VIDEO Ready-to-Use Linux: Download and Set Up Mint Mate 17.1 in VMware Player

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Exploring and playing with Linux is fun. But often we dread the effort to setup a Linux distro. To make that easy for you I have uploaded a fully configured and setup Mint Mate 17.1 system to my OneDrive that you can run in VMware Player. Just follow these steps:


• Download the .zip folder with the system from my OneDrive (right click on the tile). The folder is 3GB so it will take a moment to download it.

• Extract Mint Mate folder from the downloaded .zip folder to any place in your system

• Download and install VMware Player - e.g. from here

• Watch my video that tells you how to set it up - for further detail on how to setup the VMware Tools, watch this video.


Enjoy playing with Mint Mate. If you like to alter some settings, consult the video tutorials below.


Change the themes and skin

Start menu and taskbar settings

Tuning the start menu

Terminal window setup

Installing and uninstalling programs

Screenshots and snips


That's all.
 
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I read about this artists distro and decided to try my hand at it. I have a dual front loading HD system so putting HD's in an out is a snap. I got a new HD and through it in. Downloaded the image file and burned a DVD. Checked the DVD to make sure it was good. Great everything ready to go. I put the DVD in and said for it to install. This is where the problems started. Multiple freezes. I then decided to load it without installing. After a few attempts I got it to boot up. Great now I am up and running. I select to install it onto my new HD. After a half dozen attempts all I got was various levels of the install process before it froze. I actually got to the point of it installing twice to my HD and then stopping...
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1. As I already said, defragging is overrated, no major slow down of Windows will occur. The time and effort spent defragging will never be recovered by the miniscule performance improvement.

2. I spent about 50-60 hours on the internet last week and downloaded dozens of programs. I got ZERO trojans or pieces of malware. I suggest you review your internet habits.

3. In what way is the NSA vicious? I have nothing to hide from the NSA and they don't care about me. Conspiracy theory? Paranoia?

4. I can't remember the last time I got a BSOD. In my job as a developer I work constantly with pre-Alpha software yet still don't encounter BSODs. Windows forums are not a good indicator of what problems I will encounter since most of the stuff that people post questions about is due to their own user error or general lack of Windows knowledge.

5. Glad to hear there's a new function called no reboot in Linux. BTW, not every little update in Windows requires a reboot.

6. I didn't say I don't do things to keep safe, I just said I don't worry about it because I'm not paranoid.
 
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I think you are just lucky - many people are not. I usually have no problems either. But this downloader really got to me - even with extra care. It was only to show that Defender is pretty useless when needed. I straightened things out with a system restore.
 
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strollin said:
1. As I already said, defragging is overrated, no major slow down of Windows will occur. The time and effort spent defragging will never be recovered by the miniscule performance improvement.
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Evidently Microsoft thought so too, since they left the utility out of NT4 and forced us old timers to purchase a third party defragmenter most of us used Diskeeper.
They were convinced that the NTFS file system didn't need it.
They realized the error of their ways a sometime later and it returned in Windows 2000.
Now it is not only present as a native utility but is scheduled weekly by default.
In my opinion it is not only essential to recover some performance but will also resolve the random misbehavior of the OS on occasion.
IF you've got a spinner, I would recommend the occasional manual use of the native defrag utility.
Just my over priced 2 cents.
 
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Simplicity is what people seek and they are more then willing to pay for it. I see Windows 10 is reverting back to the more traditional desktop of previous versions. The reason is that the masses rejected having to learn the all new Win 8 desktop and wanted what they already knew.
 
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What is "more traditional" about Windows 10. I hope you don't mean that hybrid start menu which I immediately toggled away.
 
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whs said:
What is "more traditional" about Windows 10. I hope you don't mean that hybrid start menu which I immediately toggled away.
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Exactly, the reason for 8.1 was to add the start menu back into Windows 8 because of the backlash of it missing. It still wasn't as functional as the previous start menu. I was used to finding my programs through the start menu which isn't there in Win8. I see in Win 10 they are bringing the program menu back into it again.
 
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The Windows 10 start menu is a hybrid. Who needs it. I hardly ever use the start menu or start page in any OS. It has no place in my setup. I don't think people will find W10 "more traditional" because of that hybrid.. It is W 8.2, nothing more. An operating system for mobile devices.
 
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The main reason why the terminal is so reffered to in linux is that there are so many frontends its hard to cover all of them as almost every linux has its own tool for one function or another.
Plus it is so much easier to type "enter terminal and type sudo apt-get install (packagename)" then it is to type "click on this, click on that, click this button, then that button then the button after that"
Plus the linux command line is so powerful and versitilie, it can achieve so many things most GUIs cannot
 
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Linux and windows are both good OS. I use both and both do what I need. I run Linux on older hardware such as old xp desktops and give them to people who can't afford to buy a PC and the they will have a secure OS. command line terminal is cool if you will learn the sudo commands. if you don't want to the synaptic package manager is also very good. in my opinion Linux uses less resources than windows and that gives new life to older hardware. one also needs to learn how to run or install software as Linux is not a insert cd or usb drive and it takes off and runs or installs. I moved to Linux as I wanted an alternative to windows and have been running Linux ever since and no complaints except I can't run my flight simulator x on it but now have a reason to buy x-plane flight simulator. most people are used to windows and will never change. I will download my free windows 10 and play with it because it is free. use what works for you and what you are most comfortable with.

anyone worried about the NSA runs Linux tails on a laptop and move around from hotspot to hot spot.

the poorguy
 
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