Linux Mint isn't the product of a corporation being used to sell your data, unlike Microsoft, Apple, et. al., it is a free (as in freedom) software that is open source so people can see all of the code used, and identify whether or not the people behind Mint are keeping their word.

Linux Mint's privacy policy: https://www.linuxmint.com/privacy.php

Linux Mint takes the opt-in approach. If you *want* to share data with them, you can. If you don't, you're already fine in most cases. Using their website nets a little data because that's how the modern web works, but the OS itself is pretty secure, and vastly more private than Microsoft will willingly be.

Mint *is* based on Ubuntu, so if you have issues with Canonical, then you might be cautious and choose another distro, but Mint is sufficiently separated from Canonical that the community has rejected paths that Ubuntu has taken in the past, so there is a level of community protection watching your back. It comes down to how comfortable you are with that, honestly.There are better privacy guarding Linux distros out there, but I think Mint strikes a good balance when it comes to ease of use. It all comes down to your threat level (what are you hiding), and what apps you use that might be outside the window of trust (third party apps outside the software manager, for example).

So at the end of the day, if these things bother you, choose another distro, but in terms of privacy, just about any Linux distro is head and shoulders beyond anything Microsoft will ever do to protect your privacy.

Mint hasn't muddled things, its version of apt came first. It was first released in 2007 with Mint 3.1 Celena: https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_celena.php

Debian's version started development in 2013: https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/commits/main/cmdline/apt.cc

Once Debian's version came along, Mint adjusted their version a bit so that most commands work the same and users aren't too confused, but they didn't want to switch over entirely, because Mint's version has some extra commands/features.

Remember that KDE Neon is NOT a distro, it is a showcase/demo package for the latest KDE. It is not maintained like a distro either, when a new version is released, the old version is deprecated immediately. Not a big deal for some people, but it is for other others... KDE Neon is literally Ubuntu LTS with the the Gnome packages removed and the latest KDE Plasma thrown on top. https://neon.kde.org/faq

Its been a long long time since I've had zero complaints about my OS, but I'm super happy with 20.1 + 5.11 kernel.

This looks like a solid set of refinements and cannot wait to check them out.

• https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_uma_cinnamon_whatsnew.php

I am using mint on my gaming laptop and its working great. Fortunately I play single player titles without anti-cheat software so they all work great. I mostly play games from Steam, but use Lutris for my games from GOG.com and from Epic. Some require tweaking and some just don't work at all but most play just fine. Welcome to Linux gaming. Everything takes longer but you don't have to deal with Wndows.

If this is the same issue I had with my gtx 970, this link might help.

https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_rosa_cinnamon.php

As far as I remember (had this problem a long time ago), it doesn't work as the proper Nvidia driver isn't installed, using the nomodeset option allows it to boot so you can install the Nvidia graphics driver which should then boot properly.

Good luck, hope I've given the right advice!

lutris moved its source repository from launchpad a few weeks back - did you update it to the newer PPA - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lutris-team/lutris https://lutris.net/downloads/

I hope at least a few people here will put their money where their mouth is and donate to the project!

https://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php

You can donate with PayPal (no account necessary to use a credit card for donation), various cryptocurrencies, or go the Patreon route!

Solved, I had deleted the x.session.d within the X11 within the etc folder. So I just took the X11 from the live disc of a brand new linux mint I mounted on virtualbox.

Here's the file for future lurkers: http://www.filedropper.com/x11tar

If you want, you can add the PPA instead. That way, you'll receive updates to IDEA when they're released and Mint's update tool will include them like any other updates on the system. Everything should automatically be installed where it needs to go.

https://launchpad.net/~mmk2410/+archive/ubuntu/intellij-idea-community

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mmk2410/intellij-idea-community sudo apt update sudo apt install intellij-idea-community

PPAs are mini third party repositories for certain packages. They're nice to use to ensure you receive updates and don't have to manually install .deb packages downloaded from websites every other week. A lot of popular packages have a PPA, just always make sure to check the dates of the latest updates to make sure the ppa hasn't been abandoned.

Download and install VirtualBox on Windows 7: https://www.virtualbox.org/

Then, download an ISO for the each one that you want to try. You can then test them out by deploying them on virtual box and starting up a virtual machine to try them out.

I reccomend Cinnamon as I find that the most stable for me, although not as customisable as say KDE. I don't care too much about how customisable a desktop is as it's a desktop environment, from which I can run the applications that I need.

You are using Mint... You have multiple options.

• Snap
• DEB software repo direct from Spotify
• Flatpak

Honestly, with a DEB installer package that is available directly from Spotify that will be updated with apt or Update Manager, why would you use anything else?

I'm not on my phone right now so I don't have access to the articles and comments I mentionned but I remembered this one : https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/11/canonical-dev-dont-use-linux-mint-online-banking-unsecure

If you are using separate hard drives, you can pull the windows drive, install linux, then 'sudo update-grub' to have linux add the new windows partition.

