, reinstalled the distro and now I don't change anything about the default "out of the box" configuration unless I really have to. (But, that said, I don't mess with things on my home machine. Because the other good thing with Linux is, if you've got a spare machine, then let that one be the one where you mess around and break everything to learn what's what. What's that crude saying? "Don't shit on the floor where you live". Your daily driver? Don't mess. Your spare "lab" machine? Mess all you like, break it and just reinstall again.)

@christopherjackson2157 7 ай бұрын

If it ain't broke.... Just wait until next major update lol The number of times I've had to repair nvidia graphics drivers after an update.... On all flavours of linux

@frankfriedlos3721 7 ай бұрын

Quite so. I made a USB stick full install as my experimentation platform.

@dylanwilsonYT 7 ай бұрын

Very useful video Chris! I've been daily driving Linux Mint for just over 6 months now, it's a really great operating system and never interrupts me in the way that windows does.

@ohrun3106 7 ай бұрын

I agree, and also the fact you can run it straight off a USB drive on other PCs.

@Matt-kl1pg 7 ай бұрын

A note of caution on using Timeshift: The snapshots take up a LOT of room, so only keep as few as you really need. I made the mistake of asking it to store too many and it completely filled up the hard drive, to the point where it wouldn't even boot up linux because the drive was completely full. Thankfully I still had my install USB to hand so I booted from that and fixed things. Nowadays I prefer to just to backup important files to USB, rather than using Timeshift, and if ever the whole system goes wrong I'll just reinstall from fresh. FYI I'm using it on an old laptop with a small HD, but I guess I'm not the only one out there who uses linux on an older laptop. You do what's best for you, but just keep an eye on how much space your backups are taking up. EDIT: With hindsight I realise that I was probably not using the correct settings for my computer, so perhaps this is a cautionary tale to read the helpfile before diving in.

@bramfran4326 7 ай бұрын

Hehehe, happy little accidents of computing 😁

@OzzieKev 7 ай бұрын

Better to backup to an external drive. The first snapshot save the entire internal hard disc. Subsequent snapshots add new and changed files, taking up minimal extra space.

@mimimmimmimim 7 ай бұрын

One more thing. USB flash drives nowadays, errr, do not trust them. Those FTL bugs are everywhere, I encrypt everything I write on the drives so when it comes down to RMA I am able to.. You pay premium for a 256 GB drive which is not even 256 and you end up with a read only key chain toy.

@brunoais 7 ай бұрын

Unless you use in Btrfs mode. In which case it only uses exactly as much as it is necessary for the whole data.

@gelfling6 7 ай бұрын

You can set Timeshift to output the backups to an external drive. my main drive is a 640gb which I have yet to fill past 25%, but an external USB 4tb . NEVER trust a SSD for backups.

@Musicman-50 7 ай бұрын

I'm a retired Network Administrator and started using Linux Mint a couple years ago. It's an excellent distro. But I had no idea how customizable it was. Thank you for this eye opening tutorial. As always your videos are very much appreciated. 👍😊

@lesliedeana5142 7 ай бұрын

When I can get mint running on aPi 5, life will be complete!

@happy_apple 7 ай бұрын

you cant run mint but you can ubuntu

@ExplainingComputers 7 ай бұрын

Yes, ARM Mint would be nice. :)

@SchoolforHackers 7 ай бұрын

I’d be an instant adopter.

@thesaigoneer 7 ай бұрын

Finally a distribution review that adds value instead of just blabbing about. Clarifying, with useful tips. Even for me, the not-using-Mint-anymore user. Thanks a lot Christopher!

@mimireich 7 ай бұрын

I recently restarted my Linux path. I'm using this Linux Mint and thanks for the tutorial sir :D

@skf957 7 ай бұрын

Another very useful and informative video Chris - thank you. Around 7 months ago I made the switch from W10 to LM - and find it an absolute joy to use. To me a big difference is that Windows seems to exist for the benefit of MS first and foremost, whereas everything in Mint is for the benefit of the user. No bloat, no ads, no directing me to crappy online accounts, no telemetry - the list goes on. Although I've wanted to get away from Windows for years, a problem for me was my reliance on Outlook and a historical .pst file of almost 11GB. To get around that I run W11 as a VM using VirtualBox on Mint - but only every couple of weeks or so when I need (REALLY need) to access an old email. Then I'm straight out and back to the sanity and simplicity of LM.

