PB On Linux Mint 17.2

[chris319]

Here is what I had to do to make 64-bit PB 5.41 LTS work on Linux Mint 17.2.

Install libssl-dev.

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sudo apt-get install g++ libc6-dev libsdl1.2-dev libgtk-3-dev unixodbc-dev libgnome2-dev libxine2-dev libxxf86vm-dev

Under Compiler Options, add gtk2 as the Library Subsystem.

[chris319]

Handy tip: Install Dropbox (set up an account if you need to; dropbox offers free accounts). Write yourself a setup how-to and store it in your Dropbox folder. Dropbox is well supported on Mint and I assume on other distros. Your how-to will be available on Dropbox even if you reinstall Linux from scratch. I am presently migrating away from Windows toward Linux. With Dropbox you can access documents from either Linux or Windows. Linux Mint can read and write to/from NTFS volumes but Windows cannot access your Linux volumes.

Here are my notes with my preferences which include steps to make PB work:

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HOW TO INSTALL LINUX
LINUX MINT 17.2 RAFAELA

Do not delete pre-installed packages (due to dependency issues).

Administration -> Driver Manager, select fglrx driver, reboot. Preferences -> Display, select 1280 x 720.

Install Dropbox, Opera, Wine, Audacious, Filezilla

Perform software update.

Administration -> Login Window; Select "Clouds" theme; Go to "Options", Deselect "Use 24-hour clock", Select "Allow root login"; Enable automatic login

As Root, go to Preferences->System Settings->Appearance->Fonts, Set default font sizes to 10, Set text scaling factor to 1.3
Preferences -> Screensaver -> Settings -- disable timeouts (or Preferences -> System Settings -> ScreenSavers)

Set up printer

For PureBasic: Install libssl-dev
For PureBasic: sudo apt-get install g++ libc6-dev libsdl1.2-dev libgtk-3-dev unixodbc-dev libgnome2-dev libxine2-dev libxxf86vm-dev

Request HTML5 player in YouTube.

[chris319]

Another handy tip: Download Redo and burn the ISO to a CD. Use Redo to make a backup image on another HD. Redo is a fine program and will save you tears if your hard drive crashes (as mine did a few weeks ago). When you restore your backup it will be bootable and will work just as it did at the time you made the backup. If you keep your really important files on Dropbox there is no reason for you to ever lose important data.

http://redobackup.org/

[Fangbeast]

Hi Chris319. I've been using the following windows driver for absolute years to read Linux file systems.

http://www.fs-driver.org/download/Ext2IFS_1_12.exe

There were times I was booted in windows and needed things from my linux drives and i wouldn't be without this. Lost count of how many years i have been doing this.

[chris319]

Hi Chris319. I've been using the following windows driver for absolute years to read Linux file systems.

http://www.fs-driver.org/download/Ext2IFS_1_12.exe

There were times I was booted in windows and needed things from my linux drives and i wouldn't be without this. Lost count of how many years i have been doing this.

Does it read Ext4 volumes? Mint installs Ext4 by default.

[Fangbeast]

Hi Chris319. I've been using the following windows driver for absolute years to read Linux file systems.

http://www.fs-driver.org/download/Ext2IFS_1_12.exe

There were times I was booted in windows and needed things from my linux drives and i wouldn't be without this. Lost count of how many years i have been doing this.

Does it read Ext4 volumes? Mint installs Ext4 by default.

That one doesn't seem to but this one claims to: http://www.ext2fsd.com/

**EDIT** Actually, an article on http://www.howtogeek.com/112888/3-ways- ... m-windows/ says that it can read them just fine. (the FSD one)

[Fangbeast]

http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/
https://www.paragon-software.com/home/extfs-windows/

[chris319]

Under Compiler Options, add gtk2 as the Library Subsystem.