Mint Linux Installation

Update Manager and User and Groups are plus points.

I am doing Updates with 207 packages of over 600MB.

It occupied 6.9GB of the / root partition and I have 19.3GB remaining.

I am not going to add any application except AbiWord.

For completemess sake I decided to install Linux.

I downloaded Cinnamon Desktop which is 3.2 iso image. The direct download was brisk but installation was bit of a pain.

I gave the password for WiFi but Installer which is based on Ubuntu got frozen after clicking Media CODEK check box. After about half an hour it did go into the next step.. I visited its home site and looked at the installation instruction which are in point form. 

By the way, I have done this in the past with Ubuntu and Mint and not a moron.

After fiddling three times it move into the installation Script.

It detected my partition table and I decided to install over CachyOS.

CachyOS is first in www.distrowatch.com and Linux Mint is second.

I gave 4GB for /boot for CachyOS (this is in addition to ESP partition) and reduced it to 1GB and gave the rest for /var partition.

This was done in a reasonble time. 

I could not select the first ESP partition for booting and the other FAT (used as ESP for CachyOS) partition is not boot flagged.

I forgot to include SWAP.

It automatically selected the 3 SWAP partition

Then only Locality and User Account dialogue boxes appeared.

These done in the early stages of Debian Installation as a prerequisites.

It is still installing and I hope the GRUB beautifully done by REBORN OS would remain intact.

I am used to Cinnamon Desktop and I would put my favourite applications on the bottom panel.

There is no Synaptic Package Manager.

While waiting for installation I installed AbiWord from Flatpak in a sandbox.

I am a Debian guy and  do not need Mint or CachyOS as my daily drivers. If I find a new interesting  distribution (in future) I am going to erase Linux Mint.

I have not seen Debian Mint for long time.

I am not going to try Debian EDU which is a Server Edition.

The Debian Education package that was available with Trixie is not available with Forky.