Optimize Linux Mint: Must-Do Tweaks After Setup

In this video, we’ll walk you through the essential steps to take after installing Linux Mint to optimize your system and enhance your overall experience. We’ll cover how to improve SSD performance by enabling TRIM, boost battery life with TLP, and speed up system updates by changing the local server. Additionally, we’ll show you how to activate Night Light to reduce eye strain, get more relevant search results in the Software Manager, install codecs to handle a variety of file formats, and enable Hot Corners for easier workspace management and app switching. Plus, we’ll cover other important tweaks to make your Linux Mint setup work seamlessly.

Here are the commands shown in this video:
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sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras
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sudo apt install tlp
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sudo fstrim -v /
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Time stamps:
0:35 Updating the System
1:44 Disable start-up apps
2:05 Installing Codecs
2:34 Enabling Firewall
3:04 Access your favorite apps quickly
3:26 Night Light (Night Mode)
4:37 Installing TLP for battery
5:24 Increase your SDD performance
6:33 Hot Corner
7:50 Touchpad Gesture
8:36 Zoom anywhere in your desktop
8:57 Keyboard Shortcuts
9:38 Enhance Software Search Results

Background theme:
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[BustaHymen]

Great allround guide, thanks for this! 👍

[AlaaSaidAhmad]

Wow good tutorial ❤ but this theme you use is so beautiful how you customize it

[Foxercide]

Helpful. Voice is a little buzzing on the ear, however.

[pratapchandrakantreddy]

Can u post the tutorial of your custom theme

[mick]

bro, what icons and fonts are you using?

[davidhailstone]

After I installed the latest Mint the Redshift Applet would not install or work. But watching your video I see you have installed Redshift from the software centre and then the redshift Applet to make this work. I don't get this but I'll try it when I next start up my computer.

[polavenkatnivasreddy]

Hi bro tips are goodbut when I use tlp may usb drivers are not working