LiveCD with USB Fash

LinuxMint--the same as Ubuntu--is an unique system. Its liveCD is not only a CD/DVD, but USB Flash can be made as a LiveCD. To make a LiveCD with USB Flash, do:

1. Copy from a LinuxMint Pack to a USB Flash, or
2. From .iso, use an iso reader/mounter than copy all file to a USB Flash

Mint LiveCD with USB Flash is ready to use.

Installing Adobe Reader 9 in LinuxMint

Adobe Reader 9 is a software to read a PDF File. Actually, there is a PDF viewer included in LinuxMint Pack (Document Viewer). The advantage of using Adobe Reader for Linux is the software can be used to convert a PDF file to a text file (.txt).
Here are the steps:

1. Download Adobe Reader here
2. Place the file in home (your home is your computer name)
3. Open terminal
4. Write the command: $ sudo dpkg -i AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i386linux_enu.deb
5. Try Adobe Reader (Open a PDF file, using right click and choose Open with Adobe Reader 9)

Thanks

PDF to Text with Adobe Reader for Linux in LinuxMint

We can convert PDF to text with Adobe Reader for Linux. It's a simple way. You just open a PDF file then click File => Save as Text.
After that, open the file with OpenOffice (a standard office in linuxmint) and you can change .txt to .odt, .doc, .rtf, or .docx

Trying Linux Mint with LiveCD

Linux Mint is a variant of Ubuntu. It's simpler and easier. But if we are in doubt, we can try it from Windows with its LiveCD without installing Mint in our PC. You can download the latest version here or copy from a friend.
If you download it, you must burn it to a CD/DVD firstly, then use the CD/DVD as a LiveCD.
Here is the steps to use a LiveCD:

1. Enter the LiveCD into your CD/DVD-Rom
2. Open the LiveCD with Windows Explorer
3. Double click at mint4win.exe
4. Choose try Linuxmint
5. Your computer will be restarted and Linuxmint LiveCD will be started

Now, you can see linuxmint display, and the standard program in it. You can also try its performance.