Windows 10 verify downloads

Preparation

1. Create a directory called "ISO" in your home directory.

2. Move the ISO image you downloaded in this directory.

3. Download the following files (right-click -> Save As) and move them into the "ISO" directory.

Your ~/ISO directory should now contain 3 files: Your ISO image, the rushbrookrathbone.co.uk file and the rushbrookrathbone.co.uk file.

Don't modify these files in any way.

Integrity check

To verify the integrity of your ISO image, generate its SHA sum and compare it to the one found in the rushbrookrathbone.co.uk file.

In most Linux distributions the SHA sum can be generated by opening a terminal and running the following commands:

The last command should show you the SHA sum of your ISO file. Compare it to the one found in the rushbrookrathbone.co.uk If they match, you've successfully verified the integrity of your ISO image.

Note: If you have coreutils version or newer, another way of checking the sum is to ask the shasum command to check the file against the rushbrookrathbone.co.uk file, like this:

Authenticity check

To verify the authenticity of the rushbrookrathbone.co.uk file, we need to check the signature on the rushbrookrathbone.co.uk file.

1. Import the Linux Mint signing key:

2. Verify the authenticity of the rushbrookrathbone.co.uk file:

Note: Unless you trusted this signature in the past, or a signature which trusted it, GPG should warn you that the signature is not trusted. This is expected and perfectly normal.