@mikerothery 7 ай бұрын

Why not move all the data in your PST files to work under Thunderbird. Thunderbird is available on all platforms so even if you ever had to go back to Windows, you wouldn't be stuck in that Outlook trap. Thunderbird is continually being updated. I think thatit is well worth the effort of migrating from Outlook to Thunderbird - I did it years ago - even before I moved to Linux. It is messy using a Virtualbox just to run your email applications. I also moved away from Virtualbox to KVMs - Chris - how about a video on KVMs using VirtManager as opposed to Virtualbox.

@skf957 7 ай бұрын

@@mikerothery Apologies, I should have been clearer. I do use (and like) Thunderbird as my "live" email client on LM. The W11 / Outlook / VirtualBox is just for referencing old emails if and when required. I did look at converting the entire .pst file to Thunderbird, (running under W10 at that point), but despite the docs saying it can be done, it actually can't. Well, I couldn't. I got to the point of having to go via a middle-man piece of s/w, and gave up as I had no confidence in it being reliable for something of that size. I very rarely need the old Outlook emails so my current setup seems to work pretty well for me. But I appreciate your input.

@nickf3242 7 ай бұрын

I've converted a couple of my older netbooks to Linux Mint after upgrading to an SSD based on your past videos. As a lifetime Windows user, I find Mint very intuitive. I'm excited to transition more and more to open source and alternative options to the large corporations and embrace the community driven world. I can't wait for more Risc-V stuff in the future! This video was a great addition to arsenal of education content. I still learned something even if it was a small setting in a menu I was unaware of. Thank you sir for your contribution to the community:)

@WalterW 7 ай бұрын

Mint is my favorite distro. Thanks, Chris

@guntcheck 7 ай бұрын

For dual boot, I would add 2 bits of advice. 1) Turn off Windows fast boot, it can lock the windows drive as read only when in Linux. 2) run the command to make Linux use the system clock the same way Windows does. If you don't, then everytime you go back to Windows, the time will be out of sync. The command is 'timedatectl'

@Bob-1802 7 ай бұрын

Aaaah! Thanks! I had the same issue, Windows showing the wrong time when I boot it. I never bother to investigate further as I boot Windows once a month.

@shib5267 7 ай бұрын

or make windows use utc like a normal person. It's gonna mess with your cronjobs otherwise

@terrydaktyllus1320 7 ай бұрын

The last thing I would do is suggest that anyone new to Linux tries to build a dual boot system - if you end up trashing the Windows side of your PC, you will end up blaming Linux for it and probably never try it again. I've used Linux since 1996, my distro of choice has been Gentoo Linux for 20 years now but when I help newbies build systems, I normally recommend Mint to them. It's perfectly possible to have a good Linux experience on any Core 2 Duo or better machine with 4GB RAM from 2007 or afterwards, bearing in mind that there is the "lite" version of Mint with XFCE desktop. Getting hold of such a machine can be done cheaply, many people may have such a machine in their attic or loft, and if you build such a machine then you can take time learning Linux without affecting your daily driver machine which can continue running Windows as long as you need it to.

@KomradeMikhail 7 ай бұрын

@@terrydaktyllus1320 Did you watch Chris' previous video right here on this channel from about 2 months ago, all about setting up Dual-Boot ? It's not like back in the old days on Legacy BIOS, when you had to chainload the Win bootloader through Grub bootloader from an extended FAT partition on a primary drive with MBR. These days you can have Linux and Windoze live completely separately, on two different drives and never see eachother. It's literally as simple as install each OS to it's own unique physical drive. Switch between them using your UEFI Boot Manager.

