🔥 15 Things You MUST DO After Installing Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa”

In this video, I will show you 15 things you must do after installing Linux Mint 21 “Vanessa”.

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⏰Timestamps⏰

00:00 Intro
00:28 #1 Update
01:45 #2 Install Multimedia Codecs
03:30 #3 Install Synaptic Manager
04:41 #4 Create a Backup
06:18 #5 Configure Update Manager
08:04 #6 Install Hardware Drivers
08:47 #7 Decrease Swappiness Value
09:51 #8 xkill Shortcut
11:10 #9 Configure Firewall
12:19 #10 Add or Remove Startup Apps
13:06 #11 Install TLP
14:06 #12 Remove Apport
14:48 #13 System Cleanup
15:45 #14 Install Flatpak
16:30 #15 Decrease Boot time
17:28 Install htop
18:39 Outro

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[IIGrayfoxII]

2: You can install codecs by going to the start menu>Sound and Video and selecting Install Multimedia codecs.
3: Synaptic is installed by default
5: Configuring the sources mirror should be the first thing that is done, then doing updates
6 Configuring drivers should be the next thing to do after updating
12: I have never seen one of these windows, my system never crashes

[anuragmishra]

brother how do you zoom in linux mint i just cant do it with couple of other problems

[Greenmarty]

You don't do "apt-get upgrade" in LM you do "mintupdate-cli upgrade".
You should hit that multimedia codecs option during installation.

[fictitiousnightmares]

Hmm, I never installed synaptic package manager but have it installed already. I just did a fresh install on a laptop and it already had it as well. Also if you hit the checkbox when installing Linux Mint the codecs are already installed too. Swappiness setting most likely isn't needed at all. If you have decent ram swap isn't used and swap is needed if you don't, I monitor my usage constantly and even though I have a swap file it never gets used with no change to settings. flatpak is also installed by default. So that is 4 things you most likely do not have to do.

vim is NOT installed by default, you should have used nano in your example as the command won't work for anyone trying this without first installing vim.

Umm, changing GRUB_DEFAULT isn't accomplishing anything to speed up boot time. It is the default selection in the grub menu for dual boot systems. 10 would pick the 10th option, 0 would pick the 1st option. There is still a timeout. GRUB_TIMEOUT is the time to wait and if you set it to 0 then it 'should' boot immediately with the GRUB_DEFAULT choice. It will also totally ruin a newbie's day trying to figure out why he can't boot to his 2nd OS since you didn't mention anything about that. I also said 'should' in that last statement because my personal settings are GRUB_TIMEOUT=0 and it still gives me 5 or 10 seconds before automatically going with the default choice. Anyway, that could be a big deal for some people who don't know what they are changing, so if you suggest that, I would explain what it is.

Not a criticism here, htop is fine, but I prefer bpytop. It is just better and provides more info.

The xkill shortcut is very helpful though. Easier than doing it through bpytop or terminal. Thanks for that tip.

[scuwuhh]

I have a question... i recently installed linux mint 21.1 kernal 5.19... i wasnt able to connect to my wifi adapter or ethernet cable i somehow manage to download wifi adapter drivers but ethernet cable is still not working / detected by linux it shows in terminal that i have Gigabit adapter but Driver: N/A any leads?

[Voyager]

I downloaded today. Why come my linux cinnamon version is very big icon. Everything look like it is zoomed in. It looks nothing like yours

[mikehawk]

I work for a copier company and I have to read PDF's for part numbers. With mint the part numbers are blocked out and I can't read it. Is there a fix for that?

[Elvis-dwux]

Help....installed on 3 PCs....but, u never talked when I insert the USB I used OEM option and now when I start my PCs it says Temporary Please from Canada....2. On one PC it is alongside XP, and, on the other Linux Mint Cinnamon is all alone on a 500 GB HD.

[pd]

After installing, turn on the firewall, then restart.

[tanchelm]

Personally i would go with auto-cpufreq instead of tlp...

[justsomekelp]

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wtf u scrolled through that?

[mikepxg]

No1 sell the laptop and buy a MacBook.