Beginners Guide to Installing and Using Linux Mint 11

All Gurus once were Newbies
Forum rules
There are no such things as "stupid" questions. However if you think your question is a bit stupid, then this is the right place for you to post it. Please stick to easy to-the-point questions that you feel people can answer fast. For long and complicated questions prefer the other forums within the support section.
Before you post please read how to get help
Locked
User avatar
belovedmonster
Level 5
Level 5
Posts: 640
Joined: Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:34 pm

Beginners Guide to Installing and Using Linux Mint 11

Post by belovedmonster »

If you are new to Mint or Linux in general and want a simple user guide on how to use and install Mint without all the confusing jargon then please consult our User Guide:
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/ ... h_11.0.pdf

If you ask a question which is already covered in the guide you will simply be recommended to download the guide, so you are speeding up the process if you just read it in the first place. Although if something in the guide fails to make sense to you or you want more explanation then don't hesitate to ask it here on the forums, we will do our best to help you.

Welcome to the Linux Mint Community. 8)
Last edited by xenopeek on Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:10 am, edited 8 times in total.
Reason: Updated resource for LM11
Top
User avatar
Fred
Level 10
Level 10
Posts: 3337
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:59 am
Location: NC USA

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by Fred »

belovedmonster,

The file seems to be corrupted. Is it on my end or yours?

Fred
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting a different result.

Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Top
User avatar
belovedmonster
Level 5
Level 5
Posts: 640
Joined: Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:34 pm

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by belovedmonster »

It works fine for me. But unless you have posted this several times in different messages I think you are not the only one who has commented with having problems opening the file. I've noticed a few comments about it.
Top
User avatar
Fred
Level 10
Level 10
Posts: 3337
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:59 am
Location: NC USA

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by Fred »

No, this is my only post on the subject.

I got an error window saying the file couldn't be opened with kpdf.

Fred
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting a different result.

Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Top
User avatar
ed@Mint
Level 5
Level 5
Posts: 563
Joined: Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:03 pm
Location: Liege, Belgium

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by ed@Mint »

It works well for me, either in Gnome and KDE.
In libro veritas

Now switched to : ArchLinux

New users, read the Linux Mint User Guide | Problem ? See the Wiki first | Check out the Software Portal | Join the IRC channel : #linuxmint @ irc.spotchat.org
Top
User avatar
Fred
Level 10
Level 10
Posts: 3337
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:59 am
Location: NC USA

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by Fred »

I got it. Must be something to do with Firefox 3.0. The link is pulling in the text above it too.

I went to the site and downloaded it from there without a problem.

Fred
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting a different result.

Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Top
xstation
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 12
Joined: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:02 pm

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by xstation »

there is also a howto here


http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-d ... -elyssa-r1

:D
Top
moonmoon
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 5
Joined: Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:26 am
Contact:
Contact moonmoon

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by moonmoon »

Very informative indeed!
Top
erginemr
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 47
Joined: Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:37 am
Location: Istanbul / Turkey

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by erginemr »

I believe this PDF guide should be included in the next version of Mint Live CD.
Top
Painfulpleasure
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 5
Joined: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:38 am
Location: Canada

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by Painfulpleasure »

Cheers Mate!
LINUXMINT 5.0 <3
LG R405
\m/
Top
yamawho
Level 3
Level 3
Posts: 183
Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:53 pm

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by yamawho »

Nice one 8)

How you all doing ...

I have no current Mint install at the moment, got used to using ubuntu and haven't looked back.
Top
Blaze
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 1
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:24 pm

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by Blaze »

hello..i am new to linux mint

i was wondering if someone could help me, i have a dell d600 laptop and would like to load linux mint i played with mint in a vm but would like to go the full way now...my only concern is drives for my dell d600 ????

please help
Top
Scunnered
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 10
Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:24 am

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by Scunnered »

I have attempted to view the Users Guide from the Wiki introduction section and in each instance am informed that the link has been not found .

The howto link whilst working seems to be devoted to installing which is not quite what I am looking for. Is it possible to either have the links reinstated or have a full pdf of the guide made available for download.

I do not want to pester the life out of the forum asking questions that I am sure will be contained in the guide. I like very much what I see and if I can resolve my booting problems anticipate that I will adopt Elyssa as my main OS.

Thanking you in anticipation
Top
User avatar
merlwiz79
Level 8
Level 8
Posts: 2419
Joined: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:50 pm
Location: Here again :)

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by merlwiz79 »

Link has changed.
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/ ... ser-guide/
Image
Top
Scunnered
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 10
Joined: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:24 am

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by Scunnered »

merlwiz79

Many thanks for your kind assistance. I shall have a read of the document and see how many daft posts it avoids.
Top
tikigod13
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 1
Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:32 pm

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by tikigod13 »

Hello, I'm very new to Linux

I'm trying to install Linux Mint Light Edition (Elyssa) to a inspirion 1100 Dell Laptop

I boot from CD using f12 and i get into the installer easy enough. I get past the screen that says Linux Mint boot in 10 seconds. After that some words fly across the screen and it says ready. So it starts installing (or I assumed). After that i just get a black screen, Bad burn? or not enough ram (The laptop only has 256 RAM on it). On my frist attempt I got a circle (I assume is like the hourglass) and then the cursor was in the center of the screen and i couldn't move it. At first I may have thought it froze because my battery was extremely low on the laptop. So I restarted and tried again. I got past the first Linux Mint screen but now I didn't get a mouse its now just a black screen.


Can anyone assist me? Sorry if I am not using correct terminology, kinda a newb :?
Top
User avatar
merlwiz79
Level 8
Level 8
Posts: 2419
Joined: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:50 pm
Location: Here again :)

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by merlwiz79 »

This should help: http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... ur_Live_CD
Image
Top
User avatar
fauxpas
Level 1
Level 1
Posts: 22
Joined: Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:49 am

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by fauxpas »

The guide doesn't work for me...
Top
User avatar
Fred
Level 10
Level 10
Posts: 3337
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:59 am
Location: NC USA

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by Fred »

tikigod13,

I suspect your problem is related to not having enough ram to install. I would suggest you use Gparted to make a swap partition of about 512 MB and reboot before you try to install. This should help greatly if that is your only problem.

Fred
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and each time expecting a different result.

Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on the menu. Liberty is an armed lamb protesting the electoral outcome. A Republic negates the need for an armed protest.
Top
User avatar
clem
Level 12
Level 12
Posts: 4152
Joined: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:34 am
Contact:
Contact clem

Re: Beginers Guide to Installing and Using Mint

Post by clem »

I updated the URL in the initial post.

Clem
Image
Top
Locked

Return to “Newbie Questions”