Started Minting on 17.1 in Jan 2015, self taught. Some friends have pointed me in the right direction, and alot of HEX chat to get to this point. I now have installed Mint on about 8 differant machines. 

Im Intro IT at my work and school, so let me know if you find anything fun to mess with. 

I found the app Fing on your phone, with some putty and filezilla can get fun.