Happy Linux Mint 16 (xfce petra) user on my laptop. I picked up a broken (well, corruptd XP install) all-in-one Sony Vaio PC and wanted to give Mint a swing on that. The specs are modest, but the boot ...

I downloaded the latest Mint distro, and created a VM. I can't seem to get the VMWare Tools installed though. When I select the menu option in VMWare for installation, nothing happens. So... When I ...