If you are doing this on the same drive, you'll need to rerun the grub install via your LM media or a bootable iso like rescatux.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/rescatux/files/rescatux_0_41_b1/rescatux-0.41b1.iso/download

I suggest considering switching to a distro designed around KDE plasma out of the box, this will give you a better experience and less problems. If you want to stick with a Ubuntu based distro KDE Neon or Kubuntu are two options.

Google isn't even the default search engine in Firefox on Linux Mint, it's Yahoo. I suggest DuckDuckGo if OP is concerned about "trust." https://www.linuxmint.com/searchengines.php

Its probably not a high priority since the kdenlive team already provides an official repository.

Source: https://kdenlive.org/download/

>Ubuntu | LinuxMint | Elementary

>For Ubuntu >= 16.04 and other *buntu based distros like LinuxMint you can download latest Kdenlive from our official PPA’s:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kdenlive/kdenlive-stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install kdenlive

>Note: you can easily remove our PPA and revert back to official distro package using: sudo ppa-purge ppa:kdenlive/kdenlive-stable

You can use the "Driver Manager". It is found in the system settings menu. You should choose the newest nvidia driver for your 1050 TI graphics card because it is only supported in newer drivers. A good one would be the 375.26 driver.

If it is not offered in the "Driver Manager" you should add the graphics drivers ppa to your system.

https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

On Terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

sudo apt-get update

After that the driver should be available in "Driver Manager".

This is a screenshot of the software: https://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/screenshots/qiana/mintdrivers.png

Hope I could help. :)

Just use balena etcher. It's a really easy to use tool on Linux. You can download it from the website if its not in the repository. https://www.balena.io/etcher/?ref=etcher_footer

It won't work for Windows usbs though but I don't think any usb tool on linux does, if we are just talking about gui at least. Good luck.

This is a common problem, especially with newer Windows versions. Basically, Micro$oft's bootloader gets too greedy and overwrites any other bootloader with any major update or upgrade. With multiple hard drives, this isn't a problem, just make sure the Windows hard drive is the only one plugged in. With a partitioned drive, though, you're in a spot of trouble. Nothing serious, just a little more work.

Boot into any Ubuntu-based LiveCD and run these commands in a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair boot-repair

Doing the recommended repair should solve most problems, but there are advanced options. I've never had to use them, so I can't help you there.

Alternatively, this ISO is a pre-built recovery system that contains boot-repair and some other things.

Best of luck!

Thanks for raising this issue. Can you please outline how you tested this? I'll test mine and see if my VPN (PureVPN) leaks too. I'm on 18 at the moment and I'll post the result for others who may be interested.

It is listed as trying to connect to Sonya, rather than Xenial. There is no Sonya.

https://launchpad.net/~utappia/+archive/ubuntu/stable?field.series_filter=xenial

Remove the PPA, and re-add it.

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:utappia/stable -y && sudo apt update && sudo apt clean && sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo add-apt-repository ppa:utappia/stable -y && sudo apt update

Then try again.

Theme your desktop. At the same time you can learn the various ways to install packages in your OS and configure things in your DE (Cinnamon, MATE, etc.). You can do a

sudo apt install paper-icon-theme

in the terminal and check out Paper icons in the themes settings. If you hate them you can

sudo apt remove paper-icon-theme

and try Numix instead. Those aren't in the Ubuntu or Mint repositories you just accessed with apt install. You gotta add a PPA instead, which is a type of individual repository supported by Ubuntu. To add the Numix PPA, follow the instructions in the readme here: https://github.com/numixproject/numix-icon-theme.

Once you do that, you can open the update manager and see the PPA in your system under Edit -> Software Sources -> PPAs. If you don't want to continue getting updates to that PPA you can disable them with that awesome tool which was made by Linux Mint.

You can totally bypass adding the PPA and just download the numix-icon-theme GitHub repo, and copy the Numix folder to your ~/.icons folder. (Right click to show hidden files in your home folder and it will be there.) Or copy it into /usr/share/icons, which you will need to open as root. Software packages can be cloned from their source and compiled and installed in more or less the same way, though this can be way more involved than the other methods.

Obviously there are a billion other icon themes as well as desktop themes to try, and loads of different types of software to install. Numix also has great Gtk+ themes. Gtk+ is the toolkit used to build Gnome, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, etc. Another way to install software is to download a .deb package and open it with GDebi (already default in Linux Mint). You can try it with Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html. GDebi will add Google Chrome's own repository to your system for updates.

Disclaimer: Obviously nothing is perfect, kids should always be monitored when using the internet.

I did nothing extensive because things were generally secure from the start.

I didn't give her a sudo password, installed and set rkhunter to occasionally run a scan, and made sure the firewall was up and running.

I also implemented some rudimentary content blocking via OpenDNS. It's fairly easy to do for a single device. You could accomplish the same thing with PiHole if you'd like something more fine grained or under your control.

This is a rather blunt tool I put in place for additional peace of mind. It's still possible to find adult content on a site like say, reddit, for instance. Any kid old enough to go looking for that kind of content is probably smart and/or determined enough to find it on non-porn websites. But OpenDNS or PiHole might prevent you from having an awkward conversation before they're ready.

I use Timeshift (system-wide minus $HOME) and Back in Time ($Home only) in concert. Works great.

