Mint doesn't include proprietary drivers such as the ATI or NVIDIA drivers it does make it easy to install drivers. So, for example, you can play Adobe Flash videos and DVDs from your Mint PC without jumping through any hoops. Unlike most of its Linux brothers and sisters, Mint also includes many proprietary programs. All it requires is an x86 processor 512 MBs of RAM (you'll be happier though with 1GB) 5 GBs of disk space a graphics card that can handle 800×600 resolution and a DVD drive or USB port. Like almost all Linux desktops, Mint is free and it can run on almost any PC you have at hand. If needed you can download separately from the. I also like the MATE interface, which builds on top of the GNOME 2.x interface but for simplicity's sake I'm going to focus just on Cinnamon. Each Windows package comes with the latest stable release of Npcap, which is required for live packet capture. Windows XP users will find it far more familiar than Windows 8's oddball tiled desktop. This GNOME 3.x-based desktop is a great windows, icons, menus, and pointer (WIMP) interface. You could run it in something like VirtualBox (Install VirtualBox 4.3.14 in Linux Mint 17) or probably ev. So, I don't know what that means.In particular, I love Linux Mint 17 with the Cinnamon 2.2 interface. mode to check out its catalogue of tools. Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. If I either wait for it to boot automatically or click 'Start Linux Mint' it takes a second and then comes up with the error message: That works, then the Virtual Box screen comes up, quickly after that it changes to the Linux Mint start screen saying 'Welcome to Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon 64-bit' and below that options what to do. I started the machine and entered the previously downloaded file linuxmint-20-cinnamon-64bit.

(Yes, I have exactly no clue what I'm doing.) Then I configured all the stuff they ask you. I started a new machine in Virtual Box called it 'Linux Mint', type Linux, Version other Linux (64-bit). Downloaded the Linux Mint 64-bit ISO file?

I don't have any experience in that sort of thing and don't even know how I barely passed my programming class last year. First up I don't even know if this is the right thread to post in, if not I'm sorry.įor my OS-class I need to install Linux Mint in Virtual Box.

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