I tried it last night and in the middle of mint 18.1 cinnamon 64 bit install (the part where is installs the numbered of files and language pack it stopped alot and details shows Errors and I did not want to keep click SKIP. So went back to mint 18 cinnamon 64bit and all was fine as usual. So anyone had the same issues as me? This is on a intel-i3 ASUS desktop.
Never tried that one, but you may want to browse the blog about that release here: http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3175#comments
taleblou, I just installed Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon 64 bit on an Intel-i3 ASUS desktop. Installed in UEFI mode to already created partitions. Grub to the ESP. No issues.
well I thought that UEFI would cause issues and did it without UEFI (other OP) mode. I also installed 18.0 without UEFI and worked well. Weired. maybe the ISO i downloaded from mint site canadian server was bad??. Also I do not use Grub as I delete all and just sue linux on pc.
You are installing grub2 into the MBR. I'm installing it into the EFI System partition. With a legacy (not UEFI) install, I install grub2 into the root partition. http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=281 I adapted the above method but didn't have BIBM installed. Out of interest, the size of my ISO is 1,810,169,856 bytes.
Linux Mint 18.1 “Serena” Xfce – BETA Release anyone tried this one yet? i am currently on the released version from usb stick and pretty impressed at the simplicity and speed of this distro.
in the past I use UEFI but sometimes mint asked for it to be turned off when updating, so I used non UEFI install. Also the iso was about that size( i throw it out after the errors). I will later try to download and reinstall but for now I am on version 18.0 and happy withit.
"If you want to create the USB stick from Windows, I suggest you use RUFUS. https://rufus.akeo.ie/" I have not tried that burning tool yet. the one I use now seems a bit more easy to me. first I down load the iso. then I use this tool to burn it to my usb stick. https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
I'm running it dual boot with Windows 10. It's quite fast. Far more impressed with it than I was with Xubuntu. I still prefer Debian Xfce, but Mint 18.1 "Serena" beta has been very fast, and the drivers seem a bit more responsive for a custom built PC. Debian broke the GTX980 drivers twice in December, so I dropped it. For what it's worth, Rufus is definitely the best in its category.
I've installed the 18.1 Cinnamon x64 dual booting with Win 10 and had no issues. Very smooth. In order to get over the Realtek network driver issues on current (and several previous versions) kernel shipped with the OS I installed 4.8.7 and it seems to work OK in these early days at least. Any issues I should be prepared for in running a kernel not offered by the Mint developers to the community yet? Thanks
