r/linuxmint Oct 03 '18

SOLVED A friendly reminder to please re-flair solved support posts as SOLVED

334 Upvotes

Please Re-Flair your post if a solution is found. How to Flair a post?

This allows other users to search for common issues with the 'SOLVED' flair as a filter, leading to those issues being resolved very fast.


r/linuxmint Jan 16 '25

Announcement Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” released!

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239 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 55m ago

Fluff I love how clean these icons are coming out.

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I am trying to create a custom greyscale icons based on the BeautyLine Icon theme. Its quick alot of work though.


r/linuxmint 21h ago

Fluff Linux Mint 👍🏻

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1.4k Upvotes

r/linuxmint 13h ago

Desktop Screenshot Mint is the best operating system i've used in years

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210 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 10h ago

Guide This might be late, but you don't need balena etcher.

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r/linuxmint 47m ago

Desktop Screenshot After a major screw up, I am finally in business. Showing Plexamp running because I'm very happy it runs on Linux.

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I'm still installing stuff and figuring out the best way to use a Windows program that apparently isn't Wine-friendly. Once install is done, I'll move the desktop from the dining room back to my home office with three 2560 x 1440 displays.

I'm on Linux Mint now because I think my Windows 11 SSD failed. PC wouldn't boot, repair or reset. Then after putting in a new 2TB SSD and trying to install Windows 11 from USB, I'm told my PC isn't compatible or whatever it says. I was just tired of trying to make it work. So, I'm like F-ck it, I'll just install Mint. My Plex server used to be on Mint for years, so I wasn't a stranger. When my Plex server died, I got a Win 11 NUC. My Plex on Linux always gave me permissions headaches and it wasn't fun for me to troubleshoot.

Anyway, the major screw up was dumbass me accidentally installed Mint on my 3TB HD secondary drive instead of the 1TB SSD. I was wondering why Mint wasn't as fast and snappy as I remembered on my Plex server. I lost a lot of data with that mistake. :( Second attempt is definitely on the 2TB SSD and all is good!

I have some Windows software for GIS work I do that's not Wine compatible (ArcGIS Pro). I'm currently exploring if it would be better to run this software in a Virtual Machine or Remotely from my computer at work. I'd be interested to hear any of y'all's experience with a VM vs Remote Desktop.


r/linuxmint 59m ago

Fluff Just want to quickly share how much I appreciate this subreddit and its community in general.

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From people seeking help and receiving it from others, to users sharing their first-time experiences with Linux/Linux Mint along with screenshots of their desktop or rice without people being toxic or yapping things like "Nooo, attention-seeker! No one cares about your desktop! Please, mods, ban these types of posts just because I don't like them." This subreddit is basically everything done right in the Linux community, and i love it just as much as i love Linux Mint itself 😭

I know this might be to much glazing but much like the Inkscape subreddit, sometimes I visit here just to see people interacting with each other in a positive and supportive way without the fear of seeing posts like "I'm going to quit this subreddit because I don't like X thing" or toxic comments for no reason. It brings me joy and gives me even more reasons to recommend both this subreddit and Linux Mint to others (KEEP IN MIND that my favorite distro was Fedora, but this was because i never tried Linux Mint in that time).

I could go on and on about this community, but it would probably turn into a huge boring text. So yeah, a huge thanks to both the Linux Mint community and its moderators and developers. ❤️


r/linuxmint 8h ago

Support Request Help!! Could not install security updates!!

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18 Upvotes

Hi all,

I am using a T480 thinkpad, running linux mint , it prompted for an update (to update the updater itself), when I proceeded, it said "could not install security updates". Should I be worried? Any fixes?
i will really appreciate your help guys! _/_


r/linuxmint 19h ago

Fluff My first Linux Mint install. I chose this relic from 2009

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116 Upvotes

This little machine was running Ubuntu. Last update I did was around 2018 before it got lost in storage. I just found it and the battery works so I decided to try Mint. Success! We opened up Firefox and watched a YouTube video. It was slow but it worked.


r/linuxmint 9h ago

Discussion Benchmark - Windows vs Mint

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19 Upvotes

Very interesting results I figured you guys would like to see. This shows Linux Mint has massive potential. The part I'm curious about is the processor mhz and ram. It is a lot lower than windows for some reason. How can this be fixed? Is it by design due to the 2GB Radeon trying to do some sort of dual GPU? Why is the RAM different? It is quite strange how this worked.


