Difference between revisions of "Fit-PC4: Installing Linux Mint 17"
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== Prepare installation media == | == Prepare installation media == | ||
* A USB DVD-ROM drive or a USB Flash drive of at least 2GB should be used as installation media | * A USB DVD-ROM drive or a USB Flash drive of at least 2GB should be used as installation media | ||
− | * Download [http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id= | + | * Download [http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=204 Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" - Cinnamon (64-bit)"] |
* For installation with a USB DVD-ROM - flash the downloaded image directly onto a DVD | * For installation with a USB DVD-ROM - flash the downloaded image directly onto a DVD | ||
* For installation with a USB Flash drive, please follow [http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744 How to install Linux Mint via USB] tutorial | * For installation with a USB Flash drive, please follow [http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744 How to install Linux Mint via USB] tutorial |
Revision as of 09:10, 17 January 2016
Contents
Prepare installation media
- A USB DVD-ROM drive or a USB Flash drive of at least 2GB should be used as installation media
- Download Linux Mint 17.3 "Rosa" - Cinnamon (64-bit)"
- For installation with a USB DVD-ROM - flash the downloaded image directly onto a DVD
- For installation with a USB Flash drive, please follow How to install Linux Mint via USB tutorial
Base installation of Linux Mint
- Follow the standard Linux Mint installation procedure - choose timezone, partitions, username, password etc.
- Disconnect the installation media and reboot.
- Login using previously selected username and password.
ATI Catalyst video driver
- fglrx is a proprietary ATI Catalyst video driver that provides XvBA (X-video Bitstream Acceleration) support.
- Install fglrx driver and other required utilities with the command below:
sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates xvba-va-driver vainfo
- Note: system reboot is required after the installation of the fglrx driver.
XBMC and VLC
- XBMC and VLC are well known free and open-source multimedia players
- Both of them use GPU accelerated video decoding and give exellent playback quality
- Both of them compatible with the most popular video formats
sudo apt-get install xbmc vlc
- XBMC will support GPU accelerated video decoding out of the box
- In VLC you need to check Tools->Preferences->Input and Codecs->Use GPU accelerated decoding checkbox to take advantage of GPU accelerated video decoding