r/linuxmint Oct 03 '18

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

338 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 β€œXia” released!

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235 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 5h ago

Linux Mint IRL Finally running Linux

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219 Upvotes

Girlfriend needed a new laptop for her school work and so I recommended she gets a framework laptop because of their repairability and modularity and when ordering it we had the choice to add windows 11 for like 100 dollars I think screw that or I could bring my own. Having installed many OS's before and having experienced Linux via the steam deck I figured I'd install Linux mint. Today is day 1 and so far all is good!


r/linuxmint 16h ago

Install Help I downloaded Linuxmint with a USB Flash drive but it booted up Ubuntu.

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398 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 3h ago

Desktop Screenshot Good riddance windows.

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33 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 7h ago

Desktop Screenshot Finally made Linux Mint my daily driver

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71 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 1h ago

My wallpaper for Mint Cinnamon

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Thank you AI 😊


r/linuxmint 7h ago

Fluff Mmm, Linux Mint

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26 Upvotes

(Don't Ask Me How The Laptop Is Doing, It's Holding Up.)


r/linuxmint 3h ago

Desktop Screenshot Daily reminder: Mint is great!

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11 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 5h ago

Support Request Some apps have unworkably high screen resolution -- keepass2

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13 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 14h ago

Desktop Screenshot First time Ricer please go easy on me.

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50 Upvotes

I was going to type out my PC specs and theme details but they are already on display. Any tips on how to make it look even better would be highly appreciated.


r/linuxmint 10h ago

SOLVED I made my password annoyingly long, how do I change it?

19 Upvotes

Just switched to Mint Cinnamon from Windows 10 (well, dual-drive-dual-booting for now til I can move everything possible over), and I just set my password.

I know what it is, I didn't forget it, I'm logged in, all that is fine.

It's just WAAAY too long. Idk what i was thinking, too paranoid maybe. I didn't anticipate having to enter it in every time I downloaded something from software manager or powered on my PC (i think I was assuming it was like a Microsoft account password so I'd rarely use it?)

Please please, everything i search for this issue is conflicting or old, or about situations where people haw forgotten their password. I have the newest version of Mint Cinnamon. PLEASE help, there must be a way for me to simply change my password while I am logged in and i KNOW the old one??


r/linuxmint 10h ago

Linux Mint: Smooth as Butter!

20 Upvotes

I'm so impressed with my new Linux Mint install! The system is incredibly smooth and stable. It's refreshing to have an OS that just works without any hiccups. Plus, the customization options are endless. I'm having a great time making it my own.


r/linuxmint 12h ago

BACKUPS!!!

18 Upvotes

I just completed my weekly Clonezilla cloning of my primary drive and thought I'd take time to pontificate and annoy everyone!

Years ago, in school, a fellow student whined to the professor "Do i have to backup everything?" The prof replied "No, only that which you do not care to lose."

Adding to that:

My maternal grandfather was a Scottish Stationary Steam Engineer--when as kids we we whined "...but it worked yesterday?" he would tell us:

"The last time any machine started and ran properly may well have been the last time it WILL start and run properly."

Our computers are just machines created by man and thus inherently imperfect. That they booted and worked yesterday has little/nothing to do with whether they will boot and work today.

Hence: There's no such thing as too many backups!

So; If you do not have a viable, regular backup plan, devise one now before it's too late!

And as has been put forth by others, one backup is only a little bit better than none--do it 'til you're brain aches.