@terrydaktyllus1320 7 ай бұрын

@@KomradeMikhail My recommendation to newbie users as a Linux user since 1996 myself remains unchanged - despite your protestations to the contrary. If you disagree with me, so be it.

@davidwayne9982 3 ай бұрын

I just came back to MINT after "distro-hopping" for a LONG time.. (years) and switched to LMDE6 and just LOVE it.. so much nicer than the original mint I started on LONG time ago.. THANK YOU- needed this.. I lost an eye recently- haven't fully adjusted yet-- so MISSED some of the things you pointed out.. THANKS AGAIN... your videos are always PERFECT-- simple- straight forward- NOT wordy or full of fluff and chatter.. just precise instructions said simply and directly... GREAT VIDEOS..

@warrenscorner 7 ай бұрын

I abandoned Windows when they came out with Vista. What were they thinking? I switched to a MacBook Pro which worked well for a long time. Every upgrade of the OS seemed to make my 2010 MacBook Pro run slower and slower. I then decided to load Linux Mint on it and to my surprise I have a functioning laptop again. Thank you so much for the Linux videos.

@RoboNuggie 7 ай бұрын

Some very useful tips there Chris, thank you! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

@ExplainingComputers 7 ай бұрын

Greetings, and thanks for your support. :)

@shenidan2023 26 күн бұрын

Another excellent video describing some key features in a super quick and digestible format

@srtcsb 7 ай бұрын

Mint has been my daily OS for a while now. This is a very nice resource for customizing and tweaking it. Thanks for another great video Chris.

@lodunost 10 күн бұрын

Getting my stepdad into using Linux Mint. This is a good teachable experience that he can reference. Good video thank you very much. I hope that I can get my step dad into ARCH Linux in the future but familiarity I think is best for someone starting.

@alanthornton3530 7 ай бұрын

Hi Chris a happy Sunday to you. I've used Linux Mint for several years now but you've shown me tips I'd never come across before so thank you for that! Timeshift I use regularly it's helped me out of a hole several times in the past. Now I always take a manual snapshot especially before updating the Kernel or Nvidia drivers. I had a system crash a few weeks ago caused by a new Kernel, it didn't take long to restore & switch back to a previous kernel :) One tip: after a Timeshift snapshot you can double click in the comments field & label it as a reminder. All in all an excellent video!!

@happy_apple 7 ай бұрын

i use linux mint as my daily driver.thank you

@ahmseb 7 ай бұрын

I'de like to to your great video a simple information you can install multiple fonts at once to your linux system by simply creating a folder in your home folder with name .fonts and make sure to add the dot before the word fonts then copy all of your fonts there and they shall appear in your fonts list. Finally thank you Chris for your great videos it's my favourite weekly routine watching them, keep on good work.👍

@k.b.tidwell 7 ай бұрын

I like that in the Menu, programs can be uninstalled quickly with a right-click. It makes things very efficient at initial setup when getting rid of things I don't need. Mint was my very first toe-in-the-water Linux distro, and here after over 40 other experimental installs, I'm back. I'll always look for something "better", but so far I haven't found it. LMDE6 is a great parallel development project, but it's not quite to my taste yet. Having gone through a time where I enjoyed rummaging through Linux's basement to get everything just how I want it, I do enjoy Mint's completeness and thoughtful feature additions beyond plain Debian. It saves me a lot of time in setting up production machines for sure. Having released my bated breath after learning that Mr. Scissors is indeed safe and well after the infamous Sticky Old Tape fiasco, I'll say that even though I've thoroughly learned all of the video's points long ago, I also thoroughly enjoyed the video...as always.

@johnbee1574 7 ай бұрын

Iv been using Linux mint for years , mainly thanks to this channel.

@johnhoog 5 ай бұрын

Dear Chris, thanks for this Linux Mint tutorial, I am a big fan of Linux Mint.. Today I found out about LMDE 6, I installed it on my Lenove 2in1and was blown away by its performance and silky smooth appearance.. My next step is to install LMDE6 on my Apple Mac mini, the test drive went very well today.. No reason for anybody to stay with Windoze or Apple OS.. Looking forward to your review of LMDE 6..

