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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=160 Linux Mint 17 "Qiana" - MATE (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 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
* 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
* 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=160 Linux Mint 17 "Qiana" - MATE (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 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
* 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
