HOWTOs

If you come straight from Windows read the next two articles before installing .

• How to partition

The troubleshooter is updated March 21, 2008

• Troubleshooting your Live CD
• If your installed Mint cannot boot
• Move home to its own partition = How to save your data

also applicable to other partitions like boot

• How to repair your grub
• Securing Grub
• UUID -what is it and why is it a problem
• Burning ISO
• Creating a LiveUSB
• Correct usplash image size

Installation:

• Install when you do not have a deb package
• Install ProjectM - 3D visualizer for XMMS & Amarok
• Install Quake 3 - 3D game engine
• Install xcircuit - Circuit diagrams

Usage:

• Hotmail through Evolution
• To use Truecrypt - Essential Commands
• MintUpload tutorial and integration with mintSpace
• Use GTK Style for QT Apps (like Amarok)

Considerations:

• Laptop Security
• Do you need Antivirus on Linux - a good article here.

• Tips_&_Tricks-Howtos
• Free books and documentation
• A Blog about Mint Tricks

• Boost Gnome Performance by tweaking /etc/hosts
• Folding@Home - Team Linux Mint

Ex Windows users, read

• Does Mint need antivirus-antimalware-firewall

• Solving internet connection only for some programs This is a solution that may work for all cases of no connection

• MintWifi

• Linux Mint friendly Laptops
• Linux Mint friendly Wifi cards
• Large monitors HDTV Cards for HDCP
• Ipods

3D Effects

• Setting up Compiz-fusion on Linux Mint live CD with Nvidia and ATI
• Setting up Beryl on Linux Mint
• Make_nvidia-settings_sticky
• Fixing MintMenu and Beryl focus problems
• Setting up nvidia with twinview (Desktop Spanning with 3D Acceleration)

Window Managers

• Remove fortune messages in Terminal
• Adding a top panel, Gnome Style
• Install Enlightenment E17 desktop on Mint
• Optimize Font Rendering

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