First steps

Having installed Mint and booted it successfully (see the box, below, if things didn’t quite go to plan) you’ll be presented with a friendly Welcome screen with a First Steps section that walks you through common post-installation tasks. You’ll also find links to the documentation and release notes, as well as shortcuts to the IRC channels and forums. But let’s do like the good hominids of Happisburgh did 800 thousand years ago and take our first steps.

Appearance is, for some, important. And lots of work has gone into the Mint-Y theme introduced in Mint 19. Mint has long been characterised by its verdant hues, but a carefully chosen palette of other colour options are now available for both light and dark themes. And there are, then it may please you to hear that yellow folder icons (like in or the Windows 3.1 File Manager of Yore) are available, too.