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Customizing Linux Mint 20/21 + Nord theme

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Greetings!

This post is part of a series about smoothly switching from Windows to Linux. If you missed it, here’s a list of the previous parts:

Today we’ll configure the appearance and desktop layout of the Linux Mint Cinnamon edition to our own preferences.

DISCLAIMER!

I’d like to point out right away that all the actions described in this guide are done at your own risk. Please understand this. My blog is just a platform where I talk about my experience and share my opinion on various things and phenomena.

Installing Windows Applications on Linux

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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Today I’ll show you how to run programs designed for Windows on Linux Mint 20, which we previously installed and configured.

I’ll warn you right away that not all Windows applications work correctly on Linux. It all depends on how complex and heavy the application’s design is. Nevertheless, a large number of Windows programs run on Linux without any problems, and today I’ll demonstrate this to you.

Introduction

There is open-source software for running Windows applications in a Linux environment — Wine. There are many articles on the internet about installing it on Linux Mint, and they all differ from one another. I’ve often come across non-working instructions and had to tinker a lot by hand. In this note I will try to describe a working, and at the same time simple, installation option for Linux Mint 20.

Initial setup of Linux Mint 20/21

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Greetings!

We continue the gradual transition to free Linux-based operating systems.

To refresh your memory, or in case you missed them, here are two previous articles:

So, we tried Linux Mint 20 in Windows using virtualization technology, then installed it as a second OS side by side with Windows. And now it’s time for the initial setup of the Linux Mint operating system.

Installing Linux alongside Windows

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Greetings!

Today we’ll be installing Linux alongside Windows as a second operating system.

⚠️ Warning

Right away, I want to point out that everything described in this guide, you do at your own risk. If you have experience reinstalling or restoring Windows systems, then you have nothing to worry about. But just in case, before you start, back up your important files to another partition, or better yet, to a removable drive.

Try Linux Right Inside Windows

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Greetings!

Today I’ll tell and show you how you can try Linux right inside Windows. To do this, we’ll need to take a few steps, the hardest of which will be entering the UEFI/BIOS.

To run another operating system inside the current one, the so-called virtualization technology is used, hardware support for which is implemented in practically every more or less modern processor. Whether it’s a solution from AMD (AMD-V) or Intel (Intel VT). You can read more about virtualization, as usual, on Wikipedia.