Disable Network Manager on Mint

$ sudo stop network-manager
$ echo "manual" | sudo tee /etc/init/network-manager.override
$ sudo vi /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
$ sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# network interface not managed by Network Manager
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 182.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8

$ nmcli dev status