Category Archives: Linux Mint 12

Cover image copyright Silverrose1 | Dreamstime.com A few eagle-eyed readers noticed that I managed to sneak in one more book before 2013. This is THE LINUX MINT BEGINNER’S GUIDE, an introduction to Linux Mint. If you’ve never heard of Linux … Continue reading →

To install MySQL Server on Linux Mint 12, make your way to a Terminal window or a command prompt, and type this command: sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.1 (As of this writing, MySQL Server version 5.1 is the latest version available … Continue reading →

As installations go, installing Apache on Linux Mint 12 is a breeze. (Configuring it, of course, is substantially more difficult.) To install Apache, type this command at a Terminal window or a command prompt: sudo apt-get install apache2 (Technically, you’ll … Continue reading →

Because ebooks are often much cheaper than physical books, it is easy to quickly accumulate a large collection. Managing and organizing an ebook library can become something of a challenge. To make matters more complicated, some formats of ebooks will … Continue reading →

If you have a WAV file that you want to convert to an MP3, it’s possible to do so quite easily and simply Linux Mint 12. You just need one software packages: t the GNOME Sound Converter application. To install … Continue reading →

The default Banshee music player that comes with Linux Mint 12 is pretty good, but some people need a higher level of performance out of their player software. Fortunately, it’s quite easy to install the Amarok music player in Linux … Continue reading →

With the default configuration, Google Chrome no longer installs on Linux Mint 12. However, it’s possible to resolve this situation and install Chrome with a few Terminal commands. First, download the .deb installer file for Google Chrome. Next, go to … Continue reading →

Hard drives have gotten ever larger, but it’s still important to keep disk space usage under control. If you’re using a netbook with a small solid-state hard drive, then keeping disk usage under tight control is especially important. Fortunately, Linux … Continue reading →

From time to time you may need to extract the sound from a video file. Fortunately, using the ffmpeg program, it’s quite simple to take the sound from any video file and store it as a separate file. The ffmpeg … Continue reading →

The Wine compatibility layer lets you run a variety of Windows applications on a Linux Mint 12 system. Wine is, however, sometimes quite tricky to set up, and it can often take a good deal of tweaking to get a … Continue reading →