![]() ![]() In understand there is a trouble in choosing what version of The Gimp to use with Linux (since 2017, the plugins registry has been removed, and it is hard to find them the choice is to use 2.8.22 with an Ubuntu package of scripts and plugins, or to use 2.10.x with some scripts such as FX Foundry or Elsamuko and G’MIC). * The Gimp: the installed version was a 2.8.22, while the latest available was 2.10.14. ![]() * LibreOffice: I had to uninstall the very outdated 6.0.7 version and replace it by the 6.2.8 downloaded from LibreOffice website. Several softwares were outdated, or even no longer supported / maintained by their authors: I also installed my Canon Selphy CP1300 (it works very well, in USB mode only, WiFi is unsupported). Finally I installed Xsane and use it for scanning with the driver provided by Epson (more options than with Xsane provided driver). I installed Epson drivers for my printer / scanner, Epson Expression Home XP 405. I followed more or less this to optimize the use of Linux Mint “. Once the Windows HDD being in the computer, GRUB menu changed (I can boot on Linux Mint or Windows 7). I then transferred my data to my home copying them from my Windows HDD (my computer, though being a laptop, can accept two disk drives). → I think that, when an SSD is detected during the installation, noatime + swappiness reduction should be applied automatically by the installation software. I followed more or less this to optimize the use of SSD “ ” Post installation: having a SSD, I wanted to reduce the number of write accesses to the disk, so I applied “noatime” (it seems useless to write something on the file each time it is read, and dangerous for a SSD) then I reduced the swappiness (from 60 to 10) and finally activated zram since, I think that swap never occurred. → This should be better indicated, including in online installation manual (it is suggested to do this, but it is not said how to do it, at least in the French version). Since I wanted to have three separate partitions (“/”, “/home” and swap), it took me some time to understand that this was available under “other options”. My hardware configuration: ASUS ROG G74SX laptop computer, Intel Core I7 267QM 2.2-3.0 GHz processor, 16 GB of RAM, Nvidia Geforce GTX 560M with 3 GB RAM (a powerful configuration in 2012), upgraded with a 1 TB SSD from Crucial. So I decided to install Linux Mint (that I already knew, having installed it several times on old computers) and a Windows 10 virtual machine (necessary for some graphics and scientific applications). My first try was to install Windows 10 over Windows 7 but it failed (Blue Screen Of Death: some hardware was not compatible). ![]() I Installed Linux Mint Mate 19.2, after the abandon of Windows 7 by Microsoft. Please take these comments as a positive criticism. ![]()
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