@jinty83 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic video Chris, I loved the how you covered all of the different ways you like to setup the system and the various options Linux Mint has for doing so. I have installed it on quite a few pcs for friends after their windows installation was slowing things down. It runs extremely well on systems 10+ years old, especially if you add a cheap 2.5" ssd. I run it on my laptop as it is so stable and I use the online office apps for work files that require compatability. I'm glad such a distro exists as it has definitely made it easier for many people to cross over into Linux without having to completely change the way they work. This video will hopefully be one that many refer to when trying Linux Mint for the first time. It's a great tutorial. 😄

@asimms65 7 ай бұрын

LM has been my daily driver for a few years now. I have steered Windows people to LM whenever possible as it has the best learning curve possible in my opinion.

@lyiusapangolin 3 ай бұрын

As someone planning to move to LMDE soon and away from windows, this video is extremely helpful. I am so happy that installing fonts on LM is as easy as it is shown in this video, because it means installing all the fonts I already use will be very straight forward! I love the customisation options shown, though I would likely have to look through them myself to see what I would use in specific. I also like how you showed both the terminal and package manager ways to install specific programs, it helps show that the terminal isn't nearly as complex as it seems. Snapshots are incredible, and will help tons for ensuring that there's always a restore point.

@trevorford8332 7 ай бұрын

Another excellent video, Chris!! I just had to reinstall Mint a few days ago, the trouble I had with the secure boot was when I went to reboot the OS, it wouldn't recognise any of my hardware until I issued this command "sudo grub-install /dev/sda1 --no-uefi-secure-boot" but had leave the secure boot on for it to work, thank god, 😊

@FalconWing1813 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Tips on the windows fonts. Always had that issue when going from Linus to Microsoft OS with documents. Huge help.

@thewatcher5271 6 ай бұрын

Hey Man, Somehow This One Slipped Through The Cracks. I Have A Computer Running It Through Our Old TV (To Make It Smarter) & It's Never Missed A Beat. Thank You.

@alevans51 7 ай бұрын

I am a real Linux Mint user and it's incredibly flexible and fast.

@i.setyawan 7 ай бұрын

Nice one, Chris! As a Linux user who's just recently went back to Linux Mint, I do find this video useful. I 'left' Linux Mint a couple of years ago due to some instabilities I had with, I think, Mint 20. I switched distro but later found out that in my case the instability could be corrected by using certain boot options. After 21.2 is released, I decided to test those options on a Mint live session and found that it seems to work also. I'm now back to Mint and so far my system has been rock solid. Please do give us more on this topic.

@marcdraco2189 7 ай бұрын

Happy Sunday Chris. Might I ask if you could do a video on "Clear Linux" (what another distro)? It's not that I'm a distro-hopper but Clear only works on Intel processors and it runs very quickly indeed in my experience compared to other distros and Windows (naturally). It's rolling and doesn't support a huge amount of software but the important ones for power users (development, office, Blender, etc.) are all there. The speed different is truly palpable.

@Martin4982 7 ай бұрын

I have a Potato of a laptop, Toshiba with a 2 Core Celeron B800 Processor and 4Gb's of RAM. It came with Win 7 Home, and close to 2020, I switched it to Windows 10, it ran ok, but later Windows bloated the laptop and was almost unusable with 100% cpu utilization and HDD was reading/writing non-stop. Then I learned about Linux. First OS i used was Zorin which I learned about on this channel (Thanx Chris). I later tried a lot of variants, even arch based, but I found myself coming back to debian based OS'es. I'm now running Linux Mint XFCE on this laptop and it does the basics very good... (youtubing, documents, emails, web browsing). This Laptop was manufactured in 2010, and now 13 years later, still not in the dump, thanx to Linux. I'm now considering switching my Win10 Desktop to Linux when Win10 EOL's in 2025... Not going to 11 or 12... Thank You CHRIS for your informative Linux reviews and other videos, Sunday afternoons the TV is reserved for Explaining Computers....

