Yeah I installed that one you're thinking of.

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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I've never used Linux, but I'm interested in trying it. Is Mint easy to install?

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    From experience (this was a few years ago, but still holds up even today), yes. The GUI installer is very easy to use (there's lots of visual stuff to). The one thing that the installer does better that the Debian installer, in my opinion, is partitioning (there's more visual aids (a slider you can move around, I believe) (a disclaimer: this is basedoff of materials that i read online, not any personal experience)).

    If you want images and stuff, you can always look up 'Calamares installer' (which I believe is the installer Mint uses)

    Wish you the best of luck on your linux journey!

    E: disclaimer 

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Ah, I just noticed your reply now! I'd say Mint's about as easy to install as the other major installations. If you don't care about dual booting, you can just let the installer use the entire hard disk, and that greatly simplifies everything. If you decide to go back to Windows you'll have to go through that process, of course, but usually you make recovery media early on in your system's life, and you could boot from that to get back to a factory state.

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