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01-07-2017, 12:17 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2017
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 2
Rep: 
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Distro Easy to Install?
Does anybody have any suggestions for a new distro I can try? I was using Ubuntu a couple of years ago. Now I'm trying to get back into Linux. I found Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to be impossible to install. Early in the installation process it asks for a name and password. But it just rejects any name and password I give it. And the installation process stalls right there. I'm using the 64-bit version, and I burned the ISO image onto a DVD-R.
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01-07-2017, 02:27 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2007
Location: Wild West Wales, UK
Distribution: Linux Mint 22 MATE, Peppermint OS-Devuan, EndeavourOS
Posts: 4,266
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Redcoat,
Welcome to LQ.
You should have no problems installing Linux Mint 18.1 MATE which is based on 16.04 LTS.
Download from:
https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php |
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1 members found this post helpful.
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01-07-2017, 03:00 AM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2016
Distribution: any&all, in VBox; Ol'UnixCLI; NO GUI resources
Posts: 999
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Hi. I just installed that (also known as Serena) and it went amazingly well
(especially since into an oldXPnetbook VirtualBox! [took hours vs. OSboxes])
That's quite unusual that Ubuntu "rejected any [&all] name and password"!
(I couldn't come up with any good web-search keywords for this  )
If you'd be willing to post a bit more info:
PC/ram? dual-boot? usb? Checked md5sum theDVD? (probably ok)
DistroWatch.com ... ('small' one to test that 'reject'?) Best wishes... Enjoy!
Last edited by Jjanel; 01-07-2017 at 03:30 AM.
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01-07-2017, 03:31 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Feb 2015
Location: USA
Distribution: Lubuntu 14.04, 22.04, Windows 8.1 and 10
Posts: 6,282
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Hello and welcome to the forum 
Perhaps to help fine tune any suggestions, what is the brand and model (and model number) of your computer and what are some of the hardware specs, such as the CPU, amount of system memory and video chip/card?
Regards... |
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01-07-2017, 06:34 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2008
Location: Pictland
Distribution: Linux Mint 21 MATE
Posts: 8,048
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Redcoat, where did you get the Ubuntu ISO from, and did you check its veracity?
Also, when the installer "rejects any name and password I give it", what error message or reason does it give?
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01-07-2017, 06:35 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Abingdon, VA
Distribution: Catalina
Posts: 9,374
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beachboy2
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Download sounds like a bad burn. I suggest https://linuxmint.com/verify.php after downloading.
Short answer is md5sum /path/to/mint.iso and just google the result. If you get "noise" back from Google about LMxx iso
you should be good. Burn at Max -1
LiveCD = No user, no pass to "try Linux". |
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01-07-2017, 07:16 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Apr 2008
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu, PCLinux,
Posts: 11,036
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There is no user name or password on the Ubuntu installer so I would suggest that you download again and do an md5 checksum and make sure you burn correctly 'as an image' to the DVD. Linux Mint (other than the Debian edition) uses the Ubuntu Ubiquity installer so I can't see how that would simplify things. Posting some hardware info as suggested would help, particlularly how old it is, whether it is UEFI and whether you currently have a computer with no OS on it or whether there is another OS and if so, what. .
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01-07-2017, 07:29 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2011
Location: Upper Hale, Surrey/Hants Border, UK
Distribution: One main distro, & some smaller ones casually.
Posts: 5,707
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01-07-2017, 08:47 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Apr 2010
Location: Continental USA
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat, DSL, Puppy, CentOS, Knoppix, Mint-DE, Sparky, VSIDO, tinycore, Q4OS, Manjaro
Posts: 6,008
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I dislike recent Ubuntu versions and prefer Linux Mint (which is based on Ubuntu) and Mint-DE (based upon Debian). That said, I have never had an install fail on good iron for ANY of them.
Be careful where you download an ISO from, if possible using the maintainers source or a direct mirror. Also check the md5sum as mentioned elsewhere, to verify that it is the matching ISO and that it was not changed in the transfer. With these precautions you should be able to get a good install with any of them.
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01-07-2017, 10:16 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jan 2007
Location: Wild West Wales, UK
Distribution: Linux Mint 22 MATE, Peppermint OS-Devuan, EndeavourOS
Posts: 4,266
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Redcoat,
Habitual makes a very good point about verifying the .iso image after downloading it:
https://linuxmint.com/verify.php |
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01-07-2017, 10:41 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: USA
Distribution: Mageia 7 - Debian 10 - Artix Linux
Posts: 1,142
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Q4OS and/or SalixOS are pretty easy to install. Both are pretty solid and offer LTS.
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01-07-2017, 06:45 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Sep 2013
Location: Somewhere in my head.
Distribution: Slackware (15 current), Slack15, Ubuntu studio, MX Linux, FreeBSD 13.1, WIn10
Posts: 10,342
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Arch Linux isn't the rest are pretty much the same means to install from all of the ones I've ever installed.
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01-07-2017, 07:26 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 19,666
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The Mageia install is quite straightforward. |
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01-08-2017, 10:24 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: debian
Posts: 4,137
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Fedora was pretty easy to install. Although I found usability a bit lacking, but I loved the installer. Ubuntu Mate, or Linux Mint, or ElementaryOS, or Solus should be easy to install. I'm more of a debian user, but linux tends to be easier to install when you have linux already.
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01-08-2017, 03:47 PM
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LQ Muse
Registered: Aug 2005
Location: A2 area Mi.
Posts: 17,647
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the absolute easiest has been Debian 8
the next easiest has been OpenSUSE
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