If you both have Google accounts I would suggest Duo. Also nice to use on your phone if you are away from home as it is very data efficient and works well even on a poor signal.

https://duo.google.com/

I liked your question and the conversation it fostered.

Check this out:

If you don't want the super heavy Discord flatpak, check out Ripcord, an ultra-lightweight Discord and Slack client: https://cancel.fm/ripcord/

Hey everyone, y'all have been asking about where I got the wallpaper, so here it is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.backdrops.wallpapers See Mega folder for image(s). https://mega.nz/#F!vdBRXSCR!DfVJN1hBFNUZ8n77VX35cg

http://superuser.com/questions/562277/why-the-results-of-truecrypt-and-cryptsetup-luks-benchmarking-are-so-different

"As for the differences, Truecrypt uses FUSE to implement a userspace filesystem, whereas LUKS is usually done in the actual kernel. For this reason, it's likely that you would get better throughput in a Linux system using LUKS/dm-crypt/cryptsetup as opposed to Truecrypt, although which option you choose depends on the requirements of your encryption"

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Keep your install media safe. Make a separate home partition for your files -photos what have you so when you eventually screw something up ( you will more than likely....part of learning) reinstall will be a simple affair.

Backup your data!! ( you should do this anyway no matter what system you use) . I keep 3 copies of everything. the original, a local backup and a cloud backup.

Enable the firewall on your laptop. It comes installed but off by default. Enable by typing " sudo ufw enable " in terminal . Also don't type random commands from internet strangers like me ..... always research the command so you know what it does first ----- http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-lethal-linux-commands-never-run/ is a list of commands to never run

NEVER RUN AS ROOT always use sudo .

If you install from trusted sources and don't install random binaries or scripts don't sweat a antivirus . Linux viruses do exist but if you are reasonably cautious you probably will never experience one.

The mint/ubuntu communities are really newbie friendly but always research a problem a bit before asking . Also if you find a solution to a problem post it so others will know.

Hangout in the chat some.... when you open chat it goes there by default. You will pick up a lot of stuff there.

Not really linux specific but due to government surveliance and other problems consider adopting encryption and a vpn.... linux has excellent tools for both and educating yourself about them will help you and you in turn could educate others.

From the website - "The Guest Additions which come with VirtualBox 5.2.6 and 5.1.32 do not work properly on Linux guests with 3D enabled." You can download the updated version here.

You can use nvidia-prime or bumblebee.

To switch card in prime you need to log out.

To switch it in bumblebee you add "optirun" in your program launcher.

If you decide to use bumblebee on mint 18 use this repo. This install guide looks fine. I've been using bumblebee on 4 laptops in the last 3 years, it's great.

You could use caffeine to toggle with one-click between power settings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VKdsH2K1Ts

Note: if the indicator does not start automatically on XFCE, as I presume, you might want to add the "caffeine-indicator" to your start-up applications.

Have fun with that, Optimus is a disaster. If you feel up to it, you could try to add this to the kernel parameter:

nouveau.blacklist=yes

By clicking e (I think, the keybinding might be different) in GRUB. Now the kernel parameter might not be correct since they differ depending on the initramfs the distribution uses, but it should be correct assuming this information is relevant for Mint.

Either way, as much as it sucks, don't blame Linux. Nvidia are the ones who show no consideration for Linux or for the open source movement.

Read for yourself.

Manjaro Linux just made the move to defaulting Vivaldi on their distro. So, someone has thought about this.

Yes. For example this is what I have for syncthing.

• syncthing
  • sudo curl -s -o /usr/share/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg https://syncthing.net/release-key.gpg && echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list && printf "Package: *\nPin: origin apt.syncthing.net\nPin-Priority: 990\n" | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/syncthing && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install syncthing

Basically I write combo commands so it would be just one copy-paste action.

You need vlc-plugin-libde265. Add this PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-libde265 sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

It might upgrade a bunch of other packages too, which is ok.

Is the clock off by an "even" amount, as in one OS is 6 hours ahead of the other? Linux and OSX change the hardware clock to UTC/GMT and calculate the time using the this and the OS time zone. Windows stores the local time in the hardware clock.

I tend to have multiple Linux installations and one Windows partition so I find it easier to fix the issue once on the Windows side. A quick registry change will force Windows to use the same method as Linux and treat the hardware clock as UTC. More info here.

Just use Chrome instead of Chromium. Chrome is really stable in Mint. I've been using it for quite a while now.

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html?brand=CHBD&gclid=CjwKCAiAxuTQBRBmEiwAAkFF1jpCg2M2_MPBtW6bwuy6caf5UvpSPnArmXky0BCUF3gzdS-NqtFCZhoCLroQAvD_BwE

Even comes packaged in your flavor these days.

how the fuck is that keeping it simple? from the start he should have used a simple program, such as this, to create the usb stick, and booted from the stick in bios. that's all there is to it. not everyone is trying to partition their home folder.

It's actually really easy. Download the Universal USB Installer for Windows, execute it, and choose how large of a presistence file you want. Press OK. You'll have a live version of Mint.

