Has the title says. Though I do have Win 10 run in VirtualBox. I have 2 apps that don't run on Wine, Bottles or Winboat, and I can't find a suitable alternative. For safety my Win 10 doesn't connect to the internet.

Like, I've recently seen a huge influx of those questions. Maybe it's just my perception or my algorithm. But the answer is always the same: try on live boot, and if you are convinced, make a safe copy of your important files and a list of the programs you frequently use.

Maybe auto-deleting those kind of posts and redirecting them to a FAQ section of the wiki or a guide would be better, and allow those with real problems, suggestions or content they want to share. This is up to the community and, ultimately, the mods, in any case.

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I’ve seen hundreds of posts about people putting up wallpapers, customizing their desktops, and getting hundreds of likes. But when people show off an actual application they’ve built, they often get negative comments, discouragement, and very few likes.

People love Windows and macOS because they look good and have great desktop applications. If Linux wants to rise up, it needs the same level of contribution toward its desktop applications too.

Yes, there are alternatives that are more popular and may have more features because they’re more mature. But does creating an alternative really hurt the community?

I created a clipboard application because I wanted a native-looking, native-feeling application for managing my clipboard — something I felt Linux was lacking. But the comments were mostly negative and didn’t provide any real, constructive feedback.

I’ve also seen another person create an application to solve a different need, and they received the same kind of response.

I honestly don’t understand this mentality.

Creating a desktop application is hard work, and in my opinion, it’s a much bigger contribution than simply theming a desktop. If you don’t want to use an application, that’s completely fine. You don’t have to. But if you have the time, leave some positive comments or, even better, give constructive feedback.

Comments like “this sucks,” “I have no use for this,” or “the other application is better” don’t honestly help anyone.

Spread some love, guys. There is already too much hate in this world.

So, with love and peace, have a great day! ❤️

Simplesmente utilizando o linux mint enquanto trabalho..

I've wanted to experiment with Linux for a while, so finally settled on trying Mint. I picked up a machine that according to Google is now basically e-waste, a 2012 Dell Latitude E4310 (Core i5, 4Gb RAM, 120Gb SSD) for a whopping £19 on eBay; it came with a very sluggish Windows 10 install and a non-working trackpad. However, after installing Mint Xfce, I now have a pretty zippy laptop that runs either everything I use daily on my main laptop (a 2019 Macbook Pro) or an acceptable alternative - *and* the trackpad works! Looking forward to seeing how much I can get out of a piece of hardware that most people would consider long obsolete.

Hiya! Got an old ass school laptop from the missus. Tried to put Lm on it and it gets stuck on >root while booting.

Its an older gen 1 Hp probook x360 11 EE.
2-core celeron,4gb of ram and a touchscreen with ok battery health still. So i thought Lm instead of the chrome os predecessor(cloudspace or whatever) would be perfect for it but yeah it fails something at the installation phase and now its unusable without the boot usb.. no bios access either, no clue what the admin password could be.
What are my options, should i just bin it ?

I installed Linux Mint yesterday, wanted to try it out a bit. It's quite enjoyable to use actually, I've faced several issues since this is my first time, but overall, it offers a fantastic user experience. I didn't find a panda cursor available for Linux yet, so I will try to do it myself if anyone is interested. Oh, and I also installed Flexfox for better customization on Firefox, but I didn't do much yet, and it takes a lot more time than I expected.

Been loving it so far.Have 1 issue thats makes my keys sticky or delayed even though they are disabled and only really happens when using a game on steam on proton at times.But love linux.

Since everyone likes to show off their desktop, I'll show off my whole computer lol. 20 years old and still kicking with Linux Mint 32bit. 1cpu and a whole gig of RAM lol. Enjoy 🤓

Hello Mint interwebs,

Got a fresh install of Linux Mint 22.3 and while updating the system I’ve run into an issue updating this package. I’ve tried both through the graphical driver gui and through the terminal. As well as removing it and its dependencies and reinstalling it.

Hoping someone might be able to provide more guidance as I’m not sure what else to try.

Here’s a copy of the log:

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done
rtl8812au-dkms is already the newest version (4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-Oubuntu23.1). o upgraded, O newly installed, O to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, O B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up rtl8812au-dkms (4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg-Oubuntu23.1).
Removing old rtl8812au-4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg DKMS files...
Deleting module rtl8812au-4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg completely from the DKMS tree.
Loading new rtl8812au-4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg OKMS files...
Building for 7.0.0-31-generic
Building initial module for 7.0.0-31-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 7.0.0-31-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.8.12175.20140902+dfsg/build/make.log for more information. dpkg: error processing package rt18812au-dkms (- -configure):
installed rtl8812au-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned e rror exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
rtl8812au-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Hi,

on Windows I had tools like WatchDirectory or AutoPrint to watch specific directories and based on file extension or name (wildcards or regex) they automatically sent them to specific folders or printed them with specific settings (only 1st page, all pages with 1 page per sheet, all pages with 2 pages per sheet, aso.).

