Linux Mint is a distribution based on Ubuntu, and its main desktop environment is Cinnamon. It has a look that is more welcoming for people migrating from Windows, and it meets the needs of all kinds of users.
In this video (in Portuguese), we will see how to customize Linux Mint.
Video contents #
- Zoom tool
- Caps Lock and Num Lock activation indicator
- More visible mouse cursors
- Installing and using themes
- Changing the panel position and customizing the panel
- Customizing the date and time display
- Applets
- Changing the wallpaper
- Extensions: transparent panel
- ScreenKey: showing the pressed keys
- Extensions: gTile, arranging windows efficiently
- Shortcuts: switching workspaces
- Creating more workspaces
- Shortcuts: moving windows between workspaces
- Shortcuts: arranging windows on the screen
- Shortcuts: creating your own shortcuts
- Shortcuts: a few more useful ones
- Changing the behavior of Caps Lock and ESC
- Enabling RedShift
- Changing the LibreOffice panels to look like Microsoft Office
- Enabling/disabling system sounds
- System monitor
- Renaming multiple files in the Nemo file manager
Additional links #
Link to the cursor installed in the video
Installing Linux Mint #
We already made a video showing in detail how to install Linux Mint (in Portuguese). In it, we show how to do an encrypted installation on a computer with more than one storage drive:
Linux Mint and Programming #
Here at Ciência Programada we write a lot about programming. We already made a video (in Portuguese) showing how to install the Anaconda distribution on Linux Mint to program with Python:
Link to the article about Anaconda.
We also have a video and an article showing how to create virtual environments for Python projects on Linux Mint.
