How to install Linux Mint on Lenovo Legion Y720 from USB

Here is How to install Linux Mint on Lenovo Legion Y720 with both the methods Straight installation and Dual Booting with WIndows or other Operating systems.

About Lenovo Legion Y720

  • Lenovo Legion Y720 comes with a 15.6 inch Full HD LED Display with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.
  • It is powered by Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor with the RAM of 32GB DDR4 RAM and the storage of 2TB HDD.
  • The graphics are powered by 6GB GDDR5 Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU.
  • Lenovo Legion Y720 has a promising battery life of 5 hours.
  • Lastly, Windows 10 Home 64-bit Edition is pre-installed.

Full Specs

What is Linux Mint?

  • Linux Mint is a Linux community-driven operating system which is based on Ubuntu.
  • It is very easy to use with a modern and elegant design with full out-of-the-box support of multimedia
  • The development of Linux Mint started in 2006 with the release of Linux Mint 1.0 based on Kubuntu.
  • Linux Mint 2.0 is based on Ubuntu following its own codebase.

Advantages of Installing Linux Mint in your Lenovo Legion Y720

  • Low memory usage
  • Many Useful features such as automatically fixing issues which is better than Ubuntu
  • Ease in installing themes
  • Faster, Lighter and sleeker experience with software
  • Plenty of applications available by default such as media Codecs and Flash

Requirements

  • Backup your Data
  • A Formatted USB drive of 6/8GB
  • Download Linux Mint image file from the official website – https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php. There are three versions of Linux Mint: Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce. Recommended: Cinnamon

Create a Bootable USB

Download Rufus

Create Bootable using using Rufus in Lenovo Legion Y720 to install Linux Mint

  1. After installing Rufus simply select the ISO file from the file manager and accept all settings when the popup window appears.
  2. Select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI  and If your laptop has UEFI bios then select the other two options.
  3. For the Filesystem select NTFS  option and select if your PC has UEFI bios then select FAT32.
  4. The default Cluster size option should be selected.
  5. Make sure all three options including Quick Format, Create a Bootable disk using and Create extended labels and icon files are selected.
  6. Finally, start the process and this software will automatically format and create bootable USB flash drive.

Change boot-order to boot from USB in Lenovo Legion Y720

  • Enter into BIOS and open the Exit Menu.
  • Set OS Optimized Defaults as Other OS or, go to the Boot tab. 
  • Set the Boot Mode to Legacy Support and then set USB Boot to Enabled.
  • Press F9 (Fn+F9) to Load Default Settings, then press F10 (Fn+F10) to save the BIOS.
  • Now plug in the bootable USB disk or stick.
  • Restart PC, press F12 (Fn+F12) to boot from USB disk.
  • Plug in the bootable USB disk (USB Stick).
  • Shut down the machine first, then press Novo Button.
  • Choose Boot Menu, select boot from USB disk.
  • Finally, Reboot your Laptop and install the OS.

More information at Lenovo 

Read also: Lenovo Legion Y720 Boot from USB guide for Linux and Windows

Instructions to Install Linux Mint on Lenovo Legion Y720

Linux Mint will be installed on your machine after a few steps:

1. Selecting Language

  • The First step is to select your desired language or the language you will be using in the operating system.
  • Also, Language can also be changed later.

2. Keyboard Selection and Proprietary Software

  • Choose your Keyboard Layout and Detect Keyboard Layout.
  • To ensure keys working properly you can use the text box provided below. Now the Screen will ask you to install proprietary software.
  • If you want to play media files like MP3 then you should select the option.

3. Target Installation

  • The Linux Mint installation Wizard provides many options for where to install Linux Mint. If you want to install Linux Mint in the entire hard drive then Select “Erase disk and install Linux Mint”.
  • The option will delete all your files permanently.
  • So in case you want to install Linux Mint by erasing method then make sure that you have made a complete backup of your all files.
  • The other two options are encrypting Linux Mint and Logical Volume Manager (a Linux system to manage data on the hard drive efficiently).
  • Something Else is the option to create partitions or Dual booting with Windows or any other operating system. So if you want a clean install without any complications select these options else to select something else.

4. Dual Boot Windows and Linux Mint on Lenovo Legion Y720

  • If you have already installed Windows on your Laptop then start installing Linux Mint with Windows.
  • You can also install Kali Linux with Linux Mint.
  • Select the “Something Else” option to create partitions on your machine and “Continue”.

1. Create Partitions

  • We have to create Root, swap, and home partitions
  • Firstly, You have to create a root partition.
  • Now Choose the free space option and click on +.
Create partitions to Dual Boot Kali Linux with Windows in Lenovo Legion Y720
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  • Choose the amount of space you want in your root partition (20GB or 21485MB recommended)
  • Option “Use as” should be “Ext4 file journaling system” and mount point as  “/” (Root)

Now you have to create the Swap Partition

  • Size of Swap partition Depends upon the size of the RAM and available disk space.
  • Since the RAM size of Lenovo Legion Y720 is the 16GB size of Swap should be half the size of RAM.

Now you have to create the Home Partition

  • You should provide maximum size to the Home partition as this area is where you will keep all your files.
  • Finally, after creating all the partitions Home, Swap and Root, click on install now to continue the process of installing Linux Mint on your Lenovo Legion Y720.

4. Select Timezone, Keyboard Layout, and Login Credentials

You have crossed all the hurdles after reaching this point. Now there are some easy steps left such as Selecting timezone, keyboard layout, and login credentials. Once the installation is completed two options will appear on the screen Continue testing live version or to restart the system. After restarting you will receive a beautiful Linux Operating system on your Screen.

Thanks for being patient and I hope the guide to install Linux Mint on Lenovo Legion Y720 was helpful.

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