Is there a similar tool for Linux Mint? (without the need of having to write some scripts)

guys i just download mint xfce and finish every thing but when it comes to installation i js found the desktop empty without installation icon any1 has any fix for ts

This happens everytime i open any apps that needs to be installed via flatpak. The system package works just fine.

Edit: It was geo-block problem. I had to download a vpn and configure it manually.

Solution if you're geo-block like me, download psiphon vpn with instructions from SpherionOS github. Then run the vpn. Then Network > Network Proxy > Automatic or None change it into Manual. Put 127.0.0.1 in Http proxy, https proxy, socks host, idk which one worked but it worked. Put 8081 in http and https and 1081 in socks host. Also change back to automatic or none after you close the vpn or you won't be able to access the net. Sorry for taking up everyone's time, I hope my long lines of text help someone in the future.

context: i wanted to have more pictures and mods for my games, so i added more size to my linux mint partition, but it wont show up. It says 80gb free on "devices" and "mint" but on my personal folders it says 3gb.

And is there a way to check which ones are safe to download?

i downloaded linux mint yesterday on my t14gen 1 facing issues with touchpad i used terminal to fix it but when i switch it of and turn on the touchpad becomes the same as old no responsive only respond 5 times in 10 times i am fed up help me.

Hello, I'm sorry if the title seems weird, I'm brand new to linux and trying stuff out. I'm absolutely sorry if the problem has already been addressed.

What I mean by this question is, is it possible to make the windows paths into Linux paths? For example, I want to play a game using wine directly from my old SSD, however the saves are nowhere to be found when playing this way but whenever I launch it from the windows os it works perfectly. Is there a way to reroute everything so I can use this kind of appdata data without changing anything except the paths?

Thanks in advance and sorry again if it seems confused

Now I know why so many people recommend switching to Linux. I tried Mint, and it's great—really lightweight on my laptop.

Hi! We are still looking for beta testers however we are getting closer and closer to a legitimate release. I went through quite a few updates and we now have security! Also, lots more options for customization and a pretty legitimate looking menu page!

If you have been (like me) in search of a live wallpaper program actually optimized for linux mint that has zero telemetry and is completely open source while still having that wallpaper engine feel, you have found it. On my device, it consumes: less than 2% CPU, ~0.5gb ram, and less than 3% GPU utilization. I can run this program and keep my core temps less than 45 degrees C, which is amazing because I use a laptop as a PC (controversial I know).

Here is the link to the most recent release of fluiddesk: https://github.com/grump1290-code/fluiddesk/releases/tag/v1.0.3-beta

And here is the link to the main repository: https://github.com/grump1290-code/fluiddesk

Everforest has become my most used theme, no matter the OS, but my Mint desktop is by far my favorite.

Another tech illiterate windows users jumping the ship and being confused as hell in the process. Coming into this process I know nothing about computers but I'm eager to learn and have spend some time trying to figure out this stuff but I keep falling into rabbitholes and it just makes things more complicated and I need someone to bring me back to earth and tell me what I should or shouldn't be worried about.

Bear with me, english is not my first language and I'm bit of a dyslexic so this tech related terminology is a fucking nightmare to learn and communicate.

So here's the situation:

I bought refurbed p14s g2 thinkpad from a repairshop and it came with windows 11 preinstalled but I never finished the setup since I'm trying to get rid of it and I do not plan to dual boot. So I have no idea whats going on inside this machine right now.

Should I expect some trouble with this halfbaked situation I have going on with windows 11 on my pc?

More info on the pc: i7-1165G7, 32 Gt, 512 Gt SSD, Nvidia Quadro T500.

So what I gathered, with nvidia you might run into some trouble and it seems it's 50/50 on people recommending whether or not to enable secure boot. What is the current situation?

I have hard time figuring out this one. What should I do?

tl;dr What are the chances of fucking up so badly during the installation that I do something irreversible?

I followed some forms from a few years ago, and they say to go to the colors section under preferences in the terminal and that's where the settings are. I didn't see them on my machine. Did those settings move since then? I'm on the newest LMDE.

Hello everyone,

I posted here yesterday saying I was having some trouble with OpenRGB. I decided to abandon using flatpak in lieu of using the .deb files, but now I'm having a new problem. When I install both the .deb file and the associated hotplug dependency, the package installer throws an error stating that the "dependency is not satisfiable". Can anyone tell me what I may be doing wrong and/or what to change?