I have obtained a desk top that has the Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon 64-bit version 2.0.14
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I know nothing about Linux, other than it is open source. I have tried to study it some, hoping to learn more about the system and if I want to continue using it.
How I obtained it, is that one of my brothers passed away. This was his computer. My grandkids were using an older computer, not sure what the op system was. But my brother's daughter gave them this computer to use. But the printer wasn't working that was working on the other computer. I was able to go by and visit to see if I could get the printer to connect to this computer. All I knew, is that the op was not a Microsoft Windows. But knowing what op system it was... had no clue.
I had a Vista that my son was using, and wasn't using anymore, so I swapped out the Vista with this computer. Now my grandkids are happy. I figured that I would play with this computer some, and try to figure it out.
I found out that the op is a Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon 64-bit, with a Cinnamon version 2.0.14, Linux Kernel 3.11.0 -12-generic, Processor Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20 GHzx2, Memory 3.9 GiB, Hard Drive 476.5 GB, Graphics Card Intel Corporation 82 G33/G31 Express Intergrated Graphics Controller.
Like I said, I know nothing about the Linux. I've been debating about putting Windows 10 on this desk top. I have read where you can have both Linux and Windows 10 on the same computer. Or at least that is what I understand.
I was hoping that I can get some help on making a decision on what best to do, and if I can have Linux and Windows 10 on the same hard drive.
I wanted to try linux mint on my computer so I downloaded the iso file from the official website https://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=217 via torrent.
The computer I used to download it runs windows 10. Now I want to verify the integrity of the iso file, but the instructions in the website https://linuxmint.com/verify.php don't seem to apply for my case (being a windows owner).
I know that before linux used to provide with the value of the md5 checksum, but from what I see that is no longer available. I could generate md5, sha-1, sha-256 and sha-512 using a windows utility. However, I don't know where to find the correct values to compare them. Using both mirrors or torrent, I could only download the iso file. Theer were no sha256sum.txt or sha256sum.txt.gpg files along with it.
What would you suggest for this case?
2 Answers
I accessed the mirror, chose the stable branch, klicked on '18' and found the sha256sum.txt and the corresponding gpg file sha256sum.txt.gpg.https://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/linuxmint.com/stable/18/
You should definetily check them out yourself, but know you can compare them with PsFCIV
Actually, Linux Mint site has already provided the sha256sum.txt or sha256sum.txt.gpg files for us to verify the downloaded ISO files. It is included in the release announcement.
You can find them from the links below:
Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” Cinnamon released! (Cinnamon Edition)http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3051
Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” MATE released! (MATE Edition)http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3052
You can find the sha256sum.txt or sha256sum.txt.gpg files links in the two release announcements.
Please pay attention to the edition and version you downloaded before verifying the ISO.