Linux Mint 22: Excellent Distro for Windows Users

Linux Mint 22 review and demo, including full installation and setup tutorial for those transitioning from Windows.

BOOTING FROM A USB DRIVE
Exactly how you boot from the Linux Mint USB drive does I’m afraid depend on your particular computer. Often a boot menu can be accessed by pressing a particular key when you power-on, which may well be F12, F11 or F10. And if you can bring up such a menu when booting, you can simply select the USB drive.

Alternatively, you can enter the BIOS/UEFI, again by pressing an appropriate key on power-up, which is commonly F2, Del or Esc. Once in the BIOS you can then hopefully find a setting that will change the boot order to have USB first, so that your computer will always first try to boot from an inserted USB drive. However, to work, this may also require you to disable a feature called “Secure Boot”, which you may then have turn on again if you want Windows to boot on your PC (it depends on the version). However, once in the BIOS, there is often an “Exit” or similar menu (usually on the end on the right) that offers a “boot override” facility. And this allows you to select to boot from a USB drive just once without having to make any BIOS changes. So here you would select your inserted USB drive, and your computer would then happily boot from it.

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Chapters:
00:54 Getting Linux Mint
03:10 Installation
06:11 NVIDIA GPU driver
07:16 What’s New?
11:11 Applications
14:43 Updates & Snapshots (Timeshift)
18:06 Fixing the Font! (Ubuntu Classic)
20:29: Xfce & MATE Editions
22:43 Wrap

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[alexhudspeth]

"We've installed a piece of software without going near the terminal, here in Linux Mint."
I really actually chuckled at that. You throw very dry shade, sir. Excellent video.

[config]

There's one thing I have always liked about Mint. It just does not interrupt you. If there are updates then the icon lets you know. No horrible pop-ups or dialog boxes breaking your flow. It's a system that just gets our of your way. Fully recommended.

[CCoburn]

Linux Mint is a good place for Windows users to start -- and it's a good place for most Windows users to stay. It works right out of the box. That can't REALLY be said for all Linux distros. And most users just want a computer that works without having to adjust things.

[johncundiff]

I learned something today, I did not know that you could lock fonts!! I never fail to learn something when I watch your videos!!!

[absinthebreakfast]

I've just installed Linux Mint 22 on a 9 year old Gigabyte P15 laptop and it runs very nicely indeed, far better than windows 8.1 ever did.

[RudysRetroIntel]

I'm a Windows user, but I have Mint installed on my 10 year old Alienware laptop and runs great with no issues. Looking to eventually use Mint on all my computers. Still having a hard time learning new video editing software for my YT channel. Thanks for sharing

[mnky]

My Fiance and I took the Win 10 to Linux leap in the beginning of the year. I've been using Linux 4 years prior, but my Fiancée is an average Windows user (Email/Internet/Word Processing). If you want a ringing endorsement about Linux Mint, my Fiancée's reaction was "Really nice. It actually seems faster"! 👌

[MarkTheMorose]

Many years ago, I used to subscribe to Linux Format magazine. Their cover CD would usually have a full Linux distro ready to try. I first tried Ubuntu from there, which was the first distro I tried that all just worked. Linux Mint was even better, and I've stayed with it ever since. This latest version is a solid upgrade. For me, the biggest improvement is the jump from a 5.x kernel to 6.x. There is some controversy surround the decision to hide unverified Flapak software in the software manager. I think some are overlooking the fact that you can easily un-hide these, and install them as you wish. Rather the opposite is true in certain other operating systems, where users are routinely denied choices.

[joseph_donovan]

I don't know about anyone else, but I am compelled to watch your technical videos if only to get some respite from all the madness going on in the world these days! Thank you!

[stabokbose]

I have become an unofficial marketing team for Linux Mint for more than a year 😂

[CyrilAndrieu]

My Sunday favorite video about computers, talking about Mint 😍
What else 😅
Greetings from 🇫🇷

[MrJohnBos]

I switched to Linux Cinnamon Mint about a year ago and I'm never going back to Microsoft or Apple. I installed Mint on my old late 2013 MacBook Pro since Apple no longer offers OS support. Mint works brilliantly, uses little disk space, is lightening fast and looks fantastic on the Apple Retina display. I just upgraded to Linux Mint 22 which was easy and painless. Mint does everything I need my computer to do except run Microsoft Flight Simulator. I still need my old Windows desktop for that which I use occasionally. Linux Mint is now my daily driver.

[lesliedeana]

I've been recommending Linux Mint Cinnamon for years now.

[Chris.Brisson]

OMG, Chris, you are clairvoyant. Just yesterday I thought about trying Linux Mint and was going to look for your most recent video on the subject. Thank you!

[Cnix_official]

I have been waiting for this for several days. Thanks Chris ❤

[MikeBob]

Thank you, Mr. Barnatt! You're a peach! 🍑

I've decided to ditch windows (which I hope to do with your help) at long last!

I intend to do this by building my own dedicated Linux machine, and this video came as a huge motivational boost! Thanks again! 🙏🏼

_YEE-HAW!_ 🤠

[manout-kidin]

Already most of LM 22's stuffs, except the kernel 6.8, have been ported to LMDE .

For 2 days till yesterday my LMDE system got 200 MBs worth of system downloads updating LMDE at par with LM 22 cinnamon version .

That was great indeed .

Thanks Team Linux Mint .

And once again a Great OS review Sir .

[derekr]

I am upgrading from 21.3 to 22 as I watch your video Chris. I have already received the updates to Mint in the LMDE version and very pleased with that.

[samuraiwarriorsunite]

Thanks for the great info, Chris. I'm running the last version of Mint, so this video was more than timely. Your videos are great because you don't just scan over what an operating system or piece of hardware or software can do; you do a deep dive and show people exactly what they can expect, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and as always, it's much appreciated.

[grayfox]

Your comment on upgrading hit the question I was going to ask. Well done. I'll wait a while as suggested. Thank you for the work you do in providing an excellent series.