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== Prepare installation media ==
 
== Prepare installation media ==
 
* A USB DVD/CD-ROM drive or a USB Flash drive of at least 1GB should be used as installation media.
 
* A USB DVD/CD-ROM drive or a USB Flash drive of at least 1GB should be used as installation media.
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* If you do fresh install please use [http://www.fit-pc2.com/download/mint/fitpc3/maya/rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb] driver.
 
* If you do fresh install please use [http://www.fit-pc2.com/download/mint/fitpc3/maya/rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb] driver.
 
* Compulab's Linux Mint shipped with this driver already installed.
 
* Compulab's Linux Mint shipped with this driver already installed.
 
 
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Revision as of 09:49, 27 September 2018

Outdated. See Fit-PC3: Linux

Prepare installation media

Base installation of Linux Mint 13

  • Follow the standard Linux Mint installation procedure - choose timezone, partitions, username, password etc.
  • Disconnect the installation media and reboot.
  • Login using previously selected username and password.

ATI Catalyst video driver

  • fglrx is a proprietary ATI Catalyst video driver that provides XvBA (X-video Bitstream Acceleration) support.
  • Install fglrx driver and other required utilities with the command below:
sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates xvba-va-driver vainfo
  • Note: system reboot is required after the installation of the fglrx driver.

XBMC with XvBA

  • XBMC is a well-known free and open source media player and entertainment hub for digital media.
  • The XBMC-XvBA repository provides XBMC PVR builds with direct XvBA support.
  • Add the XBMC XvBA repository and install the media player:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wsnipex/xbmc-xvba-eden
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc
  • XBMC will support HW video acceleration out of the box.

RTL8723AE Wi-Fi driver

  • fit-PC3 devices can be assembled with the RTL8723AE PCIe chip which is not supported by mainline kernel yet.
  • If you do fresh install please use rtlwifi-dkms_0007.0809.2012.deb driver.
  • Compulab's Linux Mint shipped with this driver already installed.