Linux Mint Post-Install scripts

Features

• One-click installation, Just copy-paste command on Terminal
• Automates installation of daily driver apps and Microsoft fonts
• Adding App Shortcut to Desktop for easy access
• Enable Firewall
• Enable zram
• Setup DNS over TLS with systemd-resolved, using Cloudflare and Google DNS

Auto-Installed Apps

• Google Chrome
• OnlyOffice as Microsoft Office replacement, but you can still access Office Online or Google Workspaces via web browser
• VLC Media Player
• Spotify Linux Client
• GNOME Cheese (Camera App)
• GNOME Clocks
• Microsoft Corefonts (with ttf-mscorefonts-installer packages)

Usage

Just copy-paste the commands to your terminal and execute. The script will automatically downloaded and executed

• Linux Mint Cinnamon, Linux Mint MATE, and Linux Mint Debian Edition

  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arfshl/linuxmint-postinstall/refs/heads/main/cinnamon.sh && sh cinnamon.sh && rm cinnamon.sh
  

• Linux Mint XFCE

  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arfshl/linuxmint-postinstall/refs/heads/main/xfce.sh && sh xfce.sh && rm xfce.sh
  

Enable swap manually if not enabled by default (4GB is default size)

  sudo fallocate -l 4G /swapfile && sudo chmod 600 /swapfile && sudo mkswap /swapfile && sudo swapon /swapfile && echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

VMware Tools

If you installing Linux Mint on VMware, use this command to install the drivers

  sudo apt install open-vm-tools-desktop -y