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I have just bought a nettop with Linux installed, that runs with the Linpus distro, and wanted to remove this distro and replace with Linux Mint, as i understand it is easy to use and one of the best.
Whats the best way to remove my old distro and replce with mint?
I want to use the nettop for photos, music & videos.
-Take backup of any existing important data
-Just insert the mint OS CD/USB, reboot your current OS, and start booting with CD/USB.
-When it asks for disk partitions, first format the whole H/D, so any other OS already existing on it can be completely removed.
-Then use whole H/D for mint installation.
Let's know if you face any challanges during this. Good luck!
This is just a suggestion Mark; but before I installed my distro permanently I read the release notes and the installation manual. I did that first because I did not want any surprises.
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