![]() Got any more must-do things after installing Linux Mint 18 or awesome customization tips? We want to hear from you. You can start working on Your computer right on or customize Linux Mint 18 more to make it more… yours. Sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme-circle Open the terminal and copy paste the commands below one by one. There are many icon packs out there, but Numix Circle kinda makes it all more beautiful on Linux Mint 18. And also check out the Numix Circle icons. Linux Mint 18 has improved on the looks and artwork. The TLP web page states that TLP comes with a default configuration already optimized for battery life, so you may just install and forget it. Things to do after installing Linux Mint 18.3. Use the commands below to get tlp: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp Linux Mint 18 will be using the Linux Kernel 4.4.x and currently comes with Cinnamon and Mate desktop environments and Xfce in beta. Linux is performance oriented.īut installing TLP can help you squeeze some extra juice out of that battery. Linux has always been a little behind in battery management compared to Windows. Now I suppose most of you will be using a laptop and this one’s for You. sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa Run the commands below one by one in the terminal to install timeshift. You can even copy an entire installation to other computer and also restore a system even after it fails to boot (Using a live pen drive obviously). It is somewhat like Windows Restore, but better. Timeshift takes a snapshot of the entire system and saves it. We use the powerful timeshift for this purpose. So that we have a perfectly working OS to fall back to in case things go south later on. Currently, Your Linux Mint is new and shiny. There is no excuse for not having a backup. Free to play section has Team Fortress 2, Dota 2, Unturned and many more great titles. Games like Portal series, Bioshock Infinite, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Counter-Strike:Global Offensive and many more are available. Steam is porting many good ones to Linux, and they already have a pretty good catalog. I specifically added this step so that we can make a backup before we add external PPAs. Check out some docks, music players and other stuff. Open software manager and install the software you want. The default configuration should be good to go.Īnyway, If you have any problem connecting some apps to the internet, open firewall, click on the rules tab and use the ‘+’ button to add a rule to permit that app. ![]() Open Firewall configuration from the menu and just flick the off switch to on. ![]() FirewallĪlthough I haven’t had any problems using Linux Mint 18 without the firewall, I suggest you turn it on. After your driver is downloaded and installed, You need to reboot to see the changes. Open Driver Manager from the menu and select the “recommended” driver from the list and click on Apply changes. ![]() Now I’m not saying that the pre-installed open source drivers can’t do that, I’m just saying there IS a difference. I suggest you get the proprietary drivers for your computer’s GPU to make use of that chip to it’s fullest. Type “Codec” in the menu, and click on Install Media codecs option and it’ll load up all the codecs. But fetching them is just a single step process. Linux Mint 18 is not providing out of the box multimedia codecs like its predecessors. I suggest you NOT to skip this step as it contains some important security updates. Now, Linux Mint it's also in shell.Select one as per your needs and grab those updates. Shells is like a virtual machine in the cloud with which we can run operating systems like Manjaro from an internet browser, whatever device we use. To be honest, it's something that can be interesting, but I was so disappointed after Manjaro's announcement that that, together with the fact that I had other things to do, made it impossible for me to post anything about this service. What you also mention this month is that Linux Mint is also available in Shells. Cinnamon 5 First Details for Future Linux Mint It is fully compatible with the original protocol and allows you to easily transfer files between Android and Linux devices«. As described by the author who calls himself slowscript, it is about « an unofficial port of the Linux Mint file sharing tool of the same name. The good of warpinator is that, in its original version, it works both on desktop computers and on mobile phones and tablets, but what the developer has created and we can download from this link It is a native version for Google's mobile operating system.
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