LMDE is a Linux Mint project which provides popular Linux distribution that combines the elegance and ease of Linux Mint with the Debian base, offering a more rolling release experience. Codename of LMDE 6 is Faye.

Recently LMDE 6 has been released with new features and improvements.

• Linux Kernel 6.1
• Improved Cinnamon 5.8 desktop environment
• Touchpad gesture support
• Resizable Mint Menu
• Improved Software Manager and support for HEIF & AVIF images.
• Improved Login screen.

System Requirements for LDME 6

• 2 GB RAM or more
• 2 CPU core or more
• 40 GB hard disk space
• Bootable Media (USB / DVD)
• Reliable Internet Connection (Optional)

Let’s get started with LMDE 6 Installation steps.

1) Download LMDE 6 ISO

Download LMDE 6 ISO file from below Linux Mint official web page.

• LMDE 6 ISO (64-bit)

Once the ISO file is downloaded then prepare the installation media by burning ISO file into USB drive or DVD. On Windows, use Rufus to create bootable USB drive from ISO file and on Linux use below:

• How to Create Bootable USB Drive on Ubuntu / Linux Mint

2) Boot from Installation Media

Insert the bootable USB drive or DVD into your computer and boot from it. You may need to access your system’s BIOS or UEFI settings to set the boot order correctly. Once booted, you’ll see the LMDE 6 welcome screen.

Choose first option “Start LMDE” and hit enter.

Click on “Install Linux Mint”

Select “Let’s go!” and hit enter.

3) Choose Your Preferred Language

Select your preferred language and then click “Next” to proceed.

4) Select Your Time Zone

Choose the time zone that suits to your installation and then click Next

5) Keyboard Layout for LDME 6

In this step, you will be asked to choose keyboard layout that suits to your installation and then click Next to proceed.

6) Create User and Set Host Name

Enter your full name, computer’s name, username, and password. Ensure you choose a strong password. You can also choose to log in automatically if desired. Click “Next.”

7) Installation Options

You’ll be presented with following installation options:

• Erase Disk and Install LMDE 6: This option will erase the entire disk and install LMDE. Choose this if you want a clean installation.
• Manual Partitioning: Advanced users can choose this option to manually configure partitions.

Select the option that suits your needs. For this guide, we’ll choose “Erase Disk and Install LMDE ”

Click Next and then in the following screen choose ‘Yes’ to erase the data from hard disk.

Select the hard disk for GRUB installation and then click Next to proceed with installation.

Note: Choose the same disk on which you are installing the LMDE 6

In the following screen, you will get Installation summary overview, cross verify the things and then click on “Install” to begin LMDE 6 installation.

8) LMDE 6 Installation Progress

On this step, LMDE 6 installation has started and is in progress.

Once LMDE 6 installation is completed, installer will prompt us to reboot the system.

Click Yes to restart the computer. Don’t forget to remove the installation media and change the boot settings from BIOS so that system boots up with hard disk.

9) LMDE 6 Login Screen and Desktop

Upon reboot, you’ll be greeted with the LMDE 6 login screen. Use the same username and password that you have created during Step 6.

After entering the credentials hit enter and this will take us to the desktop environment.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You’ve successfully installed Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 (LMDE 6) on your computer. LMDE offers a stable, rolling release experience with the elegance and user-friendliness that Linux Mint is known for. Explore the world of LMDE, customize it to your liking, and enjoy a robust and reliable Linux experience on your machine.

1) Disable CD/DVD Package Repository

Whenever we install Debian 12 using DVD / ISO file, installer automatically configure cdrom package repository in /etc/apt/sources.list file. Post installation when we run apt command it will throw an error because cdrom repo does not have a release file. So, to fix this, open the terminal, switch to the root user and comment out the line cdrom entry in /etc/apt/sources.list file.

$ su - root
# vi /etc/apt/sources.list

Save and close the file. Refresh the repository index using following apt command,

# apt update

2) Sudo Rights to Local User

During the installation, we have created a local user but that user that does not have rights to perform any administrative tasks on the system. So, to assign sudo rights to the local user run following usermod command from root user console

$ su - root

# usermod -aG sudo <username>

# usermod -aG sudo linuxtechi

Reboot the system to make above changes into the affect.

