How to Install Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" from Start to Finish + Basic Configurations [2025]

This is such an informative video . I'm planning to install Xia on my old laptop but it only has 4 gig of ram .

Thank you for the clear tutorial

Thank you. Very clear and to the point.

Tysm! helped my mom set up her new pc (i gave my old one to her)

Hey great video but I am having trouble with sound. No matter what I do I can’t get my laptop to play any sound through it’s speakers or anything else for that matter. If you or anyone else could help I would greatly appreciate it.

Hey, I’m a Linux noob . Does Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" include the nvidia-driver-390 (the legacy driver) for older NVIDIA GPUs, like the GT 740M? I want to make sure it’s available or I need to install it manually and will it work?

Thank you so much! I wanted to change to Linux a long time ago and I finally could, looks so pretty and is functional, so thanks again! :)

3.3.5 4.3.4 will there be mangos windows ?

when i get into the boot options and select my usb to boot from, the screen goes black and it shows this error in the top right corner of the screen "Failed to open \EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi - Not Found
Failed to load image ⬜: Not Found
Failed to start MokManager: Not Fond
Something has gone seriously wrong: import_mok_state() failed" how can i fix this?

Excellent, concise and to-the-point overview, thank you so much! I'm working up the courage to install Linux on two old PCs, and this video made me feel more confident about the process. :-)

Can you install without USB?

i was sent to the terminal... what should i do?

Just done it mate. Deleted windows 11. Just got to explore now. Thank you from the UK.

Thanks a lot I've done it successfully I'm over the moon may God grant a long and prosperous life, from South Africa.

Hey man! Any time I install Linux mint, it always stops at the grub installation. It will still say the installation has finished, but if I boot up after removing the thumb drive, I'd get redirected to a black screen with grub> as a prompt. No matter how many times I install, I always find myself in that situation. My laptop is ASUS X553M by the way. Anyway, I was still able to access my BIOS and from there, boot into the Live Linux mint. To solve the issue was to simply go to Menu, all applications and run Boot repair. Just in case anyone encounters the same issues, they can use the solution here to bypass it. Also, once booted into your computer, run "sudo apt-get update", "sudo apt-get upgrade". If you do this and reboot, your GUI will be faulty. To solve that problem also, run "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" and reboot.

Some of the "First Steps" items shown at first boot might be are advisable to perform at that time, e.g. System Snapshots, Update Manager, System Settings, etc. so as not to forget them, and so as to avoid having to find them later. Alternatively, don't unclick the "Show this dialog at startup" box until you have completed these actions.

Thanks bro this video helped me a lot ❤plez make
Video about features of linux mint ❤

Hey rufus told me im missing files despite just downloading the iso a minute prior any guess why?

My installation stuck at configuring hardware 😢

QUESTION: I will be installing this on my computer which came with LM 20 already on it. Will it "automatically" pick up my printer, and HP DeskJet 3755, or do I have to do something else? The printer is connected to the computer via a USB cable (not Wi-Fi). Thanks!

I have found the usb name but it says "partition 1 disabled" and does not show the name Linux Mint. It only shows the Verbatim Name.

I can't get to the GNU GRUB screen.

I cant see the wifi option what now??

Nice demo, background music made it seem like a video game walkthrough.
Anyhow I'd just like to recommend MS Core Fonts for new installs. If your moving from windows & going with LibreOffice for example that will greatly help with doc compatibility.

Their is a seriouse problem with the installer cant create boot efi /boot/efi partition cant set the flags efi tried 6 times tried zorin LM Ubuntu 😢 after about 10 time
Switched to Debian

Thx you so much for your tutorial it helped me so much

life-saver tutorial, thank you very much

I will recommend this as a tutorial to ALL potential Linux converts. Truly comprehensive, sir.

When seleting boot device, my usb doesn't show up. Only windows boot manager, uefi hard drive, and microsoft recovery.

Excellent teacher. This slow learning Linux noob thanskyou immensely. 👍

Great video. For me, it just restarts after I click start linux in the GNU GRUB.😢

I have a lenovo too and when im on the grub and choose the 1st choice like you it just doesn't load.
Ive 16gb ram and the thumb drive is 150gb
What may be wrong and not booting to mint?
Thanks

Thanks!

Tysm king

What if it doesn’t show my windows operating system I want to dual boot

After selecting in grub how long should I be waiting for something? Mint logo will show then I get a black screen

When i click "continue" after i put in "Who are you?" it stucks. I dont get the next window with "install". Any tips?

If using MBR partition scheme, can i still use secure boot after install?

My usb didn't pop up cause I downloaded and ran it on the usb. pretty silly. I moved files to desktop and it worked just fine.

I dont get that please remove medium and enter, when I press restart now it shuts off, then a black screen with a long long list of things I dont understand and then at the end it says very small somewhere I have to do that. BUT when I do that, it literally just boots windows after

I use windows 11 home how do I turn off Bitlocker?

I am free

Thanks a lot
Others just rush or just read out of a script voice overing their recording

I did install mint
I had only one usb which had windows image
I just copied that to my android and proceeded with it

I feel I'm an above average computer user but after watching every video and reading every install of Linux I could find, I can't get this so-called easy install to install. One thing after another. I'm trying to install Mint on an older HP system currently running a stiped down version of Win 10. I would prefer to keep that Windows OS on the machine at least for now. After numerous downloads, Rufus configurations the Linux system loads the live mode fine. But as soon as I try to permanently install it, and prefer to use the "install next to Win 10" option, it just stops saying MSDOS does not allow file systems over a "certain number". It also reports the existing OS is Win 7 which has never been installed on this machine. I guess if you're a geek and hate Microsoft so much that you'll spend every free minute playing around with this until something accidentally clicks, have at it!

Thank you for the video. So useful for me.

Nice tutorial with beautiful and understandable voice.