Some video cards can cause the system to hang on boot like that. You want to change the boot option "quiet splash" to "nomoeset". Here's how in the release notes under "solving freezes" just a little down. https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sarah_cinnamon.php

I was thinking you could just run sudo update-grub from a live cd/usb and hope it finds your windows partition, but there's a little more to it. https://askubuntu.com/questions/145241/how-do-i-run-update-grub-from-a-livecd

Hopefully nomodeset gets you booted, then sudo update-grub should do it.

I just searched Debian's packages and I couldn't find Skype in there. You also can't use PPAs with LMDE.. so that could be an issue as well.

Just go with regular Linux Mint .. I see no real reason to use LMDE unless you have a specific need to.

Good luck with the iPhone. There are a couple option outlined here which may or may not work.

Other than that, Mint is a pretty decent experience right out of the box. Get comfortable with it and you can tweak the user interface quite a bit. I picked MATE, since I'm a long time Gnome 2 user. I like it a lot.

Was going to suggest (Wireshark)[https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/wireshark], but I don't think it was ever included in the default software bundle.

Wireshark is pretty robust and might fit your needs, give it a look if you don't find what you're after.

https://www.wireshark.org/

You can remove kernels from the Update Manger. Start update manager, and from the menu, select View=>Linux Kernels

Select the kernel you want to remove, and hit the remove button.

You can also install UKUU - this is really easy to use to add and remove kernels.

However, at the moment, I think there might be an issue with some dependencies and ukuu...4.16.3 was the last kernel I installed, the newer ones are having problems.

But if you just need to remove kernels, UKUU is great.

Handbrake can be used for ripping and media conversions. Link to PPA info

AcidRip is also another one I use for strictly DVD ripping, but Handbrake works just as well, I find AcidRip can rip a little faster though. AcidRip is available in the software center.

I can tell you why it doesn't work, but I'm not at all sure how best to fix it.

Those instructions fail at step 9 because Mint uses "mdm" rather than "lightdm", so that step doesn't apply.

Have you tried ignoring that step and seeing if it works anyway?

Otherwise you're going to have to do one of two things:
Dig into the mdm configuration stuff at /usr/share/mdm and try to figure it out (I haven't done this myself) or replace mdm with lightdm and follow the instructions you posted. Again, I haven't tried this so no promises, but this guide to replacing mdm may help.

Conversely, if you have a tenner or 20 bucks lying around you can fix the issue permanently. Ebay and amazon have replacement keyboards.

They are very easy to replace. Stick a plastic card or anything flat in the top hinged slots of the keyboard, and pop it out. Detach ribbon. Attach ribbon. Pop it back in. And that's that. I don't know your full model, but it looks something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Dosens-Laptop-Keyboard-Aspire-5741ZG/dp/B012CSDS4C/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1509301635&sr=8-4-fkmr1&keywords=acer+aspire+e13+keyboard

https://youtu.be/NZGpGpkmEmo?t=1m37s

The reason for this is that your Enter key isn't the only thing that's going to go out. They have a very low cycle count for these membrane keyboards before they perish.

Contrary to popular opinion I would not recommend PIA. I've been with them for a year and recently switched to Mullvad. PIA's advertising is aggressive, their policies are obscure at times and they are based in the US. If you want a trustworthy and transparent VPN, go with AirVPN, Mullvad or NordVPN and pay with bitcoin or giftcard.

For more information, definitely check this and ask on r/vpn for more in depth information. r/vpn used to recommend PIA up until a few months ago. Do not simply trust them because they provide income for Linux Mint.

EDIT: Also, when using a VPN do not use any client program, but stick with openvpn. More info here.

Apparently, there's a hard block on this wifi that has to have Windows to turn it on for it to work again:

>As I was afraid, here is the solution. I had to install Win 7 again, install Lenovo Energy Management Utility, turn on wifi on windows and then, Hard Block disapear. Now it works like a charm. Hope this helps someone with same laptop.

http://superuser.com/questions/619666/hard-blocked-wifi-lenovo-ideapad-y570-arch-linux

I don't know who wikihow are. But they are dumb. Remove that crap from /etc/profile and install it from here:

https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/java

Your OE config is here:

/etc/skel/.profile

OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014. The patches are backported for security. There is no ipsec threat. For the latest, it's 1.0.2g. What's the deal with 1.0.1r? https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.19

best follow the easy root for your first install.

you download XFce a lightweight model of linuxmint. from the mint website or by torrent.

you create a USB/cd of the download

you boot to the usb/cd

during the install you choose install alongside windows (easiest choice)

everything is very simple just click on the choices on offer.

once installed you will have the choice of windows or mint at boot.

you can learn from many instructions and videos how to delete windows and create new partitions at a later date, if you feel you want to.

the Mint website is down at the moment due to hackers, so relax for a few days.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=install+linux+mint+xfce

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08498

The Mint version of Firefox is basically "Ungoogled Firefox" where it removes the option to search Google from the address bar (but it can be added back). Otherwise it's identical to regular Firefox. If it had any major changes, it would be illegal for it to keep the Firefox name.

