Installing Mint 18.1 Serena on a Windows 8 PC
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step and Visually How to Install Mint 18.1 Serena LTS GNU/Linux Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce Desktop on a Microsoft Windows 8 Computer.
From Mint 17 Qiana the Installer is able to Manage a Windows PC Partitioning on the Fly, so now is very easy to put Mint on Top of a Windows!
The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a Modern, Elegant and Comfortable operating system which is both Powerful and Easy to use.
The 64-bit Mint ISO is Recommend for all modern computers (Almost all computers sold in the last 10 years are equipped with 64-bit processors).
Linux Mint 18.1 Serena New Features at a glance:
Cinnamon 3.2+
Mate 1.16+
New ScreenSaver
Better look and feel
Improved hardware support
Download & Burn Mint 18.1 Serena Mate.
How to Disable Secure Boot and Booting with Mint
Double-Click/Right-Click on Desktop Icon to Start Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Installer
Check Box for the 3rd Party Software Installation
It Includes also the Wi-fi drivers..
Take the Default “Install Linux Mint alongside Windows 8”.
Resizing Win8/Mint Partitions
To Install on an External Drive Select it from the Drop-Down on Top…
If you Install on the Windows Driver then Drag to Resize Partitions
Some 30-40Gb of Space for Linux Mint should be Fine to Getting-Started
Select Installation Language on Welcome Screen.
Formatting Linux Mint Partition.
The Best Choice is to Make a LVM Partitioning Group
Set the Time-Zone.
Set the Keyboard Layout.
SetUp a Regular User.
Installing Linux Mint 18.1 Serena.
Reboot the Linux Mint 18.1 Serena VM.
Use the Password to Login.
Enjoy Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Desktop ;)
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