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The document provides advice to an anonymous user installing Linux Mint in a virtual machine to try it out. Respondents recommend dual booting instead of using a VM for a better experience. They suggest installing Tilda, a customizable drop-down terminal, and configuring security updates. Others warn about Mint's default IRC client and search settings, recommend alternative desktop environments like AwesomeWM, and provide terminal commands for package updates.

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Mint Default Discussion

The document provides advice to an anonymous user installing Linux Mint in a virtual machine to try it out. Respondents recommend dual booting instead of using a VM for a better experience. They suggest installing Tilda, a customizable drop-down terminal, and configuring security updates. Others warn about Mint's default IRC client and search settings, recommend alternative desktop environments like AwesomeWM, and provide terminal commands for package updates.

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12/21/15(Mon)18:42:56 No.51987859

Anonymous

Sup /g/, just installing Mint onto a VM. I'm deciding whether I should switch to Linux. Gonna try out Mint first and see how I
like it. Anything I need to know beforehand (recommended programs, settings, etc.)?

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12/21/15(Mon)18:48:30 No.51987953

virtualbox wil feel slow and unatractive


go for dual boot next
sliding terminal is something I recommend to every noob as it felt fucking amazing when I was noob
try tilda, its a nice comfortable customizable terminal that always run in the background and slides down when you press some
key, I use the console key under escape. When you then read some guide on how to do something, terminal is right there
waiting for you, or you can hide it and let it do its thing...
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Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)18:49:04 No.51987959

>>51987859
The update manager will prompt you to switch to a local mirror. Do that.
dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low u
Enabling automatic security updates takes nattended-upgrades
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)18:50:22 No.51987976

>>51987859
from what i remember: they don't have ffmpeg in the official mint repositories.
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)18:50:49 No.51987982

Never open the default IRC client on Mint because it connects to the Mint channels with your full name in the open automatically. I deleted
this fucktrash of an operating system immediately after I discovered this.
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)18:53:21 No.51988007

>>51987859
livecd/usb is way better. Do that instead of VM.
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)18:58:41 No.51988085

Good on you. One of the things I always install is "guake" which I feel is the best way to access the terminal when you need it. It also looks
cool

Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)18:59:54 No.51988105

>>51987982
I'm not a mint fan, but stop being a sperg
Why woukd you enter your full name if you dont want anyone to knlw it?
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)19:02:07 No.51988138

>>51987859
awesome wm is pretty nice
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)19:03:41 No.51988167

>>51988105
mint has some questionable defaults.
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)19:04:27 No.51988175

>>51987976
Neither is avconv
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)19:06:17 No.51988206

>>51987953
fuck off with that shit disinfograph
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)19:10:44 No.51988270

>>51988167
like what?
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)19:40:36 No.51988749

>>51988270
Firefox extension that adds something like &client=mint to Google searches.
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)20:10:17 No.51989208

>>51988749
I love mint
But tell me how the fuck can I change my search engine to Google? I've tried e returning except uninstalling firefox, do I need to?
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)20:13:57 No.51989264

>>51989208
you can change it via the preferences. alternatively, you can install chrome quite easily.
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)20:15:22 No.51989285

You know what to do.


Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)21:32:42 No.51990576

>>51989264
>installing botnet onto a freshly installed gnu/linux installation
all of my why.jpg
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)22:06:47 No.51991054

>>51989208
Preferences > Search >Default search engine
or type this into the url bar about:preferences#search
Anonymous

12/21/15(Mon)22:32:53 No.51991394

>>51990576
>be me
>install arch
>minimalist tiling wm
>install chrome and Skype
Teehee
Anonymous

Install manjaro

12/21/15(Mon)22:35:04 No.51991424

Anonymous

12/22/15(Tue)00:09:19 No.51992593

>>51987953
>VIVLADI
KEK
Anonymous

12/22/15(Tue)02:57:12 No.51994267

>>51987959
Huh yol thats pretty cool.
Anonymous

12/22/15(Tue)03:04:12 No.51994339

>>51987859
Hit CTRL+ ATL +T for terminal then type w/o quotations "sudo apt-get update" to help get things running properly
Anonymous

12/22/15(Tue)07:19:18 No.51996407

>>51987859
Mint should have most needed programs running.
Fun using Linux is about using terminal and ricing. Be a touch typist to be fast. Because things are done so efficiently done with Terminal
than using mouse.
If after a while you are feeling not into it, better go back to Windows.
Anonymous

12/22/15(Tue)07:24:24 No.51996450

>>51994339
You don't know what apt-get update does, do you ?
Anonymous

12/22/15(Tue)07:36:04 No.51996555

>>51988749
90% of all oses use "&client=" you mongrel.

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