@johncundiff7075 7 ай бұрын

I'm currently using the "Dual Boot" Windows and Linux I saw in one of your previous vids. I find myself wanting to use Mint more and more!! Many of my computer customers are also getting more and more used to Mint. Slowly but surely, people will see the sensibility of Linux!!! Thanks for all you do Sir!

@TomMannCenturia 7 ай бұрын

I've been using Linux Mint on my old Laptop for a few years and its very user friendly, i don't really miss windows at all now. I learnt a few new useful tips from this video, so many thanks.

@user-gz9mw3yr2x 7 ай бұрын

Chris thanks linux mint is a very solid community base DE and indeed they deserve a special place among people !

@JohnMatthew1 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. I've always been a fan of Mint, but never really used it all the time. This video really helps.

@breadmoth6443 7 ай бұрын

overall Linux Mint is great and this is coming from a Slackware user. I would prefer LMDE though, and imo I think the devs should just outright drop the ubuntu base and just focus on the debian base of Linux Mint fully. It would make sense anyways, as ubuntu will most likely keep pushing snaps and other annoyances which caused the devs to add debian as their base "just in case" . Again to reiterate, they should just drop ubuntu and Linux Mint should just be debian-based - i think it would serve Linux Mint much better in the long run anyways

@VinylRescue 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the Font installation!! In the past couple of weeks I've made Linux Mint my main OS and Windows 11 my secondary.

@cerescop 6 ай бұрын

Good information, thanks for making this video. I went to Linux Mint on one of my computers and have been enjoying the time I spend there.

@Maxume 7 ай бұрын

It would take some really catastrophic event to make me hop to another distro from Mint. For me, the strength of Mint lies in the little optimizations and quality of life improvements that the Mint team does to the distro. Personally, I prefer the XFCE flavour as it integrates seamlessly for me in terms of muscle memory, when jumping between Windows and Linux machines.

@limpa756 7 ай бұрын

I wish they'd hurry up with getting it in wayland, XFCE is so much better and far more modular than mate and cinnamon but it lacks a lot of nice modern features

@markconger8049 7 ай бұрын

Your tip is especially noticeable on other distros that use Cinnamon such as Debian 12. It is lacking some of the finer points present in Mint.

@fbushphone 2 ай бұрын

Really useful to me as I've just installed the 32bit version on an old Dell machine to replace MS Vista to show my grandchildren Python programming. Thank you for sharing.

@thabophadi 7 ай бұрын

Linux mint, a perfect daily driver indeed to be considered 😮, thank you uncle Chris😊

@mrbrent62 7 ай бұрын

I am also an IT person and love Linux Mint. We scrap old Laptops when they are 5 years old, I will take a laptop and format the ssd and put Linux on it and use on my desk. For a windows guy it works perfectly and I’m able to run open source programs without fear of putting them on my work computer. At home I use both Mac and Linux. In fact the other day I found Mint has a guest function if someone wants to use your computer. It keeps them out of your stuff and deletes itself when they log off.

@JessicaFEREM 2 ай бұрын

one way to make sure your documents run with the correct fonts when sharing, make sure to enable "store fonts in the file" or "embedded fonts" something along those lines. In libreoffice, you go to File > properties > fonts > Embed Fonts in the document You have to do this per-document in libreoffice there is a way to do it in MSWord as well but I forgot how to do it.

@dovix 7 ай бұрын

My favorite distro! Thank you for the tips, some really looked useful and I would definitely use them!

@awesomearizona-dino 7 ай бұрын

i just installed Linux Mint last week, these are great tips. thanks Chris.

@ryanqvincent144 7 ай бұрын

Excellent techniques to customize the 'usability' and backup of Linux Mint. Really useful. Thank you. :)

@Appalling68 7 ай бұрын

God I love Linux Mint. I discovered it I think about 7 years ago and have been a daily user ever since. Love this channel!

@tonykeltsflorida 7 ай бұрын

Linux Mint 21.2 on both computers. Windows 10 pro was the last windows I ever used. I can do anything I need in Linux.

