Mint tips and tricks
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Mint tips and tricks
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# Your username in Mint is "me". Your password is "eecs182". Occasionally, you may need this, for example, when installing software within Mint. | # Your username in Mint is "me". Your password is "eecs182". Occasionally, you may need this, for example, when installing software within Mint. | ||
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# Mint is a full-fledged Linux system. Mint is a variant of Ubuntu, a popular Linux system. | # Mint is a full-fledged Linux system. Mint is a variant of Ubuntu, a popular Linux system. | ||
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# It is a good idea to back up your files that are inside Mint to a safe place. Mint can occasionally crash. Your laptop can also crash. Every semester, we have a few such cases. To start with, you can use Shared Folders in VMware to share a folder between your laptop and Mint. That way, files within Mint are actually on your laptop. Then, backup that folder to MBox, Dropbox, or to university infrastructure. | # It is a good idea to back up your files that are inside Mint to a safe place. Mint can occasionally crash. Your laptop can also crash. Every semester, we have a few such cases. To start with, you can use Shared Folders in VMware to share a folder between your laptop and Mint. That way, files within Mint are actually on your laptop. Then, backup that folder to MBox, Dropbox, or to university infrastructure. | ||
Revision as of 05:35, January 7, 2013
- Your username in Mint is "me". Your password is "eecs182". Occasionally, you may need this, for example, when installing software within Mint.
- Mint is a full-fledged Linux system. Mint is a variant of Ubuntu, a popular Linux system.
- It is a good idea to back up your files that are inside Mint to a safe place. Mint can occasionally crash. Your laptop can also crash. Every semester, we have a few such cases. To start with, you can use Shared Folders in VMware to share a folder between your laptop and Mint. That way, files within Mint are actually on your laptop. Then, backup that folder to MBox, Dropbox, or to university infrastructure.
