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Installing Linux Mint 19.2 Tina on ASUS FX504GE laptop

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After almost one year of using Linux on my ASUS FX504 laptop in dual boot mode with Windows 10, I decided to give Mint 19.2 a try. My experiments with different Linux versions on this laptop have not been much successful. I have tried the following in last 1 year or so: 1. Good Old UBuntu GNOME3 2. PopOS 3. Manjaro Linux 4. ZorinOS 5. Deepin 6. Linux Mint Cinnamon 7. Maybe one or two more, but I forgot😀 In addition I also tried some of the desktop environments like XFCE with XUbuntu, LXDE with LUbuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, KDE with KUBuntu. Each of the linux distribution or desktop environment gave different feeling of stability, ease of use, overall look and feel, convenience etc. But somehow I was not satisfied and always would go back to GNOME3 on UBuntu. Around 1 month back I stumbled upon a news article which mentioned that Linux Mint 19.2 is coming out of Beta and is being released in early August 2019. I quickly read about the re