@MrWobble666 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. I use mint on a old Dell laptop that was given to me. I've just learnt a couple of font and scaling tricks that make it much easier to view and use. Got to get around to taking the plunge and using it on my desktop PC sometime soon. Cheers!

@extremelydave 7 ай бұрын

Another awesome and useful video from Mr. B. Thanks for sharing your expertise Chris!!

@jeffreyallen1290 7 ай бұрын

I love Mint, it is the best OS that I've used since Vax VMS.

@legojenn 7 ай бұрын

I love your channel for the novel (to me) topics, but even when you cover things that I think I know, there is still something new. With my Mint install, I changed the desktop to a solid Windows NT turquoise and then install the apps I need and mounted my Google drive. Thanks aain!

@martyburgess341 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the info! You reminded me to check in on my Time Shift. I had wanted to create a new schedule but never got around to it till now.

@phrankus2009 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, Chris .. Not only for the useful tips but, also, for your confident faith in this practical distro. After about a year of research, my familiarity, with the overall landscape and plethora of popular distros has left me too confused to make a confident decision, as to a trustworthy daily driver. I am, now, confident in adopting MINT, because of my faith in YOUR pragmatism and experience. THAT, alone, is, by far, the most important and useful takeaway, for me and, all the rest, is just chocolate icing, on this layered torte. Many thanks, again, as chocolate is my favorite! I can now move on, with far less "doubtful anxiety" and THAT, Sir, is sincerely appreciated!

@ExplainingComputers 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for this. And I am replying from my Linux Mint daily driver. :)

@PS_Tube 7 ай бұрын

Greetings Chris B. As a long term user of Linux (having used different kinds of mainstream distros), I've always liked Mint for its no fuss setup. Instead of tweaking, one can dive right into their task on hand which is certainly an attractive option. With Edge edition it's become a great choice for those with latest hardware as well which is another attraction.

@rickster2317 7 ай бұрын

Excellent Reference video Chris! As always! This will go in my bookmarked "Reference" library as do many of your videos. As Windows keeps getting less and less software and hardware friendly, Linux Mint keeps getting more attractive. Thanks for all your hard work, and very useful videos.

@ericlawrence366 7 ай бұрын

Well said Rickster2317, As always, great reference material from Chris.

@jamesprocter102 7 ай бұрын

Great Job, Another wonderful video showing how easy and helpful linux can be for everyone.

@jasm817 7 ай бұрын

Excellent 👏🏻.. very helpful! .. Well done in demonstrating just how well this particular Linux distro is .. New life to an oldsr system ✌🏻

@jpmyers6950 7 ай бұрын

Great to see someone like you using Linux Mint. I think it's a superior distro. Thanks for the great video.

@gerrycrisostomo6571 7 ай бұрын

Very useful tips and tricks indeed. Thank you very much.

@henrik2117 7 ай бұрын

Yet another great vide! Thank you for sharing these tips and tricks 😊

@mikefinn2101 7 ай бұрын

Nice update and new information Peter thanks for your hard work and learning the new tips to share with me and others. Very Kind of you.

@igorperuchi2114 7 ай бұрын

Some of the shortcuts shown in this video do work at least partially in Linux Mint with Xfce. Thanks for the video, professor!

@ExplainingComputers 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome! :)

@dang48 7 ай бұрын

Great tips and thank you for this clear and easy to understand tutorial.

@StanSnaps 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Chris, big help for this new Linux Mint user.

@4Simmix4 7 ай бұрын

Ever since I had issues with my fully featured MS Office install I had two options. Either reset my computer/VDI or use the web versions of the office suite. As it was the easier thing to do I went the second route and now after months I see no need to go back. In fact I get earlier access to the newest features because our company is using the semi-annual channel for the old school office apps. Excited to see where this is leading.