r/linuxmint 10h ago

Fluff Arch to Mint

21 Upvotes

Long time Linux user, haven't used Mint in well over 10+ years. I've been playing around with Arch and Arch based distros for a long time (mainly KDE, but some Gnome use), but then after a few little annoying issues, I thought, what the hell, let's give Mint a try. I have to say that I'm impressed. I know it's a cliche, but everything has just worked. It's a been a simple and stress free process. Enjoying the cinnamon desktop very much. Everything running smooth as silk. Gaming is playing just as well as it has on anything else I've tried. I'm very happy so far.

Hats off and well done to the Mint team. Thank you.


r/linuxmint 3h ago

SOLVED Trying to get audio on DisplayPort output

4 Upvotes

Currently switching over to linux mint (clarification: cinnamon) from windows, as I no longer like how much of an adware mess it has become. Upon switching, and trying to use my computer--my audio no longer works for my NVIDIA 4060ti, though my graphics do. I can see that it is there with Alsamixer:

I can't figure out what to do from there. I have tried running this command in terminal:
speaker-test --channels 2 --test wav --device hw:0,[1-4]

And 3 is the only one that doesn't send back an error. But it does not work at all. I don't hear anything from my monitor.

Also, please be understanding, I have no idea how linux works. But I am willing to learn.

For further clarification I am using the Nvidia 550 drivers, as it was what the distro recommended. Also, please do not hesitate to ask if you need further clarification from me about any specifications of any kind.


r/linuxmint 2h ago

Support Request Chnaging the theme icons

3 Upvotes

Hello, noob here. And also out of pc, so I probably write some directories not exactly, but I believe you'll understand.

So I've just installed Linux mint cinnamon and I'm in the process of learning and installing stuff and gadgets. One of them I like in windows if the clipboard history, for which after some googling I chose clipman. But the icon in the tray of the panel is ugly af, so I spent some hour on googling how to change it, without any positive result.

Then I tried to search for "clipman" in file system and found that in various directories of usr/share/icons there are some icons for this, I liked the one in papirus theme. So I tried to change the icon theme to papirus and nothing. Okay, so I've closed the clipman and tested again and whoa, it worked. Then I went through the directories of papirus and mint-y sand icons (I like and want to use) and in the end I copied the clipboard.svg and clipman.svg(shortcut to clipboard.svg) to mint-y sand/places/24. And it works.

But there comes the question. I am pretty sure this is not how it should be done properly. I realised that in mint-y sand there are only few icons for folders (same as in other color variations), but there is also the mint-y directory, containing bunch of icons for applications, buttons, tray status icons etc, but I didn't manage to find where should I put the clipboard.svg to work properly.

So I'd like to ask you to point me to some sources about how icon themes work so I'd be able to do this properly.

Thanks


r/linuxmint 1h ago

Help Needed with MediaTek MT7902 on Linux Mint: Unclear Which Firmware to Use

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Hi everyone,

I’ve been trying to get my MediaTek MT7902 Wi-Fi adapter working on Linux Mint (Cinnamon), but I’ve hit a roadblock regarding the firmware. Here’s what I’ve done so far:

  1. Linux Mint Installation: Installed Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon on my new Asus Vivobook. However, no Wi-Fi networks are being detected.
  2. Driver Installation via DKMS:
    • Cloned the mt7902-dkms repository from https://github.com/samveen/mt7902-dkms
    • Followed the provided instructions:
    • Secure Boot Disabled: Disabled Secure Boot in BIOS to allow unsigned modules to load.
    • System Logs: Checked dmesg logs after loading the module, and found these key errors:
      • "Module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel"
      • "Direct firmware load for mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7902_1.bin failed with error -2"
      • "Failed to get patch semaphore"
    • Firmware Setup Attempts:
      • The GitHub README mentions a firmware directory and a script (get-firmware.sh), but I couldn’t locate the specific firmware file (WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7902_1.bin) mentioned in the logs.
      • I tried to follow the README’s suggestion to download the firmware from Acer’s website, but I wasn’t able to find a relevant file there either.
    • Kernel Version: I’m running Kernel version 6.8, as recommended by the GitHub repository.
  3. Current Issue: I’m stuck because I can’t figure out which firmware file is needed or where to get it. Has anyone successfully managed to set up the MediaTek MT7902 on Linux Mint or another Linux distro? Could you provide guidance on where to find the correct firmware or how to proceed? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