Ubuntu maintains an official PPA for newer versions of Nvidia drivers. You can add this to your software sources, the latest available right now is 355.11

ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

I've personally found 355.11 to be perfectly stable.. no issues on my end in a month, and I play games every day. This PPA is a fairly recent addition to replace the xedgers PPA, you can read about it here http://www.webupd8.org/2015/08/new-official-proprietary-gpu-drivers.html

>I've never gamed on Linux

Try gaming with native Linux games at first.

http://www.penguspy.com

This is just a small list of native Linux games.

Then you have Steam that play Linux games.

https://steamdb.info/linux/

That's not counting DosBox that play every MS-DOS game on Linux.

Then you have the old gaming console emulators. Which puts a ton of games on your Linux system.

Every native Linux game works in Linux. No hassles no fuzz, it just works.

Now, lets get ready for Windows games. Play with wine and it's third-party related software like PlayOnLinux. Then you can get about 50% may be slightly less of Windows games to work in Linux. About 35% or better with not so much problems.

I game on Linux. I just game with native Linux games.

Is it worth changing? I certainly think so. I enjoy the higher level of stability and control Linux affords. Based on your concerns, you probably will too. But switching from any OS to another is a challenge - Windows, Mac or Linux take some learning if you are unfamiliar with them. So go in with an open mind.

Will all games run on Linux? Short answer is no. But a lot do. So it really just depends on what you play. Two great places to check for compatibility are lutris.net and protondb.com. If the majority of what you play is well supported, then you will have a great time. If you play a lot of unsupported games, it will probably be less fun.

"Unsafe" bits to dualboot: * If you don't read what you're doing, you can wipe the disk instead of installing along side existing system. * Windows likes to hijack the bootloader, requiring you to reinstall grub in order to boot into linux again. This can be avoided if you install Mint on a different drive than Windows, and point your BIOS to the Mint drive.

As to Street Fighter, that depends on the version you're talking about, although many of those tests are really old, and maybe newer WINE versions work better? You may also get better results from Lutris.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So, if you liked Linux Lite (<shudders at how the distribution spells its name>) and Manjaro and perhaps Pop, why did you return? (If there were a distribution that was more polished and had fewer bugs than any flavour of Mint, and offered the same sort of functionality, and had a fairly large community and, ideally, was based on Debian or Ubuntu, then I'd switch. I realise that Manjaro is not Debian-based. I see that Linux Lite is based on Ubuntu, but it seems to present itself as for beginners and I'm not a beginner.)

I'm not even using Cinnamon anymore but a different window manager altogether. Not because Cinnamon is bad (although it is certainly limited) but because I personally want a lightweight tiling window manager. My choice is awesome but there are many others that are also highly customizable (openbox, i3, etc.). You might wonder why I'm even still using Linux Mint and the reason is quite simply the OS itself, i.e. the package and drivers management, the desktop oriented default configuration, the general ease of installation and the available stable fallback should I ever botch up my desktop's configuration.

PS: If you really want to take your customization efforts to the next level I recommend looking for inspiration on r/unixporn.

i'd say single core intel atom , mechanical hdd or possibly an emmc drive as a few had them . 1gb memory was the standard too .

mx linux 32 bit with xfce could be worth a go mx linux downloads

Check out unetbootin.

You can create a live usb with a persistent partition with it. But I am not sure how usable it is as a daily driver.
You might want to try other distros that are more tailored to this kind of things. Puppy Linux comes to mind but there are probably other alternatives.

Can confirm, had exactly the same issue installing Mint on my new laptop. There are some videos showing the process /u/Tzunamii outlines in the Mint 18 release notes.

If you must run Photoshop, Linux is not for you.

On the other hand if you're open to alternatives there's plenty of good photo editors, the most known is Gimp, I would suggest to check Darktable and Rawtherapee out.

Nevermind guys, I think I have found the solution. It looks like the fact that the two VPN programs refused to work was a coincidence but I managed to solve both. For Fruho you shouldn't use the .deb file from their website but install it as follows:

wget -O fruho.deb https://github.com/fruho/fruhoapp/releases/download/fruho-0.0.21/fruho_0.0.21_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i fruho.deb

sudo apt-get install -f

Alternatively, for 32-bit computers replace the first line with:

wget -O fruho.deb https://github.com/fruho/fruhoapp/releases/download/fruho-0.0.21/fruho_0.0.21_i386.deb

fyi, while its already been explained about the in-place upgrade, this is how you would/could do it without.

theres a great tool called aptik http://www.teejeetech.in/p/aptik.html which is made by the same guy who makes the timeshift system restore utility.

aptik amongst other things allows you to create a text file backup of your ppa list, and your software list. these are the two things that basically catalog everything you have installed.

so you make ppa and software list backups with aptic. You do your fresh install of mint (being careful NOT to format the home directory), and then once mint is install, install aptik, and restore your ppa and software lists.

ive done this a few times and been back up and running like nothing happened in under an hour.