@yitspaerl7255 5 ай бұрын

Thanks again for this excellent video. One thing about timeshift: One day or another, if you set it up to work scheduled, it will fill your disk completeley because there is no retention policy. So be aware ;)

@ExplainingComputers 5 ай бұрын

There is a retention policy -- as shown at 14:12 you set the number of weekly/daily/etc copies to keep. But granted, if you do not set these sensibly, it will indeed almost fill your disk up! :) (It will not completely fill up, something added as a fix in I think Linux Mint 20).

@yitspaerl7255 5 ай бұрын

Good to know. Thanks.@@ExplainingComputers

@sbc_tinkerer 7 ай бұрын

Blessed Sunday greetings Christopher and all concerned. I also use Linux Mint as my daily driver, and I’m quite comfortable with it. Funnily enough. I also did not know about the auto scrolling in the menu until I watched the video. I would say, I do nearly all of the tweaks that you performed on my own machine. Especially the fonts. I have never been a fan of many Linux fonts. I go for the SANS type and more squarish than the very round fonts which are ubiquitous in Ubuntu. Regarding not putting things on the desktop, I believe, clean and uncluttered is replacing functional and intuitive in computing, which can be sad. My own company has changed one of its websites where the entire menu bar where you could just quickly see at a glance what you needed is now hidden in a drop-down. I do not see the point of that since the bar still exists but is now empty. I am currently testing Mint Debian edition and liking it very much. I may even switch but that remains to be seen. Stay well my friends! Until we meet again!

@charlesbabbage2090 7 ай бұрын

Another very good episode, as usual ! 👍 On the LinuxMint subject (and Linux in general), it could be useful to explain Linux Volume Manager, and also how to protect personal data with partition encryption. Another interesting subject for Linux Mint users is the Flatpak software manager (and Snap for Ubuntu ones), how it works and how to manage applications with it. Thanks !

@dm747 7 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! This was very helpful for me.

@davidhamm5626 7 ай бұрын

I really like the tip for the USB file transfer....it will save a lot of time.

@isaactitus5014 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this vidoe you just showed me so very valuble tips I didnot know about.

@DouglasJenkins 7 ай бұрын

I'm a Linux Mint user since version 4.0! I switched from Windows in 2006.

@chriholt 7 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial Chris, thanks so much!

@MiBaTech107 6 ай бұрын

Great tutorial again. Thank you!

@zetectic7968 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Chris 😃 If ever Windows becomes too expensive to buy a license or if Windows 12 changes to a subscription model like Office 365 then I will definitely switch to Linux Mint. I do keep a copy on a USB drive as an emergency boot option in case of a major problem in Windows.

@MichelMorinMontreal 7 ай бұрын

Linux Mint has also been my daily driver for the past year, after Zorin, Ubuntu Mate, Xubuntu and Debian (I had a very hectic Distrohopping phase!)... Stability, reliability and ease of use are always at the top of the list. And, yes, the Cinnamon environment ajustment is limitless! I installed it on a high-performance ASUS All-in-One 4 years ago for a friend, and now I'm rediscovering its versatility. An enlightened choice for not bothering with Linux.

@cfbmoo1 7 ай бұрын

Huh.. thought I had those MS fonts installed. Got them installed. Also since I'm running an AMD GPU I don't have to worry about Nvidia graphics since the AMD drivers are out of the box. Been running Mint since Windows 11 launched and haven't looked back since. Nice video!

@muddyexport5639 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Professor. I also use Linux Mint. Distro hopped when I first moved from Windows. However, the more I read and watched videos it became apparent to just pick one and customize it to my liking. I liked the familiarity of Mint and have been using since 2016. (I will still spin up a VM and load a different distro just to see but I always return to the daily Mint/Cinnamon driver and be productive vs a snoop :~)

@Reziac 7 ай бұрын

Very useful for those of us who only use Mint occasionally, and haven't found all the obvious bits! Careful with how many Timeshift snapshots you keep, and be sure to exclude large files like videos and ISOs... I've found the durn thing is not smart about incrementals, and will fill up your HD like nothing else in no time flat. However, it does work to restore things!

@MichelMorinMontreal 7 ай бұрын

Indeed!