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--- kb:linux:mint13xfceafter1stboot [2014/06/26 21:15]
Allen Smith + Chrome config text change
+++ kb:linux:mint13xfceafter1stboot [2014/08/06 15:48]
Allen Smith + Context section + LibreOffice 4.3
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 ====== Mint 13 Xfce: After First Boot Configuration ======
-This page contains **Summary Notes** that I would use when going over how I load Mint 13 Xfce with someone else.
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+===== Install Notes Context =====
+This page contains **Summary Notes** that I would use when going over how I load Mint 13 Xfce with someone else. If a system is **6 to 10 years old**, then these notes cover how I would probably go about loading Linux onto that equipment.
+These notes are rather extensive, because the more I worked with Mint 13 Xfce, the more I found that I needed to configure-- to make this version of Linux something I would hand over to a novice user. To be blunt, I consider Mint 13 Xfce to be a "best compromise" ... where it was the best 12.04 LTS Linux based distribution that I could find to refurbish **really old** hardware-- and turn that into a system that was actually usable for home, school or home-office type uses.
+That using this, even a 3.0GHz P4 computer with 2GB of RAM and an 80GB Hard Drive becomes a system I would use for my own daily needs. And if a really old (P4 era) laptop has "sound issues"-- or some other old hardware related difficulties-- this is the version of Linux that I can usually use to get that system to reliably "just work".
+As the page title makes known, these instructions are everything I go through **after** the Linux Mint 13 Xfce installer has run, and the system has rebooted at the end of that-- to run this OS for the first time.
 ===== Initial Hardware Check & Configure =====
   * The "quick check" that the Hard Drive is good only works properly after the 1st boot
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   * Set more reasonable Swap File usage
-  * <code>sudo nano  /etc/sysctl.conf    # copy/past below into bottom of file</code><file>
+  * <code>sudo apt-get install gksu leafpad    # used to make text file editing easy
+gksu leafpad  /etc/sysctl.conf    # copy/past below into bottom of file</code><file>
 # Decrease swap usage to a reasonable level
 vm.swappiness=10
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     * Settings >> Software Sources >> Other Software
       * select then Remove the ''packages.medibuntu.org'' Software Source
-<note>GIMP 2.8 was the first version to offer "Single Window Mode" ... which places all the parts of GIMP into a single window -- in the manner that many other Paint Programs are setup -- instead of having many windows open for the different parts of the GIMP program.\\ \\ LibreOffice 4.2 provides **drastically better compatibility** with things like Microsoft Office ... so I also consider it a "must have" program for using Linux.</note>
+<note>GIMP 2.8 was the first version to offer "Single Window Mode" ... which places all the parts of GIMP into a single window -- in the manner that many other Paint Programs are setup -- instead of having many windows open for the different parts of the GIMP program.\\ \\ LibreOffice 4.3 provides **drastically better compatibility** with things like Microsoft Office ... so I also consider it a "must have" program for using Linux.</note>
   * Use the appropriate PPA's to update GIMP and LibreOffice to the current version. (GIMP 2.8 & LibreOffice 4.2)
   * <code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp</code>
-  * <code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-2</code>
+  * <code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-3</code>
-  * Now command Linux Mint to use the about the above changes to the Software Sources
+  * Now command Linux Mint to use the above changes to the Software Sources
   * <code>sudo apt-get update</code>
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     * click ”Ok” to any additional changes pop-ups
     * click ”Replace” to any “Replace configuration file” pop-ups
-  * Now set this to check for updates **only once per day**!
+  * When the updates finish, the shield icon should have a Green Check, and Updates must be re-opened to run the below.
-    * top of window menu >> Edit >> Preferences >> Auto-Refresh
+  * Now set the Update Manager to check for updates **only once per day**!
+    * top of window menu >> "Edit" >> "Preferences" >> the "Auto-Refresh" tab
       * Change the time interval from 15 min. to 1 day
 <note warning>
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   * <code>sudo apt-get remove xscreensaver xscreensaver-data</code>
   * Edit the configuration file, so Power Management works as expected
-  * <code>sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf    # copy/paste the below text into bottom of file</code><file>Section "ServerFlags"
+  * <code>gksu leafpad /etc/X11/xorg.conf    # copy/paste the below text into bottom of file</code><file>Section "ServerFlags"
 	Option "BlankTime"   "0"
 	Option "StandbyTime" "0"
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 <note>[[kb:linux:mint13breifings#when_the_xfce_desktop_behaves_badly | When the Xfce Desktop "Behaves Badly"]]\\ The Xfce Desktop used by Mint 13 apparently has an obscure bug that will occasionally cause the Desktop to mess up or “behave badly” ...</note>
   * Create a script to make it easy to fix Xfce Desktop "Behaves Badly"
-  * <code>sudo nano /Fix_Xfce_Desktop.sh    # copy/paste the following into this empty file</code><file>
+  * <code>gksu leafpad /Fix_Xfce_Desktop.sh    # copy/paste the following into this empty file</code><file>
 #!/bin/bash
 # Fix the Xfce 4.10 Desktop "Behaves Badly"

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