Install LinuxMint 17.3 Mate desktop
click on update shield and install updates

to add Gedit in a terminal
sudo apt install -y gedit/trusty gedit-common/trusty gedit-plugins/trusty

to add file sharing
sudo apt-get install caja-share

wget http://www.mcknight-instruments.com/linuxcnc/32_bit/kernel_4.1.7-rt-rt/linux-headers-4.1.7-rt-rt_4.1.7-rt.2_i386.deb
wget http://www.mcknight-instruments.com/linuxcnc/32_bit/kernel_4.1.7-rt-rt/linux-headers-4.1.7-rt_4.1.7-rt.2_all.deb
wget http://www.mcknight-instruments.com/linuxcnc/32_bit/kernel_4.1.7-rt-rt/linux-image-4.1.7-rt-rt_4.1.7-rt.2_i386.deb
sudo dpkg --install linux-headers-4.1.7-rt-rt_4.1.7-rt.2_i386.deb
sudo dpkg --install linux-headers-4.1.7-rt_4.1.7-rt.2_all.deb
sudo dpkg --install linux-image-4.1.7-rt-rt_4.1.7-rt.2_i386.deb
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install grub-customizer

Menu > Administration > Grub Customizer
General settings tab pick the rt-rt kernel and save then reboot

in a terminal
uname -r
should return
4.1.7-rt-rt
Menu > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager
Status > Installed
search for linux-headers
Right click and completely remove linux-headers except rt-rt
search for linux-image
remove linux-image except rt-rt
Apply then reboot
uname -r
should return
4.1.7-rt-rt

download and build debs for ja
in a terminal
sudo apt-get install -y devscripts build-essential equivs
sudo apt-get install -y devscripts build-essential
sudo apt-get install -y imagemagick texlive-font-utils tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libxaw7-dev libncurses-dev libreadline-gplv2-dev
sudo apt-get install -y dblatex groff python-dev python-tk libglu1-mesa-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libgtk2.0-dev asciidoc source-highlight 
sudo apt-get install -y libboost-python-dev texlive-lang-cyrillic debhelper
sudo apt-get install -y texlive-lang-french texlive-lang-spanish
sudo apt-get install -y texlive-lang-german libmodbus-dev dvipng
sudo apt-get install -y libusb-1.0-0-dev graphviz inkscape python-numpy
sudo apt-get install -y python-imaging-tk python-gtkglext1 tclreadline blt
sudo apt-get install -y bwidget libtk-img tclx libudev-dev w3c-linkchecker
git clone git://git.linuxcnc.org/git/linuxcnc.git lcnc
cd lcnc
git checkout -b origin/joints_axes13
debian/configure uspace ; debuild -uc -us

Open the file manager and double click on the following files and install them
with Gdebi
linuxcnc-uspace_2.8.0~pre1_i386.deb
linuxcnc-doc-en_2.8.0~pre1_all.deb

Menu > Preferences > Main Menu
CNC uncheck each item then recheck or they don't show up in the menu.
New Item
Name: Latency Histogram
Command: latency-histogram
click on icon and go to /usr/share/pixmaps and pick linuxcncicon.png
click ok and close and you should be up and running with LinuxCNC Joints Axes 13