In this video I’ll explain how to install and use Linux Mint as a potential replacement for your Windows OS, especially with older hardware that cannot run the latest Windows 11.
I’m a big fan of Ubuntu and I use it on all of my Linux servers at home. I’m torn between Linux Mint and Zorin OS, which if they weren’t both based on Ubuntu / Debian it sure would make the decision easier. Either way, I think the outcome of the choice is minimal as they are both good.
Today we’ll go over installing Linux Mint and setting up some common applications that I like to use, such as Google Chrome and Visual Studio Code.
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# install ssh
apt install openssh-server
# install Google Chrome
# https://www.google.com/chrome
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
# VSCode
# https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux
echo "code code/add-microsoft-repo boolean true" | sudo debconf-set-selections
sudo apt-get install wget gpg
wget -qO- https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo install -D -o root -g root -m 644 packages.microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.microsoft.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main" |sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list > /dev/null
rm -f packages.microsoft.gpg
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
sudo apt update
sudo apt install code # or code-insiders
# StarShip prompt
# https://starship.rs/guide/
curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh
echo '' >> ~/.bashrc
echo '# StarShip' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(starship init bash)"' >> ~/.bashrc
# Install git
apt install git
# generate ssh key
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096
# NoMachine
# https://download.nomachine.com/download/8.15/Linux/nomachine_8.15.3_1_amd64.deb
wget https://download.nomachine.com/download/8.15/Linux/nomachine_8.15.3_1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i nomachine_8.15.3_1_amd64.deb