[SOLVED] Mint XFCE startup

[woodworm]

I have just downloaded, burnt the iso and booted the Mint XFCE live disk.

It all looks very good but I have not found the Welcome Screen and the wizard to enter Time, Country, Language etc.

Trying the email client worked Ok but there is no persistance.

What am I missing to get XFCE going, I would prefer to put it on a flash drive but first I have to get the live disk running properly.

Any help will be appreciated.

Cheers,
woodworm

[Pjotr]

I have just downloaded, burnt the iso and booted the Mint XFCE live disk.

It all looks very good but I have not found the Welcome Screen and the wizard to enter Time, Country, Language etc.

Trying the email client worked Ok but there is no persistance.

What am I missing to get XFCE going, I would prefer to put it on a flash drive but first I have to get the live disk running properly.

Any help will be appreciated.

Cheers,
woodworm

You have to install it on the hard disk first. That's all.

[woodworm]

Thanks Pjotr,

Will you please confirm that unlike MATE and CINNAMON, both of which run happily from a live DVD, XFCE has to run from the hard disk.

If required I will do this but I am reluctant to do so as this will mean Dual Booting. At some stage I will want to drop the dual booting but I do not want to risk dropping my XP until I am completely happy with Linux Mint.

1. Is the hard disk essential for XFCE
2. Is there a safe way to revert form Dual Boot to XP.

TIA,
woodworm

[Pjotr]

Thanks Pjotr,

Will you please confirm that unlike MATE and CINNAMON, both of which run happily from a live DVD, XFCE has to run from the hard disk.

It has nothing to do with Mate, Cinnamon or Xfce: a live DVD simply has no persistence. Can't have. A live session runs entirely and exclusively from the RAM. That's why you need a hard drive installation; a live session is only meant for "testing the water".

If required I will do this but I am reluctant to do so as this will mean Dual Booting. At some stage I will want to drop the dual booting but I do not want to risk dropping my XP until I am completely happy with Linux Mint.

1. Is the hard disk essential for XFCE
2. Is there a safe way to revert form Dual Boot to XP.

It's highly, even extremely unsafe to use Windows XP on the internet.
So I don't think you should be afraid of creating a dual boot with XP; you should be afraid of XP with internet connection.... Linux Mint offers you a free and secure solution for this grave security problem.

And yes, everything can be undone, including a dual boot.

[idtent]

If you have not considered doing so and want to get a feel for Linux while using Windows, consider using virtualization software (like Virtualbox or VMWare). This way you can experiment without risk to your Windows installation (hopefully - simply booting Windows is risky; which is why I use Windows when necessary, but rely on Linux).

[pcpunk]

woodworm, just do this and you will have a good system on USB to do whatever you want until you are ready. It will be just like having on HDD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKL1tmn-xC0

[woodworm]

Thanks to those who helped with advice.
I have dual booted Mint Xfce with XP and for the next few days I will be playing and learning.
No doubt there will be more questions later.

woodworm

[killer de bug]

That's a good thing you were able to dual boot without problems. Enjoy now!