Your steps to Linux Mint

From GreyHaven. For the Cinnamon, keeping Windows too.

1. Try Linux

See how it works on your PC. Nothing is installed yet.

Choose Try Linux Mint when it asks. Nothing is installed, and your files aren't touched.

Check these things work. Skip any your PC doesn't have:

• Screen. The desktop fills the screen and looks sharp. If you use more than one monitor, connect them and check each one shows a picture.
• Wi-Fi. Click the network icon in the corner of the screen, join your Wi-Fi network and open a website.
• Wired network. Plug in the network cable (unplug Wi-Fi first if you like) and open a website.
• USB network adapter. Plug in the adapter, connect to your network and open a website.
• Sound. Play a video with sound. Check the speakers and, if you use them, headphones. In Settings, open Sound and check your microphone's level moves when you speak.
• Sound through your monitor or TV. If you play sound through a monitor or TV, choose it in Settings > Sound and play a video.
• Bluetooth. Turn on Bluetooth in Settings and pair something you use, such as headphones, a mouse or a phone.
• Camera. Open a video-call website (or a camera app if one is installed) and check you can see yourself.
• Touchscreen. Tap to click, and drag a finger to scroll a web page.
• USB ports. Plug a USB stick or another device into each port you use, including any USB-C or Thunderbolt docks, and check it works.
• Memory card reader. Insert a memory card and check its files appear.

If GreyHaven said a part needs an extra step after installing, it may not work fully yet. That's expected.

Happy with how it works? Go on to Install. Not happy? Shut down from the power menu, take out the stick, and Windows starts as before. Nothing has changed.

2. Install Linux Mint

Put Linux Mint next to Windows. Each time your PC starts, you pick one.

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   Double-click Install Linux Mint on the desktop.

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   Pick your language, then click Continue.

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   Pick your keyboard layout, then click Continue.

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   Connect to Wi-Fi, then click Continue.

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   Tick Install multimedia codecs, then click Continue.

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   Choose Install Linux Mint alongside Windows Boot Manager, then click Continue.

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   Drag the divider to give Linux Mint at least 30 GB (more if you have room), then click Install Now.

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   Pick your time zone, then click Continue.

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   Type your name and a password, then click Continue.

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    When it's done, click Restart Now, then take out the USB stick.

When your PC restarts, you'll see a menu. Pick Windows or Linux with the arrow keys, then press Enter.

Installer screens change a little between versions. Follow the words on screen if they look different.

3. After installing

A few last things to make Linux Mint yours.

Install updates

Open Update Manager and install everything it offers. Then restart.

sudo ubuntu-drivers install

sudo apt update
sudo apt install bcmwl-kernel-source

Install your apps

Your list of apps, with where to get each one, is in the printed or saved copy of your guide from GreyHaven. It isn't on this page, to keep it private.

Where to get help

• Linux Mint forums

When you ask for help, share your GreyHaven report. It lists your parts without any personal details.

This page is the same for everyone who picked Linux Mint (Cinnamon) and chose to keep Windows. Anything personal on it comes from the part of the address after "#", which your browser keeps to itself. GreyHaven 0.1.0.