Talk:Burning ISO
From Linux Mint
Reasons for Major Edit
Knowledge level: New to Linux as well as Burning and Wiki and I would like to apologize in advance for many of the layout mistakes that my edit caused.
I saw at the forums both the Ubuntu page (including the Ubuntu Wiki article that was redirected from it) and this Linux Mint article and felt as a Windows user just recently being introduced to Burning/MD5Sum Checking and Linux Mint that the Ubuntu articles had some extra information that made it more usable than this article.
On the other hand, I do feel that the Ubuntu articles are more overwhelming and that sourwire did a great job of creating a more user friendly article with the exception of too much absolutes with no explanation what they actually do for those who are curious but not tech savvy enough to understand it or know where to search. Take me for ex. who jumped from Windows to Linux Mint without going through Ubuntu. I skipped many of the documentation that Ubuntu has and would not have read the wiki article if sourwire didn't post the link in the forums.
I decided to add additional stuff I got from the Ubuntu articles that I think I might want to read about when first dabbling in burning Linux Mint including a section on how to verify MD5 in Linux. I actually didn't check MD5 because when I was in the Puppy Channels, when I asked about it, I was never pointed to MD5Sum and was told Linux (at least Puppy) has the ability to verify MD5 hash from within Puppy so I burned the iso first and well... I sort of jumped into Mint first and now I don't know how to verify MD5 nor the reason behind it so I put that info in. (I'm not looking for a techie information but download integrity just isn't a good enough explanation for me.)
I still don't know how to verify MD5 hash on Linux though. The Ubuntu CD appears to have an option to check for cd integrity that Mint doesn't appear to have based on what I read. I also think as Windows user moving to Mint, some of us might not want to stick to Windows as our main OS and a quick guide on checking MD5 hash on Linux would be useful. I saw the guide at the Ubuntu Wiki here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM but it appears to only verify downloaded isos, not burned ones.
Remove Burning Linux Mint ISO under Windows subarticle.
Why:
a. "Say you want to try out Mint, but still holding on to Windows, just in case."
In my opinion, deserves a separate article including alternate instructions and justifications on how and why to try Mint without holding on to Windows including alternative methods to do so.
b. "Of course, LiveCD distributions are perfect for this."
Why? In my opinion, the answer to this along with the answers to letter a do deserve a separate article for the newbie users and people looking for instructions must either be expected to already know the answer to the question or have submitted themselves to following the instructions of a page blindly without reassurance from the editors to keep the page streamlined and direct to the point.
c. "But how do you burn the .iso file and how do make sure it's not corrupted?"
In my opinion, redundant.