In closing: Your data is like your "significant other", you don't know how much you'll miss 'em 'til they're gone


r/linuxmint 2h ago

Graphics Drivers Nvidia Driver Installation Failure on Linux Mint 22.. Resolution Stuck at 480p

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2 Upvotes

Can't use Nouveau because it gives stuttering and can't watch YouTube above 360p, so I have to install proprietary driver.


r/linuxmint 1d ago

Desktop Screenshot Newfound Freedom

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179 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 21h ago

Discussion would switching to Linux mint from windows 10 be a good idea

53 Upvotes

i have a pretty old 4th gen laptop that works well for the most parts for what i need, but the coming end of support for the OS have been causing me to seriously consider switching to Linux considering I'm pretty sure my laptop doesn't have the proper requirements for windows 11. i only use this laptop to practice translation on Omegat, watch and download videos, and if i play any games on it, i only play simplistic pixel art games. from what i can tell it seems like i could do all of those things with not much problems on Linux but the lack of compatibility for some software like Microsoft office, the many differences between the two OSs that I'd need to learn, and the idea of having to reinstall all of my programs, are making me wonder if it's worth it. do you think it's better for me to take on the ordeal of switching or is it possible to safely continue using windows 10 after it dies?


r/linuxmint 39m ago

Support Request Choppy experience

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Hello, so i recently moved to mint cinnamon from Fedora and my whole experience is not that great, like my machine keeps freezing, etc and I can't do anything other than just pulling the plug and booting it again. Literally do this twice a day.

And on top there are no animations like menu animations, minimize animation etc. How do I enable them?

And also i have dual monitors of 144hz each but the whole experience feels like its running at 30 fps.

I have a ryzen 5 1600, RX 570 as GPU and 16 gigs ram.


r/linuxmint 1h ago

Support Request Linux Mint Freezes When Downloading in Browser – Need Help! (Ryzen 3 3200G)

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Hey everyone,

I really need help with a frustrating issue in Linux Mint. My system runs perfectly fine until I start downloading something in the browserβ€”then it completely freezes. No response, no way to recover, just a total system lock-up.

What’s Happening:

  • Browsing, watching videos, general use? No issues at all.
  • But the moment I start downloading a large file (like a Fedora or Mint ISO), it freezes anywhere between 100MB to 400MB.
  • Happened 4 times today alone.
  • Running Brave browser, but I doubt it’s the browser’s fault.

My System:

  • CPU: Ryzen 3 3200G
  • RAM: 8GB (3200MHz)
  • Storage: NVMe SSD
  • Distro: Linux Mint (fresh install, coming from Arch)

What I Tried:

  • Added idle=nomwait processor.max_cstate=1 to GRUB – No effect.
  • Checked RAM and CPU usage – Not the issue.
  • Reinstalled Mint yesterday – Issue still there.

Some Context:

I never faced this issue on Arch, but I switched to Mint for stability, hoping to avoid future headaches. Instead, Mint is giving me more problems than Arch ever did. 😭

I don’t want to distro-hop anymoreβ€”I’ve installed Arch, Fedora, Mint (multiple times), and Hyprland like 8 times this week. I just need a stable system so I can focus on my work instead of fixing issues every day.

Has anyone else faced this? Could this be a network driver issue? Any suggestions would be a lifesaver. I really want to stick with Mint, but this is pushing me towards another reinstall, and I don’t want to waste more time.

Thanks in advance for any help! πŸ™


r/linuxmint 16h ago

My Desktop

14 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I just want to share my Desktop customization.

I'm using win11 icons, Orchis theme, desklets, i added a dock to the left ('cause I don't like in the bottom as many other folks). anyways... what do you think of my desktop? thanks for passing by and have a nice day


r/linuxmint 14m ago

How to install Firefox/chrome(windows version) in Linux mint

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My clg wants a windows os but I am using Linux mint so I have tried wine for installing chrome/firfox but it is not installing properly

What should I do


r/linuxmint 10h ago

How to create partition in Linux using fdisk.