After reboot, we can use local user and perform all the administrative tasks just appending sudo in front of each command.

3) Install All available Updates

Run the following apt command to install all the available updates,

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade -y

4) Customize Desktop with Tweak Tool

Using the tweak tool, we change the look and feel of desktop screen.

From the Activity, search Tweak tool and click on it icon

5) Install GNOME Extensions Manager

GNOME extensions manager provides additional functionality to desktop environment. So, to install GNONE extension manager, run beneath command

$ sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-manager -y

Post installation, access it from the Activity and click on its icon

Click on its icon

From the Browse the window, search the extension that you want to install, for the demonstration purpose, I am going to install Dash to panel.

Click on Install. After the installation, panel will move to bottom of the screen as shown below,

6) Install TimeShift Backup Tool

By default, there is no backup tool for Debian 12, but we can easily install and configure free and opensource Timeshift backup tool.

From Software Center, Search TimeShift,

Click on Timeshift Icon and then click on Install.

7) Enable Night Light Feature

When we enable nigh light feature then it adds yellow-orange light to our desktop screen at night which reduce the eye strain. Even medical studies confirm that the blue light, which is emitted by desktop screen affect our vision, so it is highly recommend enabling night light feature.

So, to enable this feature, Go to Settings –>Display –> Night Light (Disable by default)

8) Enable Firewall

To secure a linux system, it is highly recommended to enable OS firewall. In Debain 12, we have ufw, so enable it, run following commands,

$ sudo apt install ufw -y
$ sudo ufw enable
$ sudo ufw default deny incoming
$ sudo ufw default allow outgoing
$ sudo ufw allow ssh

Using above commands, we have blocked all the incoming traffic except ssh and allowed all outgoing traffic.

9) Install Snapd, VLC, FileZilla and thunderbird

Install day to day software that we generally use on our desktop, some of them are like snapd, vlc media player, filezilla and thunderbird email client. So, to install these software run following command,

$ sudo apt install snapd vlc filezilla thunderbird -y

10) Install Slack, Skpe, Google Chrome & Flatpack

Software like slack, skype and google chrome are not available in the default Debian 12 package repositories. In order to install slack, run following snap command,

$ sudo snap install slack

To Install Skype, run following set of commands,

$ wget https://go.skype.com/skypeforlinux-64.deb
$ sudo apt install ./skypeforlinux-64.deb -y

In order to Install Google Chrome Web Browser, run following commands,

$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

As we know flatpak is  framework for distributing desktop applications across various Linux distributions. So it install and enable it on Debian 12, run following commands,

$ apt install flatpak gnome-software-plugin-flatpak -y
$ sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

That’s all from this post. I hope you have it informative. Please don’t hesitate to post your queries and feedback in below comments section.

Elementary OS 7 with code name “Horus” released with lot of improvements like :

• Improved AppCenter and install all application that one need.
• Improved sideloading and alt store (Flathub) experience
• Latest GNOME Web 43 support for creating web apps.
• Getting OS and Applicate Updates quickly
• Power Profile Management
• Improvement in App Description

System Requirements for Elementary OS 7

• Dual Core 64-bit processor
• 4 GB RAM or more
• 32 GB hard disk
• Internet Access
• Bootable USB Flash Drive ( 4 GB Storage)

Without any further delay, let’s jump into the installation steps

1) Download Elementary OS 7

Use below official URL to download ISO file,

• Download Elementary OS 7 ISO

Once ISO file is downloaded then burn it into USB flash drive and make it bootable.

On Windows operating use “Rufus” software to make bootable USB drive using ISO file. In Linux, refer the following URL:

• How to Create Bootable USB Drive on Ubuntu / Linux Mint

2) Boot the system with bootable media

Now boot the target system with bootable USB drive. From bios settings change the boot medium from hard disk to USB. When the system boots up with USB drive then we will get the following screen,

3) Select Language for Installation

Choose your preferred language and then click select,

4) Choose Keyboard Layout

In this step, you will be requested to choose keyboard layout and then click on ‘Select’

5) Try or Install elementary OS

We will be presented the beneath screen, where we must our choose installation type. It gives us following options,

• Try Demo Mode – Try Elementary OS 7 without installing
• Erase disk and Install – Installer will erase the whole disk and will create required partitions automatically.
• Custom Install (Advanced) – It will give us the option to create custom partitions.