(of course, there are some risks associated with linking a home directory for a prior version to a new one, but ive not had an issue between minor versions 18.2 to 18.3 etc.. thats not to say there wouldnt be issues between major versions)

but its worth installing aptik and backing up your ppa list and software list from time to time anwyay

Since you are a beginner, I would recommend using gparted, from a live usb or CD.

https://gparted.org/livecd.php

The last time I did this, I used the Linux Mint ISO and created a live usb from it, and ran gparted from there.

Is there anyway for you to to use you details to configure an OpenVPN connection in Network Manager?I'm relatively new to Linux as well and not used to using the terminal yet, but for my VPN provider I found it pretty easy to configure using their guide. Not familiar with CyberGhost but you should check it out if they have something.

Edit: Here is a guide specifically for your VPN

DotVPN is a free VPN service. I’d guess this is the cause of your issue. “Free” VPNs are inevitably either very dangerous from a trust perspective or make their money through adware or other sketchy methods (or both).

Nuke your machine and start over. If you want to use a VPN go with a sensible paid VPN like PIA, AirVPN...there’s lots of good choices out there. For example, PIA is less than $4/month. Don’t be a cheapskate with your privacy and security.

/r/netsec recently posted a study about how like only 20% of free VPNs are not sketchy. Obviously I don't know what your finances are, but I paid for Private Internet Access and has been definitely been worth my while. I don't really torrent too much, but feel pretty comfortable with using open networks at this point.

Windows may have overwritten your boot partition via a 'security patch'. On your boot partition, GRUB2(Your Bootloader) should be installed. If you hold down the shift key at boot and nothing comes up, then it got wiped.

Before doing this, check to make sure that Fast Boot is disabled in your BIOS. It will blow right on by Grub if you let it. Then retest.

If it's actually gone gone, then you can write this to cd/usb, and repair the grub installation and get up and running right quick.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/rescatux/?source=directory

If you can't get that guide to work (which looks like a much better way to fix the problem) this is what I've done before when I forgot my password on an old system:

Boot up a live CD/USB, open the terminal, become root, then edit the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files on the relevant partition. Remove the password portions associated with your account and the root account (since you probably forgot both passwords). The details of this can be found here.

Then reboot into your regular system where you should be able to log in without a password. If you open the terminal and run "passwd" you can reset your password, and then become root and do the same thing to reset the root password.

It was a while ago that I did this, but I expect it should work still.

You are rtl8192eu.

https://launchpad.net/~hanipouspilot/+archive/ubuntu/rtlwifi

sudo apt install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms -y

Then add repo, sudo apt install rtl8192eu-dkms

This module prefers kernel 4.4 or 4.9 LTS.

Another option is to spend $8-$25 on a linux kernel native usb wifi stick. Edimax, Panda, ThinkPeguin, etc. They are all over ebay and amazon.

You are on Xenial/Ubuntu 16.04. They are still getting it to work with Busy Beaver aka Ubuntu 18.04.

Restore your original python. Remove whatever you installed. If you must have 3.6 installed, use a repo.

https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/python-3.6?field.series_filter=xenial

Which may or may not work, as the author stated.

Here's a quick guide.

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/07/install-python-3-6-1-in-ubuntu-16-04-lts/

I have no experience with that box, but I do use a android based box that can do all the basic web browsing/video playing/app running without a large footprint and with not much heat generation. Storage can be augmented with flash/usb3.

http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-c_11262/2_octa~core__nt1_android~6.0/

Pretty cheap and snappy, although I would prefer a straight linux box as you are doing, I just did this on a lark.

You could use VNC and ssh/sshfs.

It's a Chrome extension, so just download the zip from GitHub and follow this guide to package it. Then you can just drag and drop the .crx file into Chrome.

Go get Version 5.2.2 r119230 (Qt5.6.1) from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads Grab the Xenial 386 or AMD version.

Personally I am on Kernel 4.14.3 and this combination works with no issues.

If you want 4.14.3, go install ukku.

(For theme)

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install arc-theme

(For Icons)

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install arc-icons

Sardi icons I got from here - https://sourceforge.net/projects/sardi/

You need to find which .desktop launcher and app-id is connected to the web app you want. The .desktop web app launchers for Chrome/Chromium are stored at ~/.local/share/applications. They will have file names like chrome-mdpkiolbdkhdjpekfbkbmhigcaggjagi-Default.desktop which makes it hard to know which shortcut points to which web app. There are a few ways to verify what each .desktop file is for.

The easiest option is to give all files in the folder execute permissions with the command chmod -R +x ~/.local/share/applications to change them to their "friendly name", eg. chrome-mdpkiolbdkhdjpekfbkbmhigcaggjagi-Default.desktop becomes "Google Chat" on my system. The application menu doesn't need execute permission to do its job which is why they don't already have execute permission.

You can also check one by one if you want. Just right-click a .desktop file and give it execute permissions then the name will change to a "friendly name".

If you'd rather not change the executable status, you can also open the .desktop files in a text editor.

Once you know which one you want, you just need to copy the command to the keyboard shortcut. If you right-click a .desktop file and select properties, it is the Command field you need, something like this:

/usr/bin/chromium --profile-directory=Default --app-id=mdpkiolbdkhdjpekfbkbmhigcaggjagi

If you used a text editor to find it, it is the Exec= field.

