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Building first PC - initial doubts

inigo · 2009-08-03 09:37:11

Originally I thought of replacing our dead PC and old laptop for another laptop, but then my wife decided she didn't want to scrap a laptop that worked (it's USB 1!!! :rolleyes:) and that was also her dad's present. I then came across this forum and was almost instantly lured into building my own PC for the first time. I'm…

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#32 25-08-2009 07:47PM

duffman85

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inigo wrote: »

Mmm, mint looks nice... or is it your desktop, duffman85? :rolleyes: I think I'm going to go with it.

5uspect, no worries. Apologies if I "sounded" harsh or anything. I didn't mean it like that.

If you wish to suggest how I can partition my hard-drive for the install, please click here.

That's the standard desktop except for the wallpaper which is mine. The lads in the Unix forum have you on the right path for the partitioning. Linux Mint also comes with a user guide http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/7/user-guide/english.pdf (2MB)

It's the main edition of Linux Mint you should download not the universal one.

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#33 28-08-2009 12:02PM

inigo

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Yes, I meant the wallpaper. Beautiful machine!

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