Linux Mint Confusion
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10-04-2018 2:41 PM
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I’ve downloaded the latest version of Mint x64 Sylvia (ISO) and when booting from the DVD in the laptop it boots into a fully blown instance of Mint with KDE! I wasn’t expecting this.
Unless I’m missing the obvious how do I actually install this on the laptop’s HD? Is it maybe the OEM option I see in the boot loader?
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10-04-2018 3:29 PM - edited 10-04-2018 3:34 PM
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Well Mint comes in 4 flavours, Mate/Cinnamon/XFCE & KDE You obviously downloaded the KDE version 😉
To install there should be an Install Mint icon on the desktop. Maybe you got the OEM install version
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Re: Linux Mint Confusion
11-04-2018 7:44 AM
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@HairyMcbiker wrote:
To install there should be an Install Mint icon on the desktop.
Last time I looked at Mint KDE the desktop icon wasn't visible by default (I could see it in the desktop folder of the File manager)
Re: Linux Mint Confusion
11-04-2018 9:40 AM
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But it does sound like he has the OEM install version.
Re: Linux Mint Confusion
11-04-2018 10:41 PM
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Yes, there is a desktop and yes, the installer icon is on the desktop (and on the application launcher menu, among other places).
By default, however, it is not visible when booted from DVD / USB stick:
It's possible to add a Desktop Folder View Plasmoid to display desktop icons:
Or reconfigure the desktop to have icons visible:
No idea why the Mint devs would choose not to have desktop icons visible by default though.
Re: Linux Mint Confusion
12-04-2018 5:56 AM
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Given Clem and Co are abandoning KDE after this current version then perhaps you'd be better off using the Cinnamon or Mate editions anyway.. They don't hide the icons by default...
Re: Linux Mint Confusion
12-04-2018 7:41 AM
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I've long thought that for KDE on an Ubuntu base Kubuntu or KDE Neon makes more sense than Mint.
Offhand I can't think of any other distro I've tried that hides desktop icons on the Plasma desktop.
Re: Linux Mint Confusion
12-04-2018 9:42 AM
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Anyway Mook has got it fixed,
Re: Linux Mint Confusion
12-04-2018 10:39 AM
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Just so you know, this was not my choice of OS or GUI, if it were then he would not have been installing Mint, it would have been Arch Linux. As I was doing this for a friend who wanted it done I was tempted to say do it yourself (part of the learning curve), but I'd have spent longer holding his hand over the phone in tech support mode than it took me to install it.
P.S. I've always thought that KDE was superior to anything else available, but each to their own.
Re: Linux Mint Confusion
12-04-2018 2:38 PM
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Arch, nope can't get my head round it at all. I don't want or need to build an OS from scratch.
But in reality to install a modern DESKTOP Linux is usually a few clicks. Unless you want to customise the install, even when M$ is already installed.
Re: Linux Mint Confusion
12-04-2018 2:49 PM
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Well to be fair @HairyMcbiker, I was referring to the L&F of the UI itself. As for Arch there is absolutely no fluff involved, I think I’m right in saying that a base install is circa 800MB and that’s not to be sniffed at!
OK There’s no GUI but (I think) you don’t really need one, you have so much more control when using the CLI; in fact all of my Arch devices are headless anyway and I can control each one from the same seat.
Re: Linux Mint Confusion
12-04-2018 5:41 PM
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Maybe if I was more of a "beard" than I am I would prefer Arch as well ;'-}
Re: Linux Mint Confusion
12-04-2018 9:00 PM
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@HairyMcbiker - What's a "beard"?
Re: Linux Mint Confusion
12-04-2018 10:34 PM
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@DaveyH wrote:
Given Clem and Co are abandoning KDE after this current version then perhaps you'd be better off using the Cinnamon or Mate editions anyway.. They don't hide the icons by default...
By current version, do you mean version 18 or the new forthcoming Mint, available in a couple of months or so?
Although KDE never gets released until a considerable delay has occurred.
Never used it myself.
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Re: Linux Mint Confusion
12-04-2018 10:56 PM - edited 12-04-2018 10:57 PM
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@VileReynard wrote:
@DaveyH wrote:
Given Clem and Co are abandoning KDE after this current version then perhaps you'd be better off using the Cinnamon or Mate editions anyway.. They don't hide the icons by default...
By current version, do you mean version 18 or the new forthcoming Mint, available in a couple of months or so?
I mean the current version, i.e 18.3
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