Is linux mint's install process the same as ubuntu?

[asiancorruption]

so i have a surface pro and i just uninstalled Ubuntu after an hour cause it was glitchy and buggy. So, can i still use universal usb installer and install mint on the partition on my SSD? also 30gb is large enough? 

[Oberon.Smite]

I'd personally say try Ubuntu again. You might just have corrupt install files.

[Muz]

Fedora OS.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Mint's install is exactly the same as Ubuntu's IIRC (it's been a while since I installed Ubuntu)

 

Be sure you do a checksum on the Ubuntu .iso file to make sure you don't have a corrupt download.  Same with the Mint one, actually. 

In short : always do checksums.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

The last time I installed Mint like 4 years ago it was easy as cake.

[DimasRMDO]

Yes, pretty much. The graphical installer is almost the same.

But I'd say, give Ubuntu another chance, maybe try redownloading the iso.

 

I'd personally say try Ubuntu again. You might just have corrupt install files.

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[LogicalDrm]

Bit cleaner since Mint is overall for cleaner UI. But otherwise they are really close.

[Azgoth 2]

Yeah, the process is almost identical.  Any differences aren't major.  But like people said, it might be worth trying Ubuntu again in case something went a bit buggy/weird with it the first time.

 

And 30GB should be plenty.  Mint/Ubuntu/etc can see the files in your Windows partition, so you only need as much space as your Linux programs and OS will take up.  You can always resize the partition later if you need to to make it bigger, but 30GB should be plenty.  The only exception is if you plan to download a bunch of games to play on Linux or rip a bunch of music/movies to it, which will take up a lot of space.  But you can always tell your programs to save to the Windows partition's folders or an external drive or whatever.