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LINUX MINT 17 CINNAMON TWEAKS   1.1.0 IMPORTANT: Apply Updates Click on Menu -> System -> Update Manager The first update is for Update Manager. All other updates will appear afterward. If prompted, do not Replace configuration files. It is safe but unnecessary. 1.1.1 Improve Software Installation Mechanism Settings Click on Menu -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager Go to Settings -> Preferences -> General tab Marking Changes Section: tick: Consider recommended packages as dependencies Click Apply Click OK. Change the setting "false" into "true" in the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00recommends: Click on Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal   Copy and Paste the following: sudo sed -i 's/false/true/g' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00recommends Press Enter. Enter your password when prompted (it remains invisible, even dots will not appear). This is normal. Press Enter. 1.1.2 Install additional Drivers and Firmware For best Nvidia/ATI video card performace, install proprietary drivers (optional): Click on Menu -> Administration -> Driver Manager If you are offered several versions of drivers for your video card, this is the order of preference: NVIDIA: 1. nvidia-(from highest number to lowest number) 2. nvidia-(from highest number to lowest number)-updates 3. nvidia-experimental   AMD/ATI: 1. fglrx 2. fglrx-updates Work your way down the list if the top option does not work well. Brand new graphics cards may not have a propriertary driver yet in the software repositories of Mint. For an AMD/ATI cards it may be best to stick with the default open source drivers. 1.1.3 Install Leafpad, Pavucontrol, Catfish, and Update Flash Click on Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal Copy and Paste the following: sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer Press Enter. Enter your password when prompted (it remains invisible, even dots will not appear). This is normal. Press Enter. This will remove two existing useless packages: adobe-flashplugin and mint-meta-codecs. Click on Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal Copy and Paste the following: sudo apt-get install gnome-commander libgnomevfs2-extra leafpad pavucontrol catfish Press Enter. Enter your password when prompted (it remains invisible, even dots will not appear). This is normal. Press Enter. 1.1.4 IMPORTANT: Decrease the swap use Check your current swappiness setting: Click Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal   Copy and Pase the Following: sudo apt-get install gksu leafpad   Press Enter.   Enter your password when prompted (it remains invisible, even dots will not appear). This is normal. Leafpad and GKSU may already be installed.   Press Enter. Copy and Paste the following: gksudo leafpad /etc/sysctl.conf Press Enter. Scroll to the bottom of the text file then Copy and Paste the following two lines: # Decrease swap usage to a more reasonable level vm.swappiness=10   A useful rule of thumb: 1 GB RAM or more: set swappiness to 10 Less than 1 GB RAM: set swappiness to 5 Save and close the file, then Reboot. To check the new swappiness setting: Click on Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal Copy and Pase the following: cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness Press Enter. It should now be 10. 1.1.5 IMPORTANT: Improve multimedia security Click on Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal Copy and paste the following: sudo apt-get remove mint-flashplugin mint-flashplugin-11 && sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin Enter your password when prompted (it remains invisible, even dots will not appear). This is normal. Copy and Paste the following: sudo apt-get remove mono-runtime-common   Press Enter. Enter your password when prompted (it remains invisible, even dots will not appear). This is normal. Press Enter. Copy and Paste the following: sudo apt-get install gnome-mplayer xpad   Press Enter. Enter your password when prompted (it remains invisible, even dots will not appear). This is normal. Press Enter. Copy and Paste the following: sudo apt-get remove gnome-orca Enter your password when prompted (it remains invisible, even dots will not appear). This is normal. Press Enter. 1.1.6 Disable visual effects Click on Menu -> Preferences -> Effects Turn off everything there. Click on Menu -> Preferences -> System Settings Preferences Section: General Disable compositing for full-screen windows: set the slider to ON. Click on Menu -> Preferences -> Window Tiling Enable Window Tiling and Snapping: set the switch to OFF. 1.1.8 Disable Hibernation and Suspend (Optional) Click on Menu -> Accessories -> Copy and Paste the following: sudo mv -v /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla / Enter your password when prompted (it remains invisible, even dots will not appear). This is normal. Press Enter. Reboot. OUR KEY VALUES RECYCLE REUSE REDUCE CLOSE THE DIVIDE