Q Wrong live user
Until Linux Mint 21.3, the Linux Mint live session user is mint and $HOME is /home/mint. But in Linux Mint 21.3, the live session user is linux and $HOME is /home/linux, though it is mentioned as mint on the official website. I am confused. How did I go wrong?
I have tried beta and stable versions of Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon, Mate and Xfce downloaded from http://linuxmint.com. In all three beta versions and three stable versions, the live session user is linux, the shell prompt is linux@linux and the home directory is /home/linux and $HOME is /home/linux. There is no mint live session user or mint group. I have been using Linux Mint Cinnamon live sessions since 2009. Being a frequent traveller, practically, I live in live sessions. I have so many scripts as a mint user. The most intriguing factor is the anomaly. I have made some posts on this subject; but I could not get any answers. Kindly help me solve the mystery.
David Jebastian
A This is indeed a mystery, because we just booted a freshly downloaded ISO of 21.3 Cinnamon and both the username and hostname were mint. Are you booting from the ISO copied to a USB stick or optical disc, or are you using a more customised setup? The reason for asking is that the GRUB menu specification includes this:
You can see that the username and hostname can be specified at boot time and default to mint. If you are using a custom setup, make the appropriate changes in