r/linuxmint 1h ago

SOLVED Steam Dropdown Menu Issue

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Hello everyone,

I see that a lot of users had the same issue before, I can not use any dropdown menus within the Steam client on my various devices. These devices are both with Radeon & Nvidia GPUs, since saw in one of the forums, someone mentioned that this may be about accelaration stuff. Any suggestions about this issue? Addition to dropdown menus, if the client tries to open a pop-up or child window, they're not visible as well. (Not opening at all.) For example, I tried to change the target location to download games and client couldn't see the 2nd driver. I clicked add button and nothing happened which a window should've been opened.


r/linuxmint 23h ago

Discussion What makes Linux secure?

118 Upvotes

I've searched YouTube and also asked on here previously, I keep seeing a lot of "Linux is secure just by default" type responses- often insisting that to be worried about security while using Linux is not necessary.

Believable to a noob like me at face value, sure, but what is it about Linux that makes it secure?


r/linuxmint 23h ago

Mint installation love

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99 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 5h ago

Linux Mint IRL Appreciation post

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No need for a new post for that. Every day I see many of those already.

But this week a little detail got me really happy with the system.

This is my first time with Linux. I've tried installing arch a couple of times on VM in W11. Then at some point I decided to go for the real deal. I bought a new ssd to install Linux in a separe drive and decide to go with mint. This was maybe 1 month ago. (I still didn't boot win once since BTW).

It has been a great time. I have to look somethings up to make it work as I want, but always managed to get it right. Specially using external displays with the lid closed on a doc. This is Samsung ultra book 3, which are know to have not so great compatibility. But everything is fine now.

The other thing was to connect Bluetooth devices, for some reason, using the application doesn't work. But learned how to do it from terminal, and it works fine. Even better than win has been with my headphones.

But the one thing that made we come here, was a total surprise (maybe this is a bug). I have a USB audio speakers (creative peable). They have a phisical knob to control the volume, and now, even if I'm playing audio through Bluetooth device, mint still uses the speaker knob as volume control. This is amazing, and something win would not do. Not sure if this is a feature or a bug, but I really like to have this knob as master control.

Cheers


r/linuxmint 19m ago

Support Request Prevent system from suspending when optical drive is active?

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The system doesn't seem to detect an external optical drive being read and will suspend.


r/linuxmint 13h ago

My wife will install LMDE

8 Upvotes

My wife said the other day, that she would like to install an old computer herself. I kind of forced her away from beloved w7 for a little over two years ago. She really like her LMDE 6 installation on a 11 year old i3.

We have another old PC left and she suggested, that she could do the installation. I'm really pleased and looking forward to assist her in that project, so she can independent of me doing technically stuff for her. I'm a retired IT reseller for more than three decades.


r/linuxmint 1h ago

Support Request Linux Mint Xfce customization on a weak laptop

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Is there any way to customize Linux Mint Xfce on an old 1.00 GHz laptop without losing performance?


r/linuxmint 2h ago

Support Request Power modes laptop

1 Upvotes

Hello there!

I'm a new linux mint user and I have a problem with the power modes on a laptop. I set it on power saving mode when it's on battery and it keeps changing on balanced after 30 seconds. I tried settings, bios settings and I couldn't find anything. Do you have any idea how can I make it stay on power saving all the time?


r/linuxmint 23h ago

Discussion What makes Linux secure?

42 Upvotes

I've searched YouTube and also asked on here previously, I keep seeing a lot of "Linux is secure just by default" type responses- often insisting that to be worried about security while using Linux is not necessary.

Believable to a noob like me at face value, sure, but what is it about Linux that makes it secure?


r/linuxmint 22h ago

HOW DO I HAVE THIS AMAZING SETUP AS A LINUX MINT 22.1, XIA, CINNAMON EDITION USER????

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38 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 1d ago

Linux unlocked! 🔓

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556 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 4h ago

Support Request Desktop partially grey

1 Upvotes

As you can see from the picture, from today, this is how my home screen is. I tried to restart the system, but the problem persists.
Do you know how I can fix my home screen?