I was bored, so I made this - enjoy

Since I did not have much to do, I thought it would be fun to explore other operating systems. After all, with the recent developments in Windows, you never know where this will end up.

I looked at a variety of Linux distros. They have an adorable price of $0 and are easily installed in VMware player. In the past, I had already used Fedora and Ubuntu plus a few other smaller distros. The new Ubuntu with the Unity UI I did not like. Zorin was the first distro with which I had fun. Then I switched to Mint Cinnamon which is pretty nice but I finally settled for Mint Mate, the Nadia edition. That is a really nice operating system highly customizable which should suffice for any average user.

So I produced a small set of video tutorials that explain how to setup Linux Mint Mate. The first 6 videos cover the following subjects :

· Basic setup after installation
· Refining the Theme and Skin
· Start Menu and Taskbar settings
· Terminal window setup
· Installing and uninstalling Programs
· Screen Recording

In addition there is a link to a PDF with the topic : Installation of Mint Mate in VMware Player. This section contains a written tutorial and three videos.

If you are interested in the subject, download the control sheet (a PDF) from my Skydrive.


Full link for the PDF:

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=475a0...A6D4035%211856

I love Zorin too. But Mint Mate is a lot richer and has more possibilities. Have a look at the videos - especially the one about Terminal (#4) and you will see.

It is only a 2 page pdf control sheet. So a download should not be a problem.

But it's Linux

If you don't like the GUI, reconfigure it or just change it.

Most people turn off Linux because of the obscure names for programs, it looks different etc.

You're seeing now, how W8 is upsetting a lot of Windows users.
Why ???
The GUI has changed.

whs said:

Since I did not have much to do, I thought it would be fun to explore other operating systems. After all, with the recent developments in Windows, you never know where this will end up.

I looked at a variety of Linux distros. They have an adorable price of $0 and are easily installed in VMware player. In the past, I had already used Fedora and Ubuntu plus a few other smaller distros. The new Ubuntu with the Unity UI I did not like. Zorin was the first distro with which I had fun. Then I switched to Mint Cinnamon which is pretty nice but I finally settled for Mint Mate, the Nadia edition. That is a really nice operating system highly customizable which should suffice for any average user.

So I produced a small set of video tutorials that explain how to setup Linux Mint Mate. The first 6 videos cover the following subjects :

· Basic setup after installation
· Refining the Theme and Skin
· Start Menu and Taskbar settings
· Terminal window setup
· Installing and uninstalling Programs
· Screen Recording

In addition there is a link to a PDF with the topic : Installation of Mint Mate in VMware Player. This section contains a written tutorial and three videos.

If you are interested in the subject, download the control sheet (a PDF) from my Skydrive.


Full link for the PDF:

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=475a0...A6D4035%211856

I have never used linux but this post made me want to try it. I downloaded VirtualBox and am now busy downloading Linux Mint Mate but would like to know what the advantages of using linux in a virtualization program are. Why do you use it?

I have never used linux but this post made me want to try it. I downloaded VirtualBox and am now busy downloading Linux Mint Mate but would like to know what the advantages of using linux in a virtualization program are. Why do you use it?

There are several advantages to run in VMware player (or vBox):

1. You can run it side by side with your host system

2. If you install the tools. you can share the clipboard or drag/drop over system boundaries

3. Your host bootmgr is not changed by the Grub - that's a big deal and an important reason why I do not install a double boot Linux

4. Easy to backup the virtual system, just copy the VMware folder to a safe place

5. Easy to move the virtual system. I just moved the VMware folder to an external USB3 attached SSD and run it from there

6. You can have many systems installed in VMware Player. I have Mint Mate, Mint Cinnamon, Ubuntu, Puppy, Fedora, Zorin, Windows 8. But there is really no limit. The limit is your disk space.