You can also make your own by using the --app switch instead of --app-id and adding a URL. For example, you could make an app shortcut to Windy.com using the command:

/usr/bin/chromium --app=https://www.windy.com

Obviously, if you're not using Chromium you would need to modify the executable name. Note that web apps opened using --app= do not have a colored window frame.

I run .appimage for KdenLive and Krita as they are well known and trusted. Plus, some of the fixes and features just aren't there on the older versions. I fully integrated them into the main and context menu's, and it was a bit extra couple of things, but then, so is adding PPA's/keys etc. Point being, you either trust the coding, or you don't.

From the Linux Mint standpoint, I'd imagine it's more along the lines of will it break the user experience in some as yet unknown way. I do fine with the .appimages as most people who know about them as a standalone/portable aspect will. I must say that Krita's 4.3 Beta release on May 4 is very nice if you'd like to try an .appimage

You could install Kodi, it's in the repositories and it's pretty good at sorting and categorizing movies but you would have to browse your collection only though it, or you could install Plex media server (~~with Synaptic, I think~~ nope, use this link) and then use your web browser.

rclone can be used to mount a gdrive as a local folder, then you can use whatever copy tools you like to fetch your files. It's in the standard repos but there might be a newer/faster version direct from the developer.

https://rclone.org/

1. BACKUP YOUR DATA AND SETTINGS (ie your home folder)
2. Delete the Win7 entry from Grub. Confirm Linux still boots.
3. Boot a GParted live CD or USB drive, delete the Windows partition(s), and expand your Linux partition to fill the space. https://gparted.org/livecd.php

What are you doing installing software by a raw .deb and not in a repo?

You know LibreOffice has an <strong>official</strong> PPA, right? So you can always get the latest stable updates (what they call "Fresh" versions) automatically.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libreoffice

Oh, and, yes, the following text is really in the description of this PPA from that page:

> OTOH, it is way better to use packages from this PPA than using the *.deb files that The Document Foundation provides upstream, which are intentionally build against a very old baseline for maximum compatibility. So, if you want to be on the bleeding edge, do it here, not with upstream *.debs.

For what it's worth, I use that LibreOffice PPA on all of my Ubuntu-based installs (including Linux Mint!), and it works beautifully.

Yeah, the driver manager definitely needs some work. This is an issue with the driver manager and not a result of nvidia driver issues. Newer ones are actually available and tested stable in the repos. You have two options:

1. Install from the default repos. Iirc, the latest version in the repo is 340 and you can install it with:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-340

I may have the version wrong though so you might want to check that 340 is actually the latest available by default with:

apt-cache search nvidia-3

To show the available versions. (I'd do the search myself, but I opted for #2 so my cache is filled with extra versions) Driver versions in the default repo are tested stable and should not cause issues. This will automatically remove previous versions.

2. Only do this if you know how to undo it if x server fails to start!! Read the warning on their page before adding this repo (although the nvidia drivers are probably safer than most of the software in this repo)! Add the xorg egers ppa to your repo list and then you can install the latest nvidia-346 driver. This is the way to go if you always want the latest or want to use beta versions.

You shouldn't use the nvidia provided binary to install the driver. It's pretty likely you'll just end up with a broken system. If you want the beta drivers, there's a ppa with them: link.

> 5. WINE install. I have tried it several times and just can't seem to get it right lol. Stuff like this is the only thing I wish Linux would make a tad easier... but I love learning new stuff so it won't be bad once I get it done correctly.

Install "PlayOnLinux" if you want to use Wine for typical office software or games. While it's oriented toward gaming (and installs its menu shortcut to Menu>Games>) it automates a lot of the commonly-troublesome Wine installs of Windows programs. Even for non-listed programs it's super handy. In a nutshell, it creates a separate and closely-tuned /c/ drive subfolder for each application set. The cost is that this is slightly wasteful of disk space, but the benefit is that most stuff "just works."
here's a good intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPlQR_nWhaE
and decent documentation: https://www.playonlinux.com/en/dev-documentation-1.html

Do you need OpenCL and pro features? If yes then it is better to use official ubuntu or RH/Centos as the -PRO driver is only officially supported for these.

Otherwise do not use the PRO drivers. They is not intended for pure consumer use. Instead remove the -PRO and install the open source mesa drivers. Use instructions here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Requirements

It seems that your comment contains 1 or more links that are hard to tap for mobile users. I will extend those so they're easier for our sausage fingers to click!

Here is link number 1 - Previous text "TLP"

^Please ^PM ^/u/eganwall ^with ^issues ^or ^feedback! ^| ^Delete

I replaced Windows 10 entirely on my 9350. I'm a photographer and I was not liking the Adobe Lightroom performance on my core i5. Had no other reason to stay on Windows so I switched. I went from Ubuntu with GNOME to Manjaro and now I am very happy with Linux Mint. It's very stable. It does come with some issues.

Really can't put it to sleep some of the time, because it would just turn off or stay on with a black screen.

Sometimes when I am connecting my XPS to the Dell USB Type-C Dock to my monitor, it would freeze and would have to do a hard restart.

