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-Coming Soon
+# Discussion
+I've tried using Linux on laptops before, starting with Red Hat (pre-RHEL days), then Fedora, then Ubuntu. I kept going back to Windows mainly because it was easier to play my games. But lately I've just gotten fed up with Microsoft continuing to do evil Microsoft things, like requiring Microsoft Accounts to load Windows or installing AI when I don't want AI. (Microsoft has [always](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stac_Electronics#Controvers) done [evil things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v_European_Commission)) It's just become too much, so as part of my program of improving my privacy, I decided to move back to Linux from Windows. After a search for distributions that would both seamlessly support my laptop hardware and be relatively easy to run my Windows games, I decided on [Linux Mint](https://linuxmint.com/). 
 
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-Coming soon
+# Installation
+The [official install directions](https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) are very good. Below I document for myself what I did.
+- Go to [Linux Mint's homepage](https://linuxmint.com/) and choose "Download"
+- I was on Windows at the time and used [Balena Etcher](https://etcher.balena.io/)to burn the live USB drive
+- Had to go into my BIOS to allow booting from USB
+- Booted from the USB
+- Double-clicked the "Install Linux Mint" icon
+- Chose English for the OS, then the English (US) keyboard
+- Connected to my home WiFi
+- Installed the multimedia CODECs
+	- ***NOTE:*** To install the codecs, you have to choose to put in a "secure boot" password. You will need to put this password in the first time you boot. Make sure it's easy to type and remember!
+- Chose the internal NVME drive
+- Chose my time zone
+- Added my local user account and password
+- Chose to encrypt the home folder
+- Continue until it reboots.
+- ***NOTE:*** Don't pull the thumb drive until the computer says to do so
+- ***NOTE:*** On reboot, it will ask to "Enroll MOK". This is that multimedia key. Here is where you type in that first password you typed in during the install, for the multimedia drivers/secure boot.  You'll reboot again.
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+# Post-Installation Configuration
+Linux Mint has a really nice post-installation welcome screen, that helps you get started with important stuff.
+- I changed the Desktop colors to "Dark Theme", with green highlights
+- ! ***NOTE:*** I need to figure out System Snapshots
+- In "Driver Manager", changed to the "Recommended" nvidia driver and rebooted
+- Went into the "Update Manager" and changed to local mirrors, then updated everything
+- ! Went into the "Firewall Manager" and changed the "Status" toggle to "On"
 
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