Installing Mint 18 Sarah on a Windows 8 PC
The tutorial shows you step-by-step and Visually How to Install Mint 18 Sarah LTS GNU/Linux Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce desktop on Top of Microsoft Windows 8 Computers.
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 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).
The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a Modern, Elegant and Comfortable operating system which is both Powerful and Easy to use.
Linux Mint 18 Sarah New Features at a glance:
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Linux Kernel 4.4+
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Cinnamon 3+
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Mate 1.14+
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Improved Mint Apps ported to GTK3/Python3/Gsettings
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Support for New Devices: NVIDIA Optimus, Logitech wireless keyboard and Wireless drivers
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Better EFI partitions support for Installation on Apple Macs
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Download & Burn Mint 18 Sarah Mate.
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How to Disable Secure Boot and Booting with Mint
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Double-Click/Right-Click on desktop Icon to Start Linux Mint 18 Sarah Installer
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Check Box for the 3rd Party Software Installation
It Includes also the Wi-fi drivers.. -
Take the Default “Install Linux Mint alongside Windows 8”.
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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.
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Formatting Linux Mint Partition.
The Best Choice is to Make a LVM Partitioning Group
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Set the Time-Zone.
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Set the Keyboard Layout.
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SetUp a Regular User.
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Installing Linux Mint 18 Sarah.
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Reboot the Linux Mint 18 Sarah VM.
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Select User and Login.
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Enjoy Linux Mint 18 Sarah Mate desktop ;)
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Mint Linux Quick Start Guides