Bluetooth sucks so I don't use it at all.

Battery life isn't bad. TLP is useful.

So with the installing, I just follow the usual guides online. In my BIOS settings, I disabled SecureBoot and have Legacy. Now I do not know about having a separate partition for UEFI. I didnt have that issue for my Dell, but had it on my Sony VAIO. It took a lot of trial and error. This might help.

I use Mint for WebDev work, Linux Systems programming assignments, lot of anime. I would love to get a Mac and use that for creative projects. Linux has Darktable (Lightroom alternative) but it's quite clunky.

Hope it helps.

> My /etc/.bash_aliases file is not being used by my terminal

At least for this - /etc/.bash_aliases is not an "official" bash startup script file. You can see this page for the full list, but the short is that there is no ".bash_aliases" file that bash will source by default - normally you'd put a "source ~/.bash_aliases" line in one of those default sourced files (usually "/etc/profile" or "~/.bashrc")

Follow the discussions at Asahi Linux and their github for details of where the status is currently... It is not daily driver usable yet, likely not for a while. I gave up following the project on a regular basis due to the long delays, although they are making great strides it will likely be a while before it is usable as a daily driver, maybe by next summer (just a guess). There is a lot of guesswork and trial and error involved especially in the graphics stack as nothing as documented and the deeper they go the more complex it gets with layers of firmware on top of layers of firmware...

Honestly, if you are looking for a Linux PC, I don't think I would look at the M1 hardware at this time, or in the near (3-6 months) future.

If you want to make and exact bit-for-bit copy of an install you can try Clonzilla. It's included in a live distro called Parted Magic.

You could have also used dd, but if you already didn't know that then don't try it with important data. Clonzilla is basically a friendly front end to dd.

If you want, you can give further special snowflake details. How big is the old disk? How big is the new disk? Want to adjust partition size? Etc.

For example, if you had 1 GiB old disk and a 1.5 GiB new disk in some cases it might make sense to just do a Clonzilla copy of the entire drive and then launch Gparted and maybe resize /home to make it a bit larger. Clonzilla lets you copy entire disks or individual partitions. If you had 4 partitons, you could copy over /boot first, shrink it with Gparted, / second, make it a bit larger, /home third, keeping it the same size, and then just manualy creating swap as the last partition.

That is "Inertial Scrolling" and is available on Wayland. Unfortunately Linux Mint (Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE) still uses Xorg and the transition to Wayland could take a bit of time.

https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/scrolling.html

Windows 10 is fairly easy to install. If you have another Windows computer then Windows has a client to create a usb installer. You just need a usb stick with 8gb storage. If you don't have access to a Windows computer you can use woeusb on Ubuntu/Mint to create usb installer for Windows 10: https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB

I have done it both ways without issue.

Is that a compliment?

I was sharing my personal experience...

Good explaination btw.

I'd like to add some things too. Like you said there are few ways to install an application.

1)Most preferred way is the one that u/CheeseHalloween explained here. One drawback in this method is sometimes you need to know the exact <package name> to install. That might be different from the app name. That's why I advised you do a google search before. (Again, just my personal experience.)

2)You can use the flatpack softwares. I recommend you this over apt because this is really noob friendly. In short, this is like the microsoft store. You can find it by searching for Software manager in your menu. You can install a lot of software here. Some programs may be unavailable here. But like I said, all you have to do is just search for the program and click install. That simple. (And recently I found that these apps run in a virtual environment and I don't know how correct I'm here but I think that's pretty good. Sorry if I'm wrong.)

3)Then you have the Synaptic package manager which is again the GUI version of apt mentioned by u/CheeseHalloween . I personally don't like this one because it's such a mess. Anyways, you can find it by searching in the menu.

4)Then we have the Snap store. Most of the people won't recommend this option because they are kinda big, slow and messy I think. But the thing is, snap packages are compatible for all linux distros. It's like a universal package so most of the developers tend to make snap packages. So there's a vast range of programs that you can't find in apt or flatpack here. But, like I said before, it is always recommended to use apt of flatpacks before snap (because they are more compatible and small in size). In case you need to install snap store, here's the complete guide for you.

If anyone see anything wrong here, please feel free to correct me.

Great explanation. Just to add snap/flatpak is another option that allows people to use newer software without messing up their OS. There is a maintained snap for irssi, but doesn't look like it is official.

The default landing page when you install Mint and open Mozilla Firefox is the Start page. It used to provide updates on new releases and future plans, as well as the search bar and links to other resources.

It is now just a webpage with nothing but a search bar and it no longer gives you the information about updates. The link for that is a 404 not found. Everything else is literally just links to Google search.

If you click on the big Linux Mint icon in the middle of the page above the search bar it leads to the page you provided, but it isn't clear that this is what you are supposed to do. I didn't even notice it did anything until I saw my cursor change when I passed over it. And it doesn't lead to the updates page that used to be provided by default.

Personally the only reason I kept it as my default home page is because of the monthly update.

This is the default page that users see after installing Mint and opening their browser:

https://www.linuxmint.com/start/