In this post, I will go with the 2nd option (Erase disk and install).

Click on “Erase Disk and Install”

In the following screen, select the drive on which OS will be installed and then click on “Erase and Install”

If you want to encrypt the device’s drive, then click on “Choose Password” else click on “Don’t Encrypt”.

6) Installation Progress

As we can see below, installation got started and is in progress.

Once the installation is completed, installer will prompt to reboot the system.

Click on “Restart Device” and don’t forget to change boot medium from bios settings so that it boots up with the disk.

7) Create Local User and Set Hostname

When the system boots up after the installation, you will be prompted to enter local user details and hostname of your system.

Specify the details as per your requirement,

Click on “Finish Setup”.

In the following screen, you will be prompted to enter your local user credentials that you have created above,

After entering the credentials, hit enter

8) Elementary OS 7 Welcome Screen

We will get the beneath welcome screen,

Choose “Skip All”

Click “Get Started” and then we will get following desktop screen,

Great, it confirms that you have successfully installed Elementary OS 7 on your system. That’s all from this guide, explore this exciting Linux distribution and have fun 😊.

Garuda Linux offers its users a wide selection of vibrant desktop environments including Plasma KDE, GNOME, LXQt-win, Xfce, and Qtile to mention a few. Like Arch Linux, it uses Pacman as its default package manager and ships with a huge collection of software packages.

Key highlights of Garuda Linux include:

• Calameres installer for simplifying the installation process.
• BTRFS is the default filesystem with zstd compression.
• Enhanced Linux kernel for optimized multimedia and gaming.
• Elegant desktop themes with blur effects out of the box.
• Garuda Assistant GUI tool for managing various tasks along with snapper.
• Automatic snapshots using the Timeshift backup tool.
• Garuda Settings Manager for managing kernels and drivers.
• Garuda gamer for managing gaming software.

In this guide, we will demonstrate how to install Garuda Linux step-by-step with screenshots.

Step 1) Download Garuda Linux ISO

The first step in installing Garuda Linux is to download the ISO image file. Currently, there are 10 Editions of Garuda that are available. So, head over to the official Garuda Download page and download your preferred ISO file.

Once you have downloaded the Garuda Linux ISO file, grab a 16GB USB drive and create a bootable USB installation medium using Rufus, Balena Etcher or any other software for writing image files onto a USB drive.

Step 2)  Boot system with installation medium

With the installation medium at hand, plug it into your PC and reboot the system. Be sure to set the bootable USB drive to have the highest boot priority and continue booting.

The first screen that comes to view provides you with a list of options as shown below. You can choose either the ‘Boot with opensource drivers’ or ‘Boot allowing proprietary drivers (NVIDIA)’ option.

Soon afterward, you will see the boot messages splash on your screen for a minute or so.

The Garuda installer will be initialized, and you should see the Garuda Linux logo.

A moment later, you will land into the live Garuda Linux environment. On the welcome screen, click ‘Install Garuda Linux’ to commence the installation of Garuda Linux.

Step 3) Select Installation Language

The beautiful and intuitive Calameres installer will come to view. On the left sidebar is a list of installation steps that you will be required to take.

To proceed with the installation, select the installation language and click ‘Next’.

Step 4)  Select Geographical Region

Next, select your current or preferred geographical location and time zone and click ‘Next’

Step 5)  Select Keyboard Layout

Next, select your preferred layout. Here, we will go with the default selection which works just fine. Then click ‘Next’.

Step 6) Configure Partitioning

In this section, you will be required to partition your hard drive. You will be presented with two options as shown.

