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== Prepare 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=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 Flash drive, please follow [http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744 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 for Linux
* fglrx drivers above the version 13.350 aren't compatible to fitlet. Don't use it!
== RadeonSI open-source video driver ==
* RadeonSI exceed the ATI Catalyst video driver in many benchmark tests
* RadeonSI provides HW video acceleration for wider range of video codecs
$ apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers-lts-vivid vdpau-va-driver vainfo vdpauinfo
$ cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/
$ ln -s vdpau_drv_video.so radeonsi_drv_video.so
* Run vainfo and vdpauinfo commands to view list of supported accelerated profiles
== Kodi and VLC ==
* Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) and VLC are well known free and open-source multimedia players
* Both of them use HW accelerated video decoding and give excellent playback quality
* Both of them compatible with the most popular video formats
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install kodi vlc
* Kodi will support HW video acceleration out of the box
* In VLC you need to select Tools->Preferences->Input and Codecs->Hardware-accelerated decoding->Video Acceleration (VA) API
== Aggressive Link Power Management (ALPM) ==
* It's a mechanism where a SATA controller can put the disk into a very low power mode during periods of zero I/O activity and into an active power state when work needs to be done. Tests show that this can save some power and decrease mSATA average temperature.
* Create text file /etc/pm/power.d/sata_alpm
#!/bin/sh
for i in /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/link_power_management_policy; do
echo min_power > $i
done
* Make it executable
$ sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/power.d/sata_alpm
* Reboot, SATA power management policy has been changed
$ cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/link_power_management_policy
min_power
min_power
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* 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=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 Flash drive, please follow [http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744 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 for Linux
* fglrx drivers above the version 13.350 aren't compatible to fitlet. Don't use it!
== RadeonSI open-source video driver ==
* RadeonSI exceed the ATI Catalyst video driver in many benchmark tests
* RadeonSI provides HW video acceleration for wider range of video codecs
$ apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers-lts-vivid vdpau-va-driver vainfo vdpauinfo
$ cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/
$ ln -s vdpau_drv_video.so radeonsi_drv_video.so
* Run vainfo and vdpauinfo commands to view list of supported accelerated profiles
== Kodi and VLC ==
* Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) and VLC are well known free and open-source multimedia players
* Both of them use HW accelerated video decoding and give excellent playback quality
* Both of them compatible with the most popular video formats
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install kodi vlc
* Kodi will support HW video acceleration out of the box
* In VLC you need to select Tools->Preferences->Input and Codecs->Hardware-accelerated decoding->Video Acceleration (VA) API
== Aggressive Link Power Management (ALPM) ==
* It's a mechanism where a SATA controller can put the disk into a very low power mode during periods of zero I/O activity and into an active power state when work needs to be done. Tests show that this can save some power and decrease mSATA average temperature.
* Create text file /etc/pm/power.d/sata_alpm
#!/bin/sh
for i in /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/link_power_management_policy; do
echo min_power > $i
done
* Make it executable
$ sudo chmod +x /etc/pm/power.d/sata_alpm
* Reboot, SATA power management policy has been changed
$ cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host*/link_power_management_policy
min_power
min_power
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