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== Prepare installation media ==
* You can use A USB DVD/CD-ROM Drive drive or a USB Flash drive (disk-on-key) of at least 1GB should be used as installation media.
* Download [http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=93 Linux Mint 12 "Lisa" - CD] or [http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=95 Linux Mint 12 "Lisa" - DVD].
* If you are using For installation with a USB DVD/CD-ROM - burn flash the downloaded image directly on onto a DVD/CD.* If you are using For installation with a USB Flash drive, 1GB would be enough, please use the "Startup Disk Creator" utility to create a LiveUSB.
== Base installation of Linux Mint 12 ==
* Standard Follow the standard Linux Mint installation procedure - choose timezone, partitions, username, password etc.* Unplug USB DVD/CD-ROM / USB Flash drive 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 taht that provides XVBA XvBA (X-Video 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* RebootNote: system reboot is required after the installation of the fglrx driver.
== XBMC with XvBA ==
* XBMC is a well-known free and open source media player and entertainment hub for digital media.
* There is The XBMC release -XvBA repository provides XBMC PVR builds with direct ATI X-Video Bitstream Acceleration (XvBA) support.* It requires latest fglrx griver that not present in Linux Mint 12 release, need to download and install it manually: sudo wget -P /tmp https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/2:8.911-0ubuntu1/+build/2952743/+files/fglrx_8.911-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i /tmp/fglrx_8.911-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb* Now you can add Add the XBMC XvBA repository and install the media player:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wsnipex/xbmc-xvba
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-bin
* XBMC will support HW video acceleration out of the box.
== Tips and tricks ==
* Fix VLC media player window style:
** Open VLC player, go to the Tools->Preferences->Input & Codecs
** Check "Use GPU acceleration (experimental)" checkbox.
* Add development Linux Mint repository to your repositories list. It contains bug fixes that are not yet in the main release.
** Menu->System Tools->System Settings->Software Sources->LinuxMint Software
** Check "Unstable packages (romeo)" checkbox.
* Update your system to get the latest packages.
** sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
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