How to install Linux Mint

July 9, 2025 by
How to install Linux Mint
EISE Europe, Mihnea Paraschiv

1. Installing the ISO

1. Go to https://linuxmint.com/download.php

2. Select "Cinnamon Edition"
​3.  ​Download the "World Linux Mint" Mirror

2. Making a bootable USB Stick

1. Find a USB Stick

​2. Go to https://rufus.ie/en/ and download the normal version

​3. Insert the USB Stick in the PC

4. Open Rufus

​5. Select the USB Stick and the ISO

​6. Put 1 GB on "Persistent Partition Size"

​7. Select "Partition Scheme" as "GPT"

​8. Select "Target System" as "UEFI (non CSM)"

9. Start the proces

10. Wait until is done

​11. When Is done, take out the USB


3. Making a new partition​

​1. Go in the search bar and type "Disk Manager"

​2. Select the partition you want to shrink

​3. Shrink the partition to the desired space

​4. Close the "Disk Manager"

4. Installing Linux on on your PC
1. Restart the PC

​2. Press the BIOS key after the screen turned off

​3. Go in the boot section and put the USB first in "Boot Priority"

​4. Save and exit the bios

​5. In the GNU Grub, select the Linux Mint and then press enter

​​6. When you enter for the first time on Linux Mint, you will see a disk​​ ​icon

​7. Press the disk icon and you will enter the installation program

​8. Select the "Language"

​9. Select the "Keyboard Language"

​10. Install the "Multimedia Codecs"

11. Select "Something Else" (you dont want to remove Windows, you​ ​want to dual boot)

​12. Select the partition that you created (Its labeled "Free space")

​13. Make it "Ext 4"

​14. Put the root as "/"

​15. after step 14, you will need to select "Where are you from"

​16. Put your name and password

​17. Wait for the installation to finish

​18. Restart the PC

​19. Remove the USB stick when the screen tells you to "Remove ​medium, then press enter"

​20. The PC will restart and then you will enter the full version of Linux ​Mint



Congrats, you now installed Linux on your PC

How to install Linux Mint
EISE Europe, Mihnea Paraschiv July 9, 2025
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