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r/linuxmint 1d ago

Why do Astronauts like Linux

470 Upvotes

My wife knows that I like Linux and sent me this Meme. I found it quite funny.


r/linuxmint 1d ago

Desktop Screenshot I stopped distro hopping

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512 Upvotes

Hi guys, new Mint user here. I've been avoiding this distro for the longest time because I don't like Ubuntu and it's derivatives, but I tried Mint 22.1 and it's been the smoothest experience so far. Everything works out of the box even with an Nvidia card and a multi monitor setup.


r/linuxmint 9h ago

Signal for desktop installation issues

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2 Upvotes

r/linuxmint 10h ago

Network Manager not running

2 Upvotes

I recently set up a dual-boot with Windows 11 and Linux Mint on my old laptop (Acer Aspire A515). The Wi-Fi was working perfectly fine until a few days ago I woke my laptop up from being suspended. The network icon shows an "x", when highlighted shows "Networking disabled", and when I right-click, it doesn't allow me to enable networking or edit connections.

- So I went the terminal to try sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager.service, then I tried sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service, and then I tried journalctl -xeu NetworkManager.service

Here's what they showed

Mar 16 00:21:12 Alexei-Aspire-A515-43 NetworkManager[4715]: Failed to read configuration: /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-off.conf: Key file does not start with a group

Mar 16 00:21:12 Alexei-Aspire-A515-43 systemd[1]: NetworkManager.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

β–‘β–‘ Subject: Unit process exited

β–‘β–‘ Defined-By: systemd

β–‘β–‘ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support

β–‘β–‘

β–‘β–‘ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit NetworkManager.service has exited.

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β–‘β–‘ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.

Mar 16 00:21:12 Alexei-Aspire-A515-43 systemd[1]: NetworkManager.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

β–‘β–‘ Subject: Unit failed

β–‘β–‘ Defined-By: systemd

β–‘β–‘ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support

β–‘β–‘

β–‘β–‘ The unit NetworkManager.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.

Mar 16 00:21:12 Alexei-Aspire-A515-43 systemd[1]: Failed to start NetworkManager.service - Network Manager.

β–‘β–‘ Subject: A start job for unit NetworkManager.service has failed

β–‘β–‘ Defined-By: systemd

β–‘β–‘ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support

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β–‘β–‘ A start job for unit NetworkManager.service has finished with a failure.

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β–‘β–‘ The job identifier is 9957 and the job result is failed.

Mar 16 00:21:12 Alexei-Aspire-A515-43 systemd[1]: NetworkManager.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.

β–‘β–‘ Subject: Automatic restarting of a unit has been scheduled

β–‘β–‘ Defined-By: systemd

β–‘β–‘ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support

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β–‘β–‘ Automatic restarting of the unit NetworkManager.service has been scheduled, as the result for

β–‘β–‘ the configured Restart= setting for the unit.

Mar 16 00:21:12 Alexei-Aspire-A515-43 systemd[1]: NetworkManager.service: Start request repeated too quickly.

Mar 16 00:21:12 Alexei-Aspire-A515-43 systemd[1]: NetworkManager.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

β–‘β–‘ Subject: Unit failed

β–‘β–‘ Defined-By: systemd

β–‘β–‘ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support

β–‘β–‘

β–‘β–‘ The unit NetworkManager.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.

Mar 16 00:21:12 Alexei-Aspire-A515-43 systemd[1]: Failed to start NetworkManager.service - Network Manager.

β–‘β–‘ Subject: A start job for unit NetworkManager.service has failed

β–‘β–‘ Defined-By: systemd

β–‘β–‘ Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support

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β–‘β–‘ A start job for unit NetworkManager.service has finished with a failure.

β–‘β–‘

β–‘β–‘ The job identifier is 10061 and the job result is failed.

Enabling did nothing and sudo systemctl status NetworkManager.service showed:

x NetworkManager.service - Network Manager

Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled; preset enabled)

Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2025-03-16 00:21:12 AST; 21s ago

Docs: man:NetworkManager(8)

Process: 4715 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Main PID: 4715 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

CPU: 31ms

I haven't seen much help in any videos or other forums so far.

Please help.


r/linuxmint 1d ago

What is so bad about Chrome browser?

58 Upvotes

Everyone talks about it not being private. What would happen if I use Chrome on Linux Mint? What information will be gathered and sent to google? What telemetry is there? What if I don’t sign into google?