• Erase Disk: This option wipes out everything on your hard drive including the existing operating system and all the files. It’s preferred if you want to start from scratch. In addition, the option automatically partitions the hard drive and is recommended for Linux users who are not comfortable with manual partitioning.
• Manual Partitioning: This option offers the autonomy to create your disk partitions. It’s recommended if you want to have a dual boot setup.

For this guide, we will go with ‘Manual partitioning’. These are the partitions we are going to create:

• /boot/efi      –   512MB
• Swap           –   8GB
• /                   –   18GB
• /home         –   14GB

Next, click ‘New Partition Table’

We will opt to go with the GPT (GUID Partition Table) option which is the most preferred, and click ‘Ok’.

Your hard drive will be labeled as ‘Free Space’ to begin with. This is because no partitions have been created so far. To begin creating disk partitions, click ‘Create’.

Since we are using UEFI boot mode, we will start by creating the /boot/efi partition as shown.

• Size: 512MB
• File System: FAT32
• Mount Point:  /boot/efi
• Flag:  boot

Once you are done, click ‘Ok’.

For swap space:

• Size: 512MB
• File System: linuxswap
• Flag:  swap

For /  partition

• Size: 18500MB
• File System: btrfs
• Mount Point:  /
• Flag:  root

For /home partition

• Size: 14718MB
• File System: btrfs
• Mount Point:  /home

The complete partition table looks like this. To proceed, click ‘Next’.

Step 7)  Create a login and administrative user

Next, you will be required to create a regular login user and root account. Therefore, fill in the required details as shown below and click ‘Next’.

Step 8) Installation Summary & Start Installation of Garuda

A summary of all the settings that you have configured or selected will be displayed. So, carefully review the settings, and if all looks good, click ‘Install’.

On the pop-up that appears, click ‘Install Now’ to confirm.

The installation of Garuda Linux will commence as the installer copies the files from the installation medium to the hard drive. This takes about 30 minutes, so you can take a breather.

Once the installation is complete, click ‘Restart’ and then click ‘Done’ to reboot in order to log in to your new Garuda installation.

Once the system is rebooted, you will get the following Garuda assistance pop-up prompting you to apply system updates. So, click ‘Ok’.

This opens a terminal on which the update of the packages will take place. Authenticate with your password and press ENTER.

Once the update is complete, you will then be required to log in using your password.

Conclusion

This concludes this guide on the installation of Garuda Linux. All the best as you get started out with one of the most visually appealing Arch-based Linux distributions.

FileZilla is a free and open source fully featured graphical FTP, FTPS and SFTP client. It is cross platform software so it can be installed on both Windows and Linux like operating systems. Filezilla code is written mainly in C++ and Wxwidgets.

Features of FileZilla

• Support File transfer protocols like FTP, FTPS and SFTP
• Control Upload and Download Speed
• Filtering connection based on IP address
• Directory Comparison
• Remote file Editing
• IPv6 support

Prerequisites

• Pre-Installed Fedora 36 Workstation
• Sudo User with admin rights
• Internet Connecitivity

Filezilla on Fedora 36 workstation can be installed via two different methods.

Installing FileZilla from Command Line

Login to your Fedora 36 system and run the beneath commands from the terminal to install latest version of FileZilla.

Note: At the time of writing this post, FileZilla 3.60 is available in Fedora package repositories.

$ sudo dnf install filezilla -y

Once the Installation is completed, verify the filezilla version, run

$ filezilla --version
Reading locale option from /home/linuxtechi/.config/filezilla/filezilla.xml
FileZilla 3.60.1, compiled on 2022-06-02
$

Installing Filezilla from GUI

From Activity search ‘Software’ as shown, Software is application manager for Gnome Desktop environment.

Click on Software Icon

Click on ‘FileZilla’ image

Click on ‘Install’ option to initiate the installation.

Access Filezilla

To access Filezilla client, search filezilla from the Acitivity as shown below,

Click on Filezilla icon then we will get following FileZilla GUI,

Now Connect to your FTP server by specifying the host ip, user name, password and its port

Once the authentication is verified and certificate is accepted then we will successfully get the remote server sftp directory. Example is shown is below:

Remove (or Uninstall Filezilla)

To Remove filezilla from your Fedora 36 workstation, run following dnf command.

$ sudo dnf remove filezilla -y

That’s all from this post, I hope you have found it informative. Don’t hesitate to post queries and feedback in below comments section.

Read Also: How to Install KVM on Fedora 36 (Step by Step)

Atom is a free and open-source text editor for Linux, Windows and MacOS operating system.It is based on Electron (CoffeeScript /Javascript/HTML) and can also be be used as IDE (integrated development environment). Atom is developed and maintained by GitHub Inc. and is also known as “hackable text editor“.

Features of Atom Text Editor

• Support Cross Platform Editing – Atom is platform independent so we can use it on MacOS, Windows and Linux
• Smart Auto-completion – It helps us to develop the code faster with smart and flexible autocomplete feature
• Built-in Package Manager – We can install new package and can create our own packages with in the Atom
• File system Browser – From atom window we can easily browse a file, project or multiple projects.
• Find and Replace – Atom supports easy way to find, preview and replace text in a file or across all your projects.
• Support Multiple Panes – We can easily split atom interface into multiple panes to compare and to edit code across the files.

Without any further delay, let’s dive into Atom installation steps.

Installing Atom from Command line

Atom package is not available in the default Ubuntu 22.04 repositories. So, first configure its official repository.

Open the terminal and run the following apt command to install atom dependencies,

$ sudo apt install curl libcanberra-gtk-module dirmngr ca-certificates software-properties-common gnupg gnupg2 apt-transport-https -y

Run following commands to configure Atom repository

$ curl -fsSL https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/atom.gpg > /dev/null
$ echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/atom.gpg] https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/any/ any main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/atom.list

Now, run beneath apt commands to install atom text editor

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install -y atom

Alternate Way to Install Atom on Ubuntu and Linux Mint

We can also easily install atom text editor using snap utility, steps are shown below:

$ sudo apt install snapd
$ sudo snap install atom --classic

Installing Atom Text Editor From GUI

Login to Desktop environment and start Ubuntu software center,

click on ‘snappyatom‘ icon and then click on ‘Install‘

It will prompt you to enter your user credentials,

After entering the credentials installation will start,

Once the installation is completed, access Atom Text Editor.

Search ‘atom‘ from Activity as shown below,

click on ‘Atom’ icon

Uninstall Atom Text Editor

To uninstall atom text editor from the command line, run

$ sudo apt autoremove atom -y

To uninstall atom text editor from GUI, search snappyatom in ‘Ubuntu Software’ Center and click on ‘Delete’ icon

That’s all from this guide, I hope you have successfully installed Atom Text Editor on your Ubuntu 22.04 LTS system. kindly do post your queries and feedback in below comments section.

Read Also : Top 10 Text Editors For Ubuntu Desktop

VMware Workstation is a type 2 hypervisor designed for Windows and Linux systems. It allows you to create and manage virtual machines in either Windows or Linux environments.

Vmware Workstation is broadly categorized into two products: VMware Workstation Player and VMware Workstation Pro.

VMware Workstation Player is free for personal use whereas VMware Workstation Pro requires a license. The former is a non-commercial tool and provides just basic functionalities whereas Workstation Pro is a professional and more advanced virtualization solution.  Both run on Linux and Windows systems and have virtually the same installation requirements. In addition, both run on x86-based architecture with 64-bit Intel and AMD CPUs.

1) Download VMware Workstation PRO

VMware Workstation Player is not officially hosted on Ubuntu 22.04 & 20.04 repositories. To install VMware Workstation on Ubuntu 22.04, visit the Official VMWare download Page and download the installation bundle as indicated below.

At the time of writing this guide, the latest version is VMware Workstation Pro 16, and the download size is slightly above 500MB.

The installation bundle gets downloaded in the Downloads folder that is located in your home directory. You can confirm this using the ls command as follows.

$ ls Downloads

2) Install VMware Workstation

Before starting the installation, let’s first install the prerequisites using beneath apt command,

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install -y build-essential

To install VMware Workstation, run the following bash command. Kindly note that the VMware Workstation installation file name will be different from yours if a newer version will be made available.

$ sudo bash VMware-Workstation-Full-16.2.4-20089737.x86_64.bundle

The command extracts the Vmware installer and installs VMware on your system. This takes roughly 5 minutes, so just be patient. At the very end, you will get confirmation that the installation was successful.

3) Install required additional kernel modules

For VMware workstation to work seamlessly, some additional kernel modules are required. As such, install them as follows.

$ sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

4) Launch VMware Workstation

The final step in the installation process is to launch VMware Workstation and complete the setup. So, click the ‘Activities’ tab and then click the icon shown below.

The following window will pop up. Be sure to read through the End User License Agreement and accept the terms. Then click ‘Next’ to proceed to the next step.

Similarly, accept the next set of license agreement terms and click ‘Next’.

Next, you can choose whether to check for any updates upon launching VMware Workstation. This is all up to you to decide and once you have made your choice click ‘Next’.

Next, enter a license Key if you have purchased VMware Workstation. Alternatively, if you don’t have one you can opt to evaluate the application for 30 days. Once you have made your choice, click ‘Finish’.

Once you click the ‘Finish’ button, you will be required to authenticate, and therefore, provide your password and click the ‘Authenticate’ button.

Finally, the VMware Workstation will come to view. Click ‘Ok’ on the pop-up window that appears.

From here you can create and manage your virtual machines.

Conclusion

This wraps up this guide on how to install VMware Workstation on Ubuntu 22.04 & 22.04.You can now leverage its virtualization capabilities to run and test your favorite operating systems with ease including Linux, Windows, and even UNIX varieties such as BSD. All the best as you get started out with VMware Workstation Pro.

Also Read: How to Configure Static IP Address on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Linux Mint 21 is a long-term support (LTS) release that will get support and updates until 2027.  It is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and packs with numerous improvements and enhancements such as :

• New Linux Kernel 5.15
• Blueman for managing Bluetooth device
• Updated and Improved thumbnails
• Improved Sticky Notes
• Introduction of Process Monitor to detect automatic updates and system snapshots.
• XApps improvements

Prerequisites

• Sudo User with Admin rights
• 20 GB or more free disk space of root file system.
• Stable Internet Connectivity

Note: You can’t directly upgrade Linux Mint 20.1 or 20.2 to Linux Mint 21. First you need to upgrade your system to reach 20.3. Run following commands to reach 20.3

$ sudo apt update 
$ sudo apt upgrade

Once your system is on the version 20.3 then refer the following steps.

Upgrading to Linux Mint 21 from Linux Mint 20.03

Back up your files

Before you get started with upgrading your system, it’s highly recommended that you backup all your files and folders so that you will be in a safe place should the upgrade fail. Additionally, you can backup and restore the entire system using the TimeShift utility. Once you have backed up all your files, you can safely proceed to upgrade your system.

For the upgrade, we would be using mintupgrade utility.

Step 1) Install Updates

Run following command to install all available updates,

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade -y

Reboot the system, once all the updates are installed.

$ sudo reboot

Step 2) Install Mintupgrade Utility

Open the terminal and type following apt command,

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install mintupgrade -y

Step 3) Check for Linux Mint 21 Upgrade

Run the following mintupgrade command, it will start the GUI of Upgrade tool.

$ sudo mintupgrade

As you can see above, upgrade is available. Click on ‘Let’s go!‘ option to proceed.

Step 4) Begin Upgrade Process

Preparation is the first phase of Upgrade,  in this is phase multiple tests will be performed.

click on OK

In phase 1, system snapshots will be checked along with package repositories. If the system snapshots not found then it will prompt you to take the snapshot using timeshift tool. Once all the tests are completed successfully the you will get Phase 2 screen.

Click on OK to proceed further. In phase 2, all the package updates will be downloaded.

Choose OK to start downloading the packages required for upgrade.

It may take twenty minutes or so depending upon your internet speed.

Once all the packages are downloaded then we will be presented following phase 3 screen, where package installation and upgrade will start.

