Choice and installation of Linux Mint

Installation of Linux Mint was easy and flawless.

The hardest part was to pick a version of Linux Mint. Based on Linux Mint's own installation guide and Easy Linux Tips Project, XFCE 64-bit Linux Mint was probably the most appropriate to install on an Acer Aspire 5732Z ("Frodo").

On the Windows 10 machine, I downloaded the CD disk image (*.ISO) from https://linuxmint.com/download.php and burned the ISO image onto a DVD-RW disc.

The DVD-RW then went into Frodo, which booted up from the DVD-RW straight away and Linux Mint installed itself.

Linux Mint asked the usual questions about initial administrator username, password and wifi connections etc.

And then that was it. All done.

Completed Mar2018.

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