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[illumination]

Hello,

Im new to linux, been using windows for several years. I was given a older laptop with Xp on it after microsoft dropped support. So i decided to try linux on it as it was older of course and system specs are quite low. AFter trying a couple different Distro's "that did not work out" i came to Mint, which installed without a hitch and was smooth, no issues.. Needless to say, i fell in love..

I have been becoming less tolerable of Microsoft for some time, and now that i have had a chance to try out mint on an older machine, im patiently waiting for mint 17 to be released as it will be going on my newer laptop that has been running windows 8.1

Im sure i will be full of questions for some time here, as i have a lot to learn..

[Crewp]

Welcome to Linux Mint, and the Mint forum.

[The-Wizard]

welcome to the mint family forums

wizard

[illumination]

Welcome to Linux Mint, and the Mint forum.

Thank you!

welcome to the mint family forums

wizard

Thank you as well.. Look forward to meeting and learning from as many of the members here as possible..

[vrkalak]

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Welcome to LinuxMint

Read everything you can -- Forums - Wiki - IRC

Linux: Tricks of the Trade > http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=38355
What works for Ubuntu, usually works for Mint > http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/
Linux Alternative to Windows > http://www.linuxalt.com/
LinuxMint Community Forums - Tutorials > http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/welcome

** Remember, all OS-Distro, Apps, DE/WM are Open-Source and have a Help-Forum

[joejohnston3]

We are glad to have you with us and welcome to our community! This is a great place to learn more about Linux.

[illumination]

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Welcome to LinuxMint

Read everything you can -- Forums - Wiki - IRC

Linux: Tricks of the Trade > http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=38355
What works for Ubuntu, usually works for Mint > http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/
Linux Alternative to Windows > http://www.linuxalt.com/
LinuxMint Community Forums - Tutorials > http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/welcome

** Remember, all OS-Distro, Apps, DE/WM are Open-Source and have a Help-Forum

Thank you for the welcome, and the tips.. I have already begun to make good use of them

We are glad to have you with us and welcome to our community! This is a great place to learn more about Linux.

Thank you! I am already feeling at home with such a great welcome from everyone. I had heard this forum and the people in it were down to earth, good people. I now see this myself and feel honored to be welcomed into this community. As i read down through the threads, i can see plenty of knowledge just waiting to be absorbed..

[jesica]

Good day and welcome to the forum

[smash72]

Welcome.

And I agree, this is great community and the best place to get help, learn Linux and Linux Mint, the best OS in the world.

[illumination]

Good day and welcome to the forum

Good day to you as well, and Thank you!

Welcome.

And I agree, this is great community and the best place to get help, learn Linux and Linux Mint, the best OS in the world.

Just begining and already finding loads of information to help me start out.. I am quite proficient with windows, so starting out i was not completely clueless, but also realize i have a long road ahead of me learning..

[AlanWalker]

Just begining and already finding loads of information to help me start out.. I am quite proficient with windows, so starting out i was not completely clueless, but also realize i have a long road ahead of me learning..

Psst... Look here, follow the instructions therein, then look into booting into "recovery mode" to prepare for the time you may not be able to boot to the desktop due to a change you made to your system (if grub doesn't give you the chance to do so at boot time, hold the right-shift key down during boot); after booting into recovery mode and entering your password, you'll have a terminal in root where you can enter cd backups/fullbackup.tar . then enter tar -xvpf fullbackup.tar . - after a few minutes you'll have your system back to the way it was when you created fullbackup.tar.

If you practice restoring your system a few times just after you've installed it, you'll not have risked much, have had some fun, have gained confidence, and have a base tar for restoring to your system to its original install point for possible later use.

I've several restore points (tarballs), each for different stages; I'd recommend that you create a tar restore archive before you make potentially damaging changes to your system.

Have fun!

[illumination]

Just begining and already finding loads of information to help me start out.. I am quite proficient with windows, so starting out i was not completely clueless, but also realize i have a long road ahead of me learning..

Psst... Look here, follow the instructions therein, then look into booting into "recovery mode" to prepare for the time you may not be able to boot to the desktop (if grub doesn't give you the chance to do so at boot time, hold the right-shift key down during boot); after booting into recovery mode and entering your password, you'll have a terminal in root where you can enter cp backups/fullbackup.tar . then enter tar -xvpf fullbackup.tar . - after a few minutes you'll have your system back to the way it was when you created fullbackup.tar.

If you practice restoring your system a few times just after you've installed it, you'll not have risked much, have had some fun, have gained confidence, and have a base tar for restoring to your system to its original install point for possible later use.

I've several restore points (tarballs), each for different stages; I'd recommend that you create a tar restore archive before you make potentially damaging changes to your system.

Have fun!

Thank you for the welcome and advice. It was actually the first thing i did, made sure i had my failsafe in place.. Old habits never die no matter what OS your on
Im sure i will make my share of mistakes and utilize that failsafe a time or two..

[Umbra Polaris]

Hi mate, now we are onboard, like old time ^^