Click OK to start actual system upgrade

During the upgrade phase, you will be prompted whether to keep orphan packages,

If you want to keep any orphan package then, then you need to manually add it in orphan package list,

Once done, click on ‘Fix‘ to proceed further

When the upgrade is completed successfully, we will get the following screen,

Perfect, above screen confirms that upgrade was successful. Now, reboot the system for all changes to take effect.

$ sudo reboot

When the system boots up after the upgrade, open the terminal and run neofetch command to view the system details.

$ neofetch

If you have come this far, you have successfully upgrade Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa) from Linux Mint 20.3 (Ulyana). You can enjoy the look and feel and tons of enhancements and improvements that come with the new release.

Also Read : How to Boot Linux Mint 20 in Rescue / Emergency Mode

The step-by-step guide on this page will show you how to install Linux Mint 21 Xfce Edition along with screenshots.

The much-awaited Linux Mint 21 operating system has been released, this is a LTS release (Long Term Support) and will get support and updates until 2027. Vanessa is the code name for Linux Mint 21, it is based on Ubuntu 22.04 and comes with three different desktop environments like Cinnamon, Mate and Xfce.

Linux Mint 21 Features & Updates

• New Linux Kernel 5.15
• Introduction of Blueman for connecting Bluetooth devices
• Improved Thumbnails
• Artwork Improvements
•  Sticky notes support duplicate notes
• Timeshift is maintained as XApp.

System Requirements for Linux Mint 21

• 2 GB RAM or more
• 20 GB free hard disk space or more
• 64-bit Dual core processor or more
• Bootable Media (USB Stick)
• Internet Connectivity (Optional)

Without any further delay, let’s jump into Linux Mint 21 Xfce Edition installation steps.

Step 1) Download Linux Mint 21 Xfce Edition ISO file

Use the following official web portal to download ISO file.

• Download Linux Mint 21 Xfce Edition

Once ISO file is downloaded, make a bootable USB stick using the ISO file. On Linux desktop use following to create bootable USB,

• How to Create Bootable USB Drive on Ubuntu / Linux Mint

On windows system, use Rufus software to make bootable USB using ISO file.

Step 2) Boot System using Bootable USB Stick

Reboot the system on which you want to install Linux Mint 21, change the boot medium from hard disk to USB from it’s bios settings.

When the system boots up with bootable USB stick, we will get following beneath screen.

Select the first option ‘Start Linux Mint 21 Xfce 64-bit’ and press enter then we will be presented the following screen,

Double Click on ‘Install Linux Mint’

Step 3) Choose Language for Installation

Choose your preferred language and click Continue

Step 4) Select Keyboard Layout

Select the keyboard layout as per your setup and then click on Continue

Step 5) Install Multimedia Codecs

This step is optional if you want to install multimedia codecs and system is connected to internet then click on the checkbox, else you can skip it.

Click on Continue to proceed further

Step 6) Choose Installation Type

On this step, you are required to choose the installation type, basically there are two types,

• Erase disk and Install Linux Mint: In this type, installer will erase all the data on disk and will create partitions automatically for you.
• Something else: Using this, we can create manual partitions as per our need.

In this guide, we will go with something else option and will create following partitions on 40 GB hard disk.

• /boot      : 2 GB (xfs file system)
• /              : 10 GB (xfs file system)
• /home     : 25 GB (xfs file system)
• Swap       : 2 GB

Before start creating partitions, first create a partition table,

First click on ‘New Partition Table’ and then click Continue

Now start creating first partition as /boot, select the free space and then click on ‘+’ symbol.

Click on OK to finish /boot partition creation.

In the same way, create next two partitions / and /home of 10G and 25G respectively.

Create Swap partition of size 2G

Click on Ok,

Note : When you are using UEFI mode then you must create following two additional partitions:

• EFI System Partition: 100 – 550 MB
• Reserved BIOS Boot Area: 1 MB (This is used to store bootloader code)

Click on OK.

Once you are done with manual partitions then click on ‘Install Now’

Click Continue to write changes to disk and to proceed further with installation.

Step 7) Choose Your Preferred Timezone

As per geographical location of your system choose the location and click continue

Step 8) Enter Local User Details

In this step, you are requested to enter local user details along with hostname of your system. So, fill in the details as per requirements,

Click Continue to begin the actual installation.

Step 8) Linux Mint 21 Installation Started

As we can see that Linux Mint 21 installation is started and is in progress,

Once the installation is completed then installer will instruct you to reboot the system.

Click on “Restart Now”

Note : During the reboot don’t forget to change boot medium from USB to hard disk via bios settings.

Step 9) Login Screen and Desktop Environment

When the system rebooted post installation then we will get following login screen. Use the same user credentials that you have created during the installation.

After entering the credentials, following desktop environment screen will appear,

Open the terminal and run neofetch command to verify the installation.

Great, above output confirms that we have successfully installed Linux Mint 21 Xfce Edition.

That’s all from this guide, kindly post your queries and feedback in below comments section.

• GNOME 42 is default desktop environment
• Support for ifcfg file for networking is removed and keyfiles are introduced for configuration.
• New Linux Kernel 5.17
• Package are updated with new versions like PHP 8.1, gcc 12, OpenSSL 3.0, Ansible 5, OpenJDK 17, Ruby 3.1, Firefox 98 and LibreOffice 7.3
• RPM package database moved from /var to /usr folder.
• Noto Font is the default font, it will provide better user experience.

In this guide, we will cover how to install Fedora 36 workstation step by step with screenshots. Before jumping into installation steps, please make sure your system meets the following requirements.

• Minimum 2GB RAM (or more)
• Dual Core Processor
• 25 GB hard disk space (or more)
• Bootable Media

Without any further delay, let’s deep dive into the installation steps.

1) Download Fedora 36 Workstation ISO file

Use the following to download ISO file from fedora official site.

• Download Fedora Workstation

Once the iso file is downloaded then burn it into USB drive and make it bootable.

2) Boot the System using Bootable Media

Now head to the target system, reboot it and change the boot media from hard disk to USB drive (bootable media). Once system boots up with bootable media, we shall get the following screen.

Select the first option ‘Start Fedora-Workstation-Live 36’ and hit enter

3) Select Install to Hard drive

Choose ‘Install to Hard Drive’ option to proceed with installation.

4) Choose your Preferred Language

Select your preferred language which suits to your installation

Click on Continue

5) Choose Installation Destination

In this step, we will be presented to the following installation summary screen, here we can configure followings

• Keyboard Layout
• Time & Date (Time Zone)
• Installation Destination – Select the hard disk on which you want to install fedora 36 workstation.

Click on ‘Installation Destination’

In the following screen select the hard disk for fedora installation. Also Choose one of the option from Storage configuration tab.

• Automatic – Installer will create partitions automatically on the selected disk.
• Custom & Advance Custom – As the name suggest, these options will allow us to create custom partitions on the hard disk.

In this guide, we are going with the first option ‘Automatic’

Click on Done to proceed further

6) Begin Installation

Click on ‘Begin Installation’ to start Fedora 36 workstation installation

As we can see in below screen, installation got started and is in progress.

Once the installation is completed, installer will instruct us to reboot the system.

Click on ‘Finish Installation’ to reboot the system. Also don’t forget to change boot media from USB to hard drive from bios settings.

7) Setup Fedora 36 Workstation  

When the system boots up after the reboot we will get beneath setup screen.

Click on ‘Start Setup’

Choose Privacy settings as per your need.

Choose Next to proceed further

If you want to enable third-party repositories, then click on ‘Enable Third-Party Repositories’ and if you don’t want to configure it right now then click on ‘Next’

Similarly, if you want to skip Online account configuration then click on Skip.

Specify the local account name, in my case I have used beneath.

Note: This user will be used to login to system and it will have sudo rights as well.

Click on ‘Next’ to set password to this user.

Click on Next after setting up the password.

In the following screen, click on ‘Start Using Fedora Linux’

Now open the terminal and run following commands,

$ sudo dnf install -y neoftech
$ cat /etc/redhat-release
$ neofetch

Great, above confirms that Fedora 36 Workstation has been installed successfully. That’s all from this guide. Please don’t hesitate to